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Seven Baltimore Police Officers Arrested on Multiple Federal Charges in Racketeering Indictment

March 2, 2017March 26, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1444 Views ABC News, Accountability, assault, baltimore police department, Baltimore protests, baltimore riots, bpd, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court-appointed attorney, Detective Daniel Hersl, Detective Evodio Hendrix, Detective Jemell Rayam, Detective Marcus Taylor, Detective Maurice Ward, Detective Momodu Gondo, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug forfeiture, drug seizure, Drug war, excessive force, FBI, federal indictment, filing false police reports, fraudulent overtime, Freddie Gray, Gun Trace Task Force, Harassment, Homicide, illegal guns, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lt. Chris O'Ree, magical uniforms, murder, not giving the government its cut, official robberies, pattern of civil rights abuses, pernicious conspiracy scheme, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Police union President Gene S. Ryan, poor, predominantly black neighborhoods, racketeering, rights, robberies by people wearing police uniforms, Sgt Wayne Jenkins, Surveillance, taxes, The War on Drugs, the war on some drugs, U.S. District Court, United States Attorney Rod Rosenstein, video

Yesterday, seven cops from the Baltimore Police Department were charged with multiple federal crimes in a racketeering indictment. Sgt. Wayne

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Former Albuquerque DA Calls APD a Criminal Enterprise Admits She Refused to Charge Cops

January 20, 2017January 21, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1656 Views Accountability, albuquerque, albuquerque police department, assault, Bernalillo County, Bernalillo County District Attorney, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, criminal enterprise, criminal justice system, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DNA, dominique perez, double-standards, excessive force, grossly noncompliant, Harassment, homeless man killed by police, Homicide, IPRA, James Boyd, James Ginger, Justice System, Kari Brandenburg, keith sandy, kelly patterson, New Mexico, NM, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police oversight board, Police State, racketeering, rights, Settlement Agreement, U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez, Update, video

As she left office last month, Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg stated in a letter (embedded below) to U.S. Attorney

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Lawsuit Exposes Police Asset Forfeiture Racketeering Scheme

February 22, 2016 Asa J 3491 Views 14th amendment, America Martinez, asset forfeiture, battery, Chicago federal court, Civil asset forfeiture, constitution, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, Deputy Sheriff Gatske, False arrest, False imprisonment, federal lawsuit, illegal search, Illinois, investigative holds, Ismael Jaimes-Meza, kane county, Kane County Sheriff’s Office, lawsuit, obstructed view, racketeering, racketeering enterprise, Rodolfo Tapia, Sgt. Flowers, Sgt. Hain, strip-searched, U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois, U.S. Racketeer-Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, Unlawful detention

In a lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court, multiple plaintiffs are alleging that the Kane County Sheriff’s Office is running

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