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The Peaceful Streets Project Police Accountability Summit

August 2, 2013August 2, 2013 CopBlock 266 Views Activism, antonio buehler, austin, austin police department, Austin TX, B. Dolan, Black Panther Party, Bobby Seale, Carlos Miller, community, copblock.org, Featured, film the police, know your rights, Peaceful Street Project, Pete Eyre, photography is not a crime, police abuse, police accountability, police accountability summit, Police State, Radley Balko, Tatiana Moroz, Texas

This post was written by Antonio Buehler, co-founder of the the Peaceful Streets Project. The Peaceful Streets Project will be holding

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Cop Fired for Speaking Out Against Ticket and Arrest Quotas

July 25, 2013January 6, 2014 CopBlock 391 Views Alabama, Alex Manning, arrest quotas, Auburn, Auburn Police Department, Auburn University, cop fired for speaking out, huffington post, Justin Hanners, Public safety, Radley Balko, revenue generation, Rise of the Warrior Cop, The Jowe Head Band, ticket quotas, Tracy Oppenheimer, video

This post was originally published by Tracy Oppenheimer at Reason.com on July 24th. Police officers are not there to protect and serve

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“Rise of the Warrior Cop” by Radley Balko – exceprt

July 12, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 1195 Views bill lockyer, brad taylor, byrne grant program, cop block, copblock.org, DEA, drug enforcement administration, drug prohibition, Drug war, lincoln county, Missouri, modesto police department, police militarization, Radley Balko, rise of the warrior copo, september 11, SWAT, swat raid, Terrorism, the militarization of americas police forces, tom coleman, tulia sentinal, unintended consequences, winfield, wrong-door raids

The following is an excerpt from Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko,

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Book Review: Radley Balko’s Rise of the Warrior Cop

June 23, 2013June 21, 2013 CopBlock 377 Views Accountability, Civil rights, libertarian, militarization, militarization of police, military police, police abuse, Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop

Radley Balko, civil liberties crusader and blogger published a book called “Rise of the Warrior Cop.” Scott H. Greenfield shares

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The War on the Public…

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 CopBlock 364 Views cop block, copblock.org, Department of Justice, Featured, Homicide, houston police department, las vegas metropolitan police department, los angeles county sheriff's department, Police brutality, police shooting, Radley Balko, Reason Magazine, when tennesee pigs fly

This solid write-up comes to us from When Tennessee Pigs Fly (you may recall a previous post they made to

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This is simply a lie, there is no other way to color it…

June 8, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 625 Views chuck forbis, cop block, copblock.org, double-standards, eugene leverette, Georgia, lewisbrgh police department, national law enforcement officers memorial, national police week, police accountability, Radley Balko, Tennessee, testilying, traffic accidents, whentennesseepigsfly

This is a repost from WhenTennesseePigsFly shared with us via CopBlock.org/Submit. It’s especially relevant considering that yesterday we posted a

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Police ‘Tank’ Purchase Riles New Hampshire Town by Radley Balko

February 16, 2012January 1, 2014 CopBlock 325 Views bearcat, department of homeland security, DHS, freestaters, jim massery, keene, kendall lane, lenco, mike clarke, nh, Radley Balko, terry clarke

Orginally posted at the Huffington Post: “We’re going to have our own tank.” That’s what Keene, N.H., Mayor Kendall Lane

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Driven By Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims Of Violent Crime

November 25, 2011May 9, 2013 Ademo Freeman 423 Views chicago police, copblock.org, Drug war, police abuse, police raids, Radley Balko, victimless crimes, war on drugs

By Radley Balko via Huffington PostCHICAGO — As Jessica Shaver and I chat at a coffee shop in Chicago’s north-side

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Radley Balko Reports: DA Considers Appeal on Judge’s Ruling about Michael Allison

September 28, 2011January 1, 2014 Ademo Freeman 339 Views Accountability, constitution, copblock.org, Filming police, illinois wiretapping, michael allison, Radley Balko

I missed this last week: The judge who dismissed Michael Allison’s case last week won’t have the final word. An

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75 Years for Recording Public Officials On Duty!?

August 3, 2011May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 607 Views Ademo Freeman, Anthony Graber, call food, crawford county attorney tom wiseman, eavesdropping, Featured, felony wiretapping, greenfield police department, Illinois, marc mccoy, Maryland, Massachusetts, max stirner, michael allison, Radley Balko, roger beckworth, tom wiseman, Transparency

UPDATE: March 2nd, 2012 Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional “A Cook County judge today ruled the state’s controversial eavesdropping law

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“Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams Should Be Arrested”

May 26, 2011January 1, 2014 Paula Parmeley Carter 321 Views Civil rights, Gun rights, Mark Fiorino, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Radley Balko

In March, CopBlock covered the story of Mark Fiorino and his encounter with the Philadelphia Police while he was open

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“No-knock raid” song by Lindy

May 21, 2011May 21, 2011 CopBlock 288 Views Drug war, Music, Radley Balko, SWAT

A song about no knock SWAT raids inspired by Radley Balko.

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