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Mike O’Malley New Prosecutor In Cuyahoga County Vows “Sweeping Reform”

November 18, 2016 Chuck U Farley 257 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, campaign promises, Civil rights, Civil Rights Unit, Cleveland, Cleveland Scene, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, crackpipe cases, Cuyahoga County, cuyahoga county prosecutor, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, interview, Justice System, low-level nonviolent offenses, Mayor Jackson, Mike O'Malley, OH, Ohio, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, reforms, rights, Tamir Rice, Tim McGinty

Mike O’Malley, new Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, has vowed to implement sweeping criminal justice reform. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor-elect Mike O’Malley addressed

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San Francisco Activists Shake The Hive, Thousands Support Call For Reform And Police Chief Resignation

May 17, 2016May 18, 2016 Isiah Holmes 213 Views Accountability, Activism, America 2016, Brutality, California, california police, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, Filming police, freedom, frisco 5, hunger strike, journalism, Justice System, movement, news, police accountability, police accountability movement, police reform, politics, protest, reforms, san fransico police, strike the root, writing

In a stunning show of protest, five activists recently staged a full hunger strike outside a San Francisco police station.

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Federal “Investigations” Only Enable Local Police Departments’ Abuses

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 412 Views Accountability, assault, Baltimore, baltimore police department, broken police department, Brutality, chicago, Civil rights, Cleveland, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, counterproductive, Department of Justice, detroit, Dishonesty, DoJ, Double Standard, enabling abuse, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federal civil rights probe, Federal Monitor, ferguson, Freddie Gray, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, indifferent to injustice, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, Los Angeles, National Guard, new orleans, newark, pittsburgh, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Police Unions, political calculation, reforms, rights, strike the root

The following post was originally posted at NationalInterest.org by Timothy Lynch under the title “Washington Can’t Fix Broken Policing.” It addresses

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Man Beaten by Las Vegas Police For Not Moving Fast Enough Awarded $31,500 Settlement (Update)

April 15, 2016April 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 483 Views abuse, Accountability, arrestable offense, assault, beaten for not moving fast enough, beating, Brutality, caught on camera beating an innocent man, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Attorney, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crime scene, Diabetic, diabetic shock, did not rise to the level of misconduct, Dishonesty, Dominic Generino, Dominic Gennerino, Double Standard, double-standards, Downtown, Downtown Las Vegas, drunk driving, DTLV, excessive force, film the police, Freedom of speech, Fremont East, Fremont Street, Gennarino, Harassment, heavy-handed police tactics, Henderson, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas attorney, las vegas metropolitan police department, las vegas police, Las Vegas suburb, lied in police reports, lies, lvmpd, meaningful repercussions, metro, Metro policies, misconduct, Nevada, nevada cop block, nightstick, no victim no crime, NV, nvcopblock.org, obstructing a public officer, Obstruction, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, Officer Werner, official story, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policy violations, Qualified Immunity, reforms, rights, stabbing, Stephen Stubbs, steve wolfson, super intoxicated, Surveillance, Update, use of force board, Vanguard Lounge, video

About a year and a half ago, Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs submitted a story to the CopBlock Network about

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Building More Prisons is Not the Solution to Prison Riots

April 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 476 Views Accountability, AL, Alabama, Alabama.com, anarchism, assault, Brutality, building more prisons, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, commentary, Common Justice, Community Works West, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, degrading conditions, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, excessive force, force, freedom, Governor Robert Bentley, Harassment, Holman Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, lockdown, meditation, Minorities, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison overcrowding, prison riots, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, restorative justice, rights, strike the root, Suicide, System, Timothy Jason Jones, transformative, WHNT 19 News, WKRG News

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Report: Broken Disciplinary System Preventing Oakland Police From Firing “Bad Apples”

March 26, 2016March 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 293 Views Accountability, assault, Bad apples, broken disciplinary system, Brutality, CA, California, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, dog and pony show, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, history of lax enforcement, Homicide, internal affairs, investigating themselves, Justice System, kelly patterson, oakland, oakland police department, occupy oakland, Officer Robert Roche, opd, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, reforms, rights, Saint Roche, scott olsen, Sergeant Rachael Sloten, sins of the past, Transparency, well deserved victory

Seemingly, the Oakland Police Department has decided to start cleaning up its image a little by firing cops involved in

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Shifting Prisoners to New “State of the Art Facilities” Won’t Eliminate Prison Abuse

March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 384 Views abolish prisons, Accountability, AL, Alabama, anarchism, assault, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Charles "Rad Geek" Johnson, Christianity, Civil rights, commentary, cop block, copblock.org, correctional facilities, correctional officers, Corruption, COs, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, easily reintegrate into another prison, excessive force, force, forced conversion, freedom, Harassment, Julia Tutwiler State Women's Prison, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Lovelady Center, Minorities, Montgomery, Nick Ford, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police violence, Prison, prison guards, prison system, prisoners, punishment, Race, racial element, rape, reform, reforms, restitution, rights, sex abuse, sexual assault, strike the root, System, Tutwiler Prison

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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If You Want True Reform, Abolish The Police!

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 489 Views #BlackLivesMatters, 1st Amendment Rights, abolish the police, Accountability, african-american, anarchism, assault, Bad apples, black panthers, body cameras, Brutality, C4SS, cbs, center for a stateless society, chicago, City of Furgeson, Civil rights, commentary, community policing, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Darren Wilson, Department of Justice, destroying evidence, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, feedback, ferguson, ferguson police department, film the police, first amendment rights, for-profit prisons, force, fox guarding the hen house, freedom, gov jay nixon, Harassment, Homicide, IL, Illinois, Justice For Michael Brown, Justice System, kelly patterson, lack of accountability, Michael Brown, Minorities, Missouri, MO, neighborhood watch, Nick Ford, no crime, people of color, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, police training, police violence, Prison, prisoners, protests, punishment, Race, racial element, Racism, reform, reforms, restitution, revenue generation, rights, st. louis county, strike the root, System, Thomas L. Knapp, tip of the iceberg, traffic stops

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Ten Puerto Rican Police Officers Arrested in FBI Corruption Sweep

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 287 Views abuse of authority, Accountability, anti-drug unit, bribes, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Drug war, FBI, high powered rifles, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, organized criminal act, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, Puerto Rican Police Department, Puerto Rico, reforms, seizure, US Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez, video, War on (Some) Drugs, war on drugs

Earlier this week, the FBI announced the arrests of ten police officers in Puerto Rico and stated that they expected

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Civil Asset Seizure Restrictions Now in Effect in Montana and New Mexico

July 3, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 334 Views Accountability, asset forfeiture, Brutality, Civil asset forfeiture, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Drug war, excessive force, forfeiture, freedom, general fund, Harassment, highway robbery, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, kelly patterson, Montana, New Mexico, no knock raids, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, reforms, road pirates, seizure profits, swat, video, War on (Some) Drugs, war on drugs

On Wednesday, laws enacted earlier in the year in Montana and New Mexico went into effect, limiting the ability of

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Cop In Training Session Brags- ‘I Stuck My Gun Right In His Nose’

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 Alia Atreides 267 Views Chief Kathleen O'Toole, de-escalation, entitlement, i stuck my gun right in his nose, Joshua H, police reforms, privilege, reforms, seattle, seattle police department, training session, Washington

A video has been released by the New York Times of a training session for Seattle Police in the art

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Las Vegas Police Promise “Fundamental Policy Changes” after Dominic Gennarino Beating UPDATE

January 7, 2015April 15, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 468 Views abuse, Accountability, assault, beating, Brutality, Civil rights, clark county, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Dominic Generino, double-standards, Downtown, excessive force, film the police, Freedom of speech, Gennarino, Harassment, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas police, lies, lvmpd, metro, Metro policies, Nevada, nevada cop block, no victim no crime, Officer Glowinski, Officer Kolkoski, Officer Werner, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, reforms, rights, Stephen Stubbs, super intoxicated, Surveillance, Update, Vanguard Lounge, video

**This is an update to a previous post on the Nevada Cop Block website, which was entitled, “LVMPD Beat Man

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