Mike O’Malley, new Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, has vowed to implement sweeping criminal justice reform. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor-elect Mike O’Malley addressed a crowd of more than 1,500 people Thursday night, pledging to enact several significant criminal justice reforms. Among them was the Civil Rights Unit. The Civil Rights Unit would be the first of its kind […]
San Francisco Activists Shake The Hive, Thousands Support Call For Reform And Police Chief Resignation
In a stunning show of protest, five activists recently staged a full hunger strike outside a San Francisco police station. The so-called Frisco 5 hopes to compel an end to city injustice, as well as the police chief’s resignation. Determined as they were, Frisco 5 was forced to suspend their hunger strike due to health […]
Federal “Investigations” Only Enable Local Police Departments’ Abuses
The following post was originally posted at NationalInterest.org by Timothy Lynch under the title “Washington Can’t Fix Broken Policing.” It addresses the idea that having a the Department of Justice (DoJ) or some other federal agency such as the FBI investigate abuses by local police or court official will lead to a fair or meaningful resolution. […]
Man Beaten by Las Vegas Police For Not Moving Fast Enough Awarded $31,500 Settlement (Update)
About a year and a half ago, Las Vegas Attorney Stephen Stubbs submitted a story to the CopBlock Network about a man who had been beaten by members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. That man, Dominic Gennarino, could be seen on surveillance video (embedded below) from the Vanguard Lounge, a bar/nightclub located on […]
Building More Prisons is Not the Solution to Prison Riots
This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the title “More Prisons is Not Reform.” Posts and other content can be submitted to the CopBlock Network via the CopBlock.org Submission Page. (Note: This has been posted in its original form and no edits to […]
Report: Broken Disciplinary System Preventing Oakland Police From Firing “Bad Apples”
Seemingly, the Oakland Police Department has decided to start cleaning up its image a little by firing cops involved in high profile cases of police misconduct. However, according to a recently released report, a combination of a “broken disciplinary system” and their own lax history of enforcement against all those Bad Apples that gave them […]
Shifting Prisoners to New “State of the Art Facilities” Won’t Eliminate Prison Abuse
This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the title “Tutwiler Prison Will Live On.” Posts and other content can be submitted to the CopBlock Network via the CopBlock.org Submission Page. (Note: This has been posted in its original form and no edits to […]
If You Want True Reform, Abolish The Police!
This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the title “Ferguson, Accept No Substitutes: Abolish the Police!” Posts and other content can be submitted to the CopBlock Network via the CopBlock.org Submission Page. (Note: some links have been inserted, although no edits to the […]
Ten Puerto Rican Police Officers Arrested in FBI Corruption Sweep
Earlier this week, the FBI announced the arrests of ten police officers in Puerto Rico and stated that they expected there to be additional arrests forthcoming. The arrestees, including a sergeant and a lieutenant, consisted of members of the U.S. territory’s anti-drug unit. They are accused of stealing as much as $175,000 in cash during […]
Civil Asset Seizure Restrictions Now in Effect in Montana and New Mexico
On Wednesday, laws enacted earlier in the year in Montana and New Mexico went into effect, limiting the ability of police and other law enforcement agencies to use civil asset seizure laws within those states. Civil asset seizures, also commonly known as forfeiture laws, have been some of the biggest drivers of police abuses since […]
