Regional Justice Center Archives - Cop Block

Las Vegas Judge Continues Bizarre, Out of Control Behavior; Throws Family of Murder Victims Out of Court; Threatens to Arrest Reporter

August 17, 2016August 18, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1010 Views Accountability, act of physical restraint, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, constitutional duty, contempt of court, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, handcuffed in open court, Harassment, humiliation, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, landslide, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, Nevada Primary Elections, no victim no crime, NV, Police State, power trip, professional demeanor in court, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, soon to be ex-judge, standoff, taught a lesson, Update

Previously, I’ve done a number of stories (see related posts section below) on the train-wreck that Judge Hafen, a soon

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Contempt Charge Against Defense Attorney Who was Handcuffed in Court by Las Vegas Judge Dismissed

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1299 Views Accountability, act of physical restraint, Amy Cheline, capriciously and arbitrarily, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County District Court, constitutional duty, contempt of court, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Daniel Fernandez, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, disorderly contemptuous or insolent behavior, District Judge Gloria Sturman, Dominic Gentile, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, handcuffed in open court, Harassment, humiliation, Judge Hafen, jury box, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, landslide, larceny, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, listen to arguments not silence them, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, Nevada Primary Elections, Nick Crosby, no victim no crime, NV, Police State, power trip, professional demeanor in court, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, soon to be ex-judge, standoff, taught a lesson, Update, zealous defense

On August 2nd, a contempt of court charge filed by Judge Hafen, a Las Vegas Justice of the Peace, against

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Four Days in a Las Vegas Jail for Protesting Government Murder by Drones

June 22, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1402 Views 14th amendment, 330 S Casino Center Blvd, Accountability, arrest warrant, assault, Avoid the Click-it, bench warrant, booking, Brutality, CCDC, CIA, Cirque du Soleil, Civil rights, Civil Rights Division, clark county detention center, collection agency, compliance fee, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Creech Air Force Base, Dear Colleague, Dishonesty, Dostoyevsky, drones, Due Process, Equal Protection Clause, excessive force, Fingerprinting, Fourteenth Amendment, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Justice Court Mission Statement, mugshot, Nevada, no victim no crime, NV, Office for Access to Justice, Pay the Ticket, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Public Trust and Confidence, punishing a person for his poverty, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Shut Down Creech, Stratosphere, Traffic ticket, US department of justice

The following post was originally posted at the blog “Dissident Voice” under the title, “My Visit to a Las Vegas

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Las Vegas Judge Who Handcuffed Defense Attorney During Trial Taught Lesson by Voters

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1053 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, clip on tie, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Huffungton Post, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, LVRJ, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, NV, open letter, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, Update

Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen, who created an uproar last month when he ordered a defense attorney to be

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An Open Letter to Las Vegas Judge Who Handcuffed A Defense Attorney in Court

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1484 Views Accountability, Allison Jackson, Ancient Rome, Caesar, Cicero, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, clip on tie, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, denied right to council, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Fort Bend County, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Mark Antony, men silencing women, NAPD, National Association for Public Defense, Nevada, NV, open letter, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Surveillance, Texas, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, Update

Last week, I posted about a judge in Las Vegas who had ordered a public defender to be handcuffed in

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Las Vegas Judge Has Defense Attorney Handcuffed During Trial to “Teach Her a Lesson”

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1714 Views Accountability, Civil rights, clark county, Clark County Defender's Union, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, court decorum, D.C. public defender, D.C. Superior Court, denied right to council, Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary, Dishonesty, Double Standard, federal public defender, freedom, Handcuffed, Harassment, Huffungton Post, Judge Hafen, Justice of the Peace, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Review Journal, lead public defender, LVRJ, men silencing women, Nevada, NV, Phil Kohn, phone interview, Police State, public defender, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Stephen Cooper, Surveillance, transcript, Transparency, unreasonable and unprecedented, washington post

On Monday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen ordered Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary to be handcuffed and

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Las Vegas Metro Cop Joins the Growing List of Police Pedophiles/Rapists

May 28, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 2098 Views abuse, Accountability, assault, child porn, clark county, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, courts, crime, Dishonesty, double-standards, Featured, Internal Affairs Bureau, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, James Henry, Justice System, kelly patterson, kiddie porn, las vegas, las vegas police, Las Vegas Review Journal, lies, lvmpd, LVRJ, metro, Nevada, nvcopblock, Patrick Taylor, police, police abuse, pornography, Prostitution, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, sex crimes, sexual assault, video

On Wednesday (May 27, 2015), Patrick Taylor turned himself in on charges involving child pornography, stemming from a March 19th

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Putting Revenue Generation Above Public Safety at Las Vegas’ “Money Hungry” Municipal Courts

April 9, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1131 Views Civil rights, collect at all costs mentality, compensation, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, fees, fines, Fremont Street, Harassment, illegal shakedown, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, Las Vegas Constable, Las Vegas Marshals, Las Vegas Municiple Court, las vegas police, Las Vegas Review Journal, Lt. Manning, Money Hungry, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, nvcopblock, police, Police State, predatory law enforcement, priorities, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, revenue collection, revenue enhancement, revenue generation, Richard Kilgore, rights, sexual harassment

The Las Vegas Review Journal is the latest media outlet to point out the already painfully obvious tendency toward revenue

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Erik Scott’s death: what happens in the LVMPD, stays in the LVMPD

October 2, 2010April 15, 2016 Georgia Sand 6322 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, clark county, concealed carry, concealed carry permits, concealed firearm, cop block, copblock.org, coroner's inquest, Corruption, costco, cover up, demanding blind obedience to cops, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Drug war, Erik Scott, excessive force, film the police, firearm, freedom, Gun rights, Harassment, Homicide, Justice System, Justified, las vegas, lvmpd, Lynn S, murder, Nevada, Nevada state law, no victim no crime, NV, Officer William Mosher, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Regional Injustice Center, Regional Justice Center, rights, Summerlin NV, Surveillance, victim blaming

On July 10, Erik Scott, a West Point and Duke graduate, went shopping at Costco in Summerlin, Nevada. He was

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