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Utah Police and SWAT Made Over 559 Forcible Entries in 2014

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 Michael Storm 1665 Views Accountability, assault, authority, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, dead cops, decentralized police, Drug war, excessive force, FBI statistics, federal intervention, forcible entries, freedom, global collapse, Harassment, Libertas Institute, non-violent situations, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, racial bias, Radley Balko, rights, Rise of the Warrior Cop, S.W.A.T, Salt Lake City, social unrest, SWAT, Transparency, Unified Police, Utah, violent police

In an effort to increase transparency in policing, lawmakers in the state of Utah last year ordered a report on

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To Terrify and Occupy: How the Excessive Militarization of the Police Is Turning Cops Into Counterinsurgents

October 7, 2014June 16, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2849 Views 1033 Program, ACLU, Bou Bou Phonesavanh, cop block, copblock.org, counterterrorism, defense logistics agency, department of defense, department of homeland security, federal grants, habersham county sheriff, hobbs police department, incentives, institutionalized violence, Jason Westcott, justice department, matthew harwood, mrap, newport beach police department, norm stamper, personal responsiblity, pete kraska, police accountability, police militarization, Police State, Psychology, Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop, Security theater, Self-defense, swat, tampa bay, tampa police department, Terrorism, tomdispatch.com, war on drugs

Patti Silliman shared a link via CopBlock.org/Submit to a piece authored by Matthew Harwood, which opened by outlining the needless killing

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Calling for Violence Against LEOs is WRONG

September 18, 2013September 18, 2013 CopBlock 785 Views cop block, copblock.org, Featured, law enforcement, non violence, Non-aggression principle, police, Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop, Self-defense, Technology, violence, voluntaryism

Radley Balko’s Rise of the Warrior Cop really is an amazing book, particularly for those of us who read and

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Radley Balko’s “Rise of the Warrior Cop” Book Tour

August 11, 2013August 11, 2013 Pete Eyre 934 Views austin, Bloomington, book tour, boulder, chicago, cop block, copblock.org, Denver, Indianapolis, memphis, mobile, police abuse, police accountability tour, policeaccountabilitytour, Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop, Salt Lake City, west chester

Radley Balko, who many of us know and love (unless you’re a corrupt or heavy-handed police employee), may be coming to

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Cop Fired for Speaking Out Against Ticket and Arrest Quotas

July 25, 2013January 6, 2014 CopBlock 908 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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Book Review: Radley Balko’s Rise of the Warrior Cop

June 23, 2013June 21, 2013 CopBlock 796 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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