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Missouri Man Viciously Beaten During Arrest Receives No Justice From “Good Cops” at Springfield PD

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 CopBlock 1613 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Gregory Kerr, Harassment, internal affairs, Justice System, Little Caesars Pizza, Missouri, MO, Officer Schlup, Officer Zachary Schlup, Out of control cops, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, Scenic St., seizure, Southwest Missouri Cop Watchers, SPD, Springfield, springfield police department

I want to start this article by showing the Internal Affairs letter from the Springfield Police Department that says one

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Video of Massachusetts Detective Threatening to Kill; Plant Drugs on Teens Released (Update)

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 778 Views Accountability, Bad apples, car theft, Civil rights, civil service appeal, cocaine, cop block, cop kicks handcuffed man, copblock.org, Corruption, crushed skull, day shift, defenseless person, Detective Gregg Bigda, Dishonesty, double-standards, good cops, Harassment, history of misconduct, interrogation, Justice System, Justin Hurst, kelly patterson, ma, Massachusetts, Mayor Domenic Sarno, murder, narcotics unit, pizza shop, planting drugs, police, police abuse, police accountability, police commissioner, protecting and serving, public radio, retraining, rights, Springfield, Springfield City Councilor, springfield police department, Suspension, teenagers, The Republican, threats, uniform duty, unmarked police car, unpaid suspension, Update, WAMC.org

Last month, I blogged about the case of a Springfield, MA detective who threatened to beat and murder two teens.

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Massachusetts Detective Caught on Video Threatening to Kill Teens & Plant Drugs on Them (Just) Suspended 60 Days

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1326 Views Accountability, Bad apples, car theft, Civil rights, civil service appeal, cocaine, cop block, cop kicks handcuffed man, copblock.org, Corruption, crushed skull, day shift, defenseless person, Detective Gregg Bigda, Dishonesty, double-standards, good cops, Harassment, history of misconduct, interrogation, Justice System, Justin Hurst, kelly patterson, ma, Massachusetts, Mayor Domenic Sarno, murder, narcotics unit, pizza shop, planting drugs, police, police abuse, police accountability, police commissioner, protecting and serving, public radio, retraining, rights, Springfield, Springfield City Councilor, springfield police department, Suspension, teenagers, The Republican, threats, uniform duty, unmarked police car, unpaid suspension, WAMC.org

Detective Gregg Bigda, of the Springfield (MA) Police Department’s narcotics unit, threatened to murder two teens and then plant drugs

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Springfield Police “Blindsided” by Retired Officer’s Theft of $385,000 From Evidence Room

January 24, 2016January 23, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 912 Views Accountability, asset fofeiture, audit, blindsided, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Drug war, evidence room, Justice System, kelly patterson, ma, mass, Massachusetts, master thief, narcotics evidence officer, Officer Kevin Burnham, piddling amount, police, police accountability, Police Commissioner John Barbieri, seizure, senior officer, Springfield, springfield police department, stealing, the Rainmaker, the war on some drugs, war on drugs

Officer Kevin Burnham, who retired as the “senior officer” in the Springfield (Massachusetts) Police Department after 43 years, was exposed

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Illinois State Police Harassment and Corruption

December 19, 2015December 18, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 757 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, freedom, Harassment, IL, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, illinois state police, Justin Battle, kelly patterson, Lt. Greg Kingston, misinformation, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, Sangamon County Sheriff's Department, springfield police department, Surveillance, Urbana Fire Department

The following content was received from Justin Battle, via the CopBlock.org Submission Page. It details harassment and acts of corruption

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Taxpayers of Springfield MO Forced to Pay $250,000 for Wrongful Death Suit

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1136 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Deidra Ritchhart, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, Homicide, Justice System, kelly patterson, michael ireland, Missouri, MO, Officer Andrew Bath, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Springfield, springfield police department, SW MO Cop Block, unarmed man, unarmed man killed by police, Update, video, wrongful death lawsuit

Deidra Ritchhart, Founder of SW MO Cop Block, shared the content below, detailing the pending resolution of a wrongful death

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Springfield, MO. Police Shoot Unarmed Man Dead

February 19, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1203 Views ABC, Brutality, cop block, Homicide, Jonathan Wahl, kelly patterson, KSPR 33, Michael S Ireland, Missouri, MO, murder by cop, Officer Andrew Bath, paid administrative leave, paid vacation, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police kill unarmed man, Springfield, springfield police department, Submission

An anonymous reader shared the content below, which was originally reported by Jonathan Wahl, of the Springfield, MO. ABC affiliate

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Police State Monday: Toddler In Coma After SWAT Raid, 83-Year-Old Man Given Drug Charges After Pharmacy Gives Wrong RX, AND MORE

June 2, 2014June 3, 2014 CopBlock 743 Views #ResetTheNet, ACS, Alecia Phonesavanh, angel clark show, Beverly Cirpinski, Bou Phonesavanh, Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh, Brian McClarin, Burlington Police, California, Charles Williams, Chief James Craig, Chris Holbrook, Chris Payne, Cindy Wickham, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Dana Hills High School, Dana Point, detroit police department, edward snowden, Eliot Elementary School, FHFA, Fort Smith Police Department, Francisco Martinez, Georgia SWAT, Glouster police, Habersham County, Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell, Habersham County Special Response Team, Hillary Hooper, Jal, Jeff Covington, Joey Terrell, Jonathan Ayers, Jonathan Montano, Judge Kathleen Watanabe, Julie Parker, Kathleen Watanabe, Larry Burns, Lenco Bearcat, Lesa Surratt, Linda Surratt, Logan County police, Logan County sheriff, Lucas Mace, Luke Harding, Madisonville Police, Madisonville Police Sergeant Jeff Covington, Marchell Mitchell, Marshall McClain, Minneapolis Police, Monica Garza, Naaman Adcock, New Mexico police, Norma Montano, Oklahoma City Police, Oklahoma police, Oliver Stone, orange county sheriff's department, police chief Larry Burns, police state monday, Prince George's County Police, Robert Cirpinski, Robert De Mond, Sgt. David Walker, Sgt. Joshua Terrell, Sheriff Joey Terrell, Sherman police, Springfield IL, springfield police department, Steven Peers, Tabitha Adcock, The Guardian, The Snowden Files, Tulsa Public Schools police officer, VA Police Department, Veterans Hospital, Wanis Thometheva

Every Monday, the Angel Clark Show is dedicated to highlighting police abuses. [spreaker type=standard width=100% autoplay=false episode_id=4562071] Today we discussed:

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Pregnant Woman Tasered by Springfield (IL) Cops Files Lawsuit

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 CopBlock 809 Views Edward Higginson, Illinois, Lucinda White, Mark Cordes, Springfield, Springfield IL, Springfield IL Police Department, springfield police department, Springfield Police taser pregnant woman

Aaron Homer shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. Date of Interaction: March 30, 2013 Police Employees Involved: Edward Higginson, Mark Cordes

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Eyewitness video of Springfield Police Tasering a Pregnant Woman

April 3, 2013January 6, 2014 CopBlock 438 Views Accountability, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, double-standards, Filming police, Illinois, Justice System, Lucinda White, Photography, police accountability, Police brutality, Pregnant woman tazed, Springfield, springfield police department, tazers

ABC 20 New’s Report A woman who is eight months pregnant was tased by a Springfield, Illinois, police officer in

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Springfield, MA PD respond to “What’s your badge number?” with brutality and threats

May 22, 2012May 19, 2012 CopBlock 648 Views arise for social justice, christopher collins, elizabeth roman, Featured, george graham, hampden county, jack flynn, john delaney, joseph gentile, Massachusetts, max bennett, michael ververis, out now, raquel perosa, republican masslive, robert cheetham, springfield police department, stephen w wysznski, steven kent, thomas derosa, william fitchet, william p hadley

From the person who shared this story with CopBlock.org: This is a not only a case of police brutality but

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