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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 3184 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 1308 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 2058 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 1424 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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Articles Original Content 

Did Virginia’s Shall Arrest Domestic Violence Law Cost a Man His Life?

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 Lorelei McFly 1153 Views Accountability, Adam Torres, assault, barricade situation, Brutality, Bryan Wolfe, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, dangerous domestic abuser, Dishonesty, domestic abuse, domestic violence, domestic violence awareness month, domestic violence by law enforcement, Double Standard, excessive force, Fairfax County, Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax County Sheriff, film the police, Harassment, Homicide, John Geer, Justice System, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting, reddit, rights, shall arrest, Springfield, standoff, Surveillance, uninformed cop apologists, video, violent episode, Virginia

Every October police departments all across the county promote Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is odd considering how many of

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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 1884 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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Police Chief Named in Federal Racial Profiling Lawsuit

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 Brian Sumner 2077 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, Collusion, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, federal, federal lawsuit, film the police, Filming police, fired, freedom, government corruption, government whistleblowers, Harassment, Hitman, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, Judge Ann Aiken, Justice System, lawsuit, no victim no crime, Oregon, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police Chief, Police Chief Tim Doney, police corruption, Police State, Police Whistleblower, rights, Springfield, Springfield City Club, Springfield Oregon, strike the root, Surveillance, Suspension, termination, Transparency, whistleblower

Thelma Barone was hired in 2003 to be the Springfield Crime Prevention Practitioner, in an effort to build trust between

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Michael Ireland’s Family Has Questions About His Death Police Still Haven’t Answered

April 18, 2015April 16, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1243 Views Alyssa Wagner, andrew bath, Chief Williams, copblock, copblock.org, double-standards, excessive force, Featured, Homicide, Joshua Roberts, killer cop, michael ireland, murder, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting, rights, Southwest Missouri Cop Watch, Springfield, springfield mo, springfield police deparment, SW MO Cop Watchers, the Springfield News-Leader, West Division

Officer Andrew Bath, formerly employed by the Springfield (MO) police department, shot and killed Michael Ireland on February 17th. (See

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Springfield, MO. Police Shoot Unarmed Man Dead

February 19, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1942 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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Pregnant Woman Tasered by Springfield (IL) Cops Files Lawsuit

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 CopBlock 1177 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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Police Officer Tasers Pregnant Woman in Springfield, IL

April 4, 2013January 6, 2014 CopBlock 567 Views Accountability, Brutality, Civil rights, double-standards, Featured, Harassment, police, Police brutality, Police State, Pregnant woman tasered, Springfield, video, video taping

Submitted by a reader This happened yesterday, April 3rd, in a Best Buy parking lot in Springfield , Illinois. This

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Articles 

Eyewitness video of Springfield Police Tasering a Pregnant Woman

April 3, 2013January 6, 2014 CopBlock 686 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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