A Michigan man will serve jail time after being charged and convicted in connection with handing out jury nullification fliers in front of the Mecosta County courthouse. Keith Wood, 41, was charged with felony obstruction of justice and misdemeanor jury tampering after handing out approximately 50 filers from the Fully Informed Jury Association on November 24, 2015. Facing up […]
Booking Fees and Incarceration Costs; The Latest Revenue Generation Tools For Money Hungry Governments
The Supreme Court is preparing to consider the legality of a couple of new methods the police and courts have devised to generate revenue for the State. Several states, including Minnesota, Colorado, and Kentucky, have begun implementing fees and “incarceration cost” reimbursement charges against those who are arrested as a way to raise money for […]
Update: Investigation Opened Into Misconduct and Fraud by Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch
The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Bryan Jeffers of South East Missouri (SEMO) CopBlock, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. It is an update of a previous submission about potential misconduct and fraud by Sheriff Dean Finch of Wayne County, Missouri. This post was originally published at the website of SEMO CopBlock […]
Cop Escalates Expired Registration Into Violent Situation
It’s a Saturday night. I had a serious hankering for some Chinese food. The best place in town is about 15 minutes away from my house, and they don’t deliver. It was inevitable that I make the drive to pick up my food, go home, stuff my face and relax. What actually happened turned a […]
Las Vegas Cops Demand ID, Attempt to Intimidate, Then Issue Threat When Refused
The videos and description within this post were shared with the CopBlock Network by a reader from Las Vegas named Carter, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. The videos included with this post begin with a group of Animal Control officers attempting to get a Carter to provide them with his identity and allow them access […]
Federal Judge Richard Posner Sees No Value in Studying “Outdated” Constitution
According to Judge Richard Posner, of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the “eighteenth-century guys” responsible for writing the Constitution could never have foreseen modern culture and technology. Therefore, in his eyes, it’s just a waste of time for judges to study the Constitution and the history behind it, since it’s irrelevant to today. Those […]
Supreme Court’s Curtailing of the Fourth Amendment is Admissible Evidence of Police State
This post was written by Kelly Vee and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the title “Supreme Court Ruling is Admissible Evidence of Police State.” Posts and other content you think are worth sharing with the CopBlock Network can be sent in to us via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. (Note: This […]
Amidst A Deadlock: Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fourth Amendment Protections Against Illegal Searches
Amidst grounding itself, a post-Scalia supreme court stands compromisingly deadlocked. Before its remaining justices sits a case which, if lost, could further weaken Fourth Amendment protections. The now decade old battle, however, gives the court a chance at redemption from a questionable history. It’s a choice of a generation, similar to the daunting task of replacing […]
Know Your Rights: Can the Police Make You Get Out of Your Car?
The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Omer Jaleel of Jaleel Law in Chicago, IL., via the CopBlock.org Submission Page. Along with the submission, Jaleel included this statement: I recently wrote an article on my website that I thought would be a great fit for CopBlock.org. The article answers a question that […]
Pawn Play: Scott Walker-Appointed Judge Attempts To Approve Warrantless Searches In Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker’s newly appointed supreme court justice proved who she represents — and it’s not the people. Justice Rebecca Bradley shocked her colleagues recently after nullifying an appeals court decision upholding an individual’s constitutional rights. Bradley’s decision disintegrates citizen protection against warrantless police searches. Her surprise, tiebreaking intervention both grants police more power, and exemplifies […]
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