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American Cities Pushing To Regulate, Spotlight Unchecked Police Surveillance

May 3, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1135 Views Accountability, ARTICLE, cell-site simulator, Civil rights, copblock, Corruption, DAPL, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, erik prince blackwater, excessive force, freedom, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, michael wood jr., militarized police, military equipment police, milwaukee police stingray, news, no victim no crime, police, police accountability, Police State, police surveillanc regulation, police surveillance, police surveillance stingray, police tower dumping, politics, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance at Standing Rock, surveillance state, the fifth column news, The Intercept, Tiger Swan DAPL surveillance, Transparency, Veterans Stand, wauwatosa police surveillance, writing

For years, excess military equipment has trickled down to state and local agencies. For police departments nationwide, this influx doesn’t

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Only Two Percent Of Surveillance Requests Denied By Secret Spy Court

April 22, 2017 Asa J 1123 Views Carter Page, communications, copblock, copblock.org, Donald Trump, FBI, FISA, FISA request, FISA warrant, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court, government spying, Justice System, NSA, Police State, rubber stamp, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, surveillance warrants, U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court

Proving that the U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court is nothing more than a rubber stamp for the government’s spying apparatus,

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Memphis Police Conduct Widespread Activist Surveillance; Compiles “Black List”

March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1276 Views Activism, black lives matter, city hall escort list, Civil rights, COINTEL PRO, Cop Block Network, Corruption, DAPL, FBI, illegal surveillance, journalism, living wage, Memphis PD, Memphis POlice, memphis police black list, memphis police harass protesters, memphis police surveillance, michael wood jr., milwaukee police surveillance, money in politics, news, officials lying, police accountability, police filming protesters, police harassment, police intimidation, Police State, police stingray, police surveillance, police tower dumping, political surveillance and intimidation, pontiac tribune, poverty, protest, raise the minimum wage, standing rock north dakota, surveillance state, the fifth column news, wage movement, wauwatosa police killing Jay Anderson, wauwatosa police surveillance, writing

This article was originally published on the Pontiac Tribune by the same author. Information nearing Orwellian levels is now disseminating

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Federal Judge Becomes First To Throw Out Warrantless Stingray Evidence

July 13, 2016July 17, 2016 Asa J 1169 Views ACLU, cell phone surveillance, Cell phones, cell-site simulator, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Department of Justice, drug trafficking, Drug war, federal judge, Judge William Pauley, Maryland appeals court, Nathan Freed Wessler, Police State, Raymond Lambis, Stasi, Stingray, Surveillance, surveillance state, U.S. District Court, unreasonable search, warrantless search, Washington Heights

A federal judge has became the first to suppress evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a

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Proposed British Prison Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough to Address the Real Issues

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1376 Views 1984, Accountability, assault, autonomy, behind bars, Britian, British citizenry, British parliament, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, center of conflict, central purpose of prisons, Civil rights, clear bright line between right and wrong, confining realms of prisons, containment element of prisons, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, cost-effective and moral way of resolving conflicts, criminal element, criminals, deaths in prison, Dishonesty, emphasis on rehabilitation, enforcing the rules of the state, forms of situating justice, freedom, good intentions, gray lines, Harassment, idea of a better world, instilling morality, jail population, jobs, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lord Chancellor, love for others, Michael Gove, misery prisoners go through, moralism, morality, more effective criminal, Nick Ford, no victim no crime, non-violent offenders, on their way out of prison, out-group bias, overcrowding in prisons, police, Police State, Prison, prison reforms, prisoners, Queen Elizabeth, real hope, reconvicted, reform sentencing, restorative and transformative justice, rights, satellite tags, Secretary of State for Justice, serious offenders, strike the root, Suicide, Surveillance, surveillance state, the Prison Reform Trust, the Telegraph, transforming prisons, transition into society, UK, Update, victimless crimes

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Secret Provision Would Expand FBI’s Warrantless Access To Online Records

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 819 Views administrative subpoena, copblock, copblock.org, data collection, electronic communications transaction records, FBI, gag order, Government Surveillance, intelligence authorization bill, national security, National Security Letters, online records, Police State, secret provision, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Ron Wyden, senate bill, Senate intelligence panel, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, USA Freedom Act, warrantless data collection, warrantless search

A secret provision snuck into the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization bill would expand the FBI’s ability to acquire Americans’ online records

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Feds Making Thousands Of Augmented Reality Surveillance Flights Across US

April 9, 2016 Asa J 1602 Views Adam Bates, agumented reality surveillance, aircraft, Associated Press, augmented reality, BuzzFeed News, Cato Institute, cellphone tracking, Cessna, Cessna Skylane 182, Cessnas, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, department of homeland security, DHS, FBI, FBI front companies, federal bureau of investigation, FlightRadar24, front companies, helicopters, Pilatus PC-2, planes, Police State, Privacy, privacy rights, Surveillance, surveillance aircraft, surveillance flights, surveillance state, Technology

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security have been running thousands of surveillance missions employing cellphone tracking

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Chicago Police Rack Up $662 Million Dollar Bill for Misconduct

March 19, 2016 Kristan T Harris 1643 Views 2004, 662 million, Ademo Freeman, alex jones, american intelligence report, bearcat, chicago pd, chicago police, copblock, david icke, Infowars, kristan harris, Kristan T. Harris, libertarian, mrap, pay out, police, police abuse, Police State, rundown live, settlement, surveillance state

Chicago Police Amount 662 Million Dollars in Settlements American Intelligence Report Chicago Police have been plagued by huge settlements for misconduct, totaling $662 million in

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Drug War Don Don: US To Push For Drug Decriminalization At Upcoming UN Assembly

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1356 Views Accountability, addiction, america, America 2016, american police, ARTICLE, blog, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cultur, culture, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug abuse, drug cartels, drug enforcement, drug policy, drug reform, drug reseach, drug treaties, Drug war, drugs and police, freedom, Harassment, health, health care issues, Illegal search/entry, jourmalist, journalism, Justice System, legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, militarized police, news, no victim no crime, police accountability, police reform, Police State, prison industrial complex, rights, share, state department, surveillance state, UN, UN assembly, United Nations, War on (Some) Drugs, war on drugs, white house, writing

Relatively few people truly grasp the global ramifications wrought by US drug prohibition. Whether it’s how foreign police forces handle

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Spotlighting A Black Site: Chicago-Local Officials Pass Resolution Calling For DOJ Probe Of Homan Square

February 24, 2016 Isiah Holmes 901 Views 2016, Accountability, america, assault, black site, blog, Brutality, chicago, chicago police, Civil rights, Cook County, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, crimes, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, federal probe, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, homan square, illegal, Illegal search/entry, interrogation, Investigation, journalism, justice, Laquan McDonald, military cops, news, police, police abuse, police accountability, police killing, Police State, politics, prison industrial complex, rights, share, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance state, tourture, Transparency, undercover officers, Update, warrior cops, Washington, writing

County officials near Chicago recently upped the ante amidst a federal probe of the cities police. Their grievances, however, don’t revolve

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DHS To Urge Public To Become Online Spies For The Government

February 24, 2016March 4, 2016 Asa J 1088 Views ALCU, anti-government groups, BATF, Central California Intelligence Center, chilling effect, Citizen spy networks, communities against terrorism program, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, cyber PSA, Cyber Security, DEA, department of homeland security, Department of Justice, DHS, DHS intelligence assessment, Domestic Terrorism Counsel, facebook, federal bureau of investigation, fusion centers, government spies, homeland security, Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, ICE, if you see something say something, Janet Napolitano, John Carlin, joint terrorism task force, Joint Terrorism Task Forces, Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center, MIAC report, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, national security, Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, New York City, NSI, Office of Partnership and Engagement, online spies, Privacy, privacy rights, Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism, Propaganda, propaganda campaign, PSA, rights, see something say something, sovereign citizen, Sovereign Citizen Movement, START, Surveillance, surveillance state, suspicious activity, suspicious internet activity, Twitter, Wal-Mart

In the wake of 9/11, the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign debuted in New York City in 2002 and then expanded

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Music Scene Saviors: Philidelphia Bill Proposing Police Monitor Concerts And Artists Withdrawn

February 23, 2016February 23, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1936 Views Accountability, ban, ban list, bill, blog, Civil rights, concerts, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, journalism, Justice System, Law, monitoring, Music, music scene, news, no victim no crime, nypd, party, philidelphia, police, Police State, politics, rights, spying, strike the root, Surveillance, surveillance state, Transparency, Update, venue owner, writing

A Philadelphia city councilman’s widely criticized bill was recently withdrawn by none other than it’s creator. The move marks a

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