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Tennessee Cop Caught on Tape Sexually Harassing Woman And Boasting About Also Doing It In Court Has Resigned

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 2408 Views Accountability, assault, audio recordings, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, lewdness, nashville, News Channel 5 Investigates, NewsChannel5.com, Officer Frank Geisenhoffer, police, police abuse, police accountability, rights, sexual harassment, South Carthage, South Carthage Police Department, Surveillance, Tennessee, TN, wptv news channel 5

Earlier today, it was reported that Officer Frank Geisenhoffer, the South Carthage (TN) cop who was caught on audio recordings

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University of Tennessee Police Violate Independent Media’s Rights at Public Protest

November 25, 2016November 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1579 Views 14th amendment, 1st amendment, Accountability, BackRoomKnox.com, campus policies and customs, Christian Alexander, Civil rights, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Dishonesty, Diversity Matters student coalition, event of national significance, Filming police, first amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, free speech zone, freedom, freedom of the press, Harassment, Healy 408 U.S. at180, kelly patterson, Knox News, knoxville, media access, New York Times v. Sullivan 376 U.S. 254 270 (1964), no victim no crime, Officer A. O'neal, Officer McCarter, Officer Underwood, official policies, or customs, police, Police State, practices, press pass, public property, rights, Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the Univ. of Va. 515 U.S. 819 835 (1995), Tennessee, TN, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Police Department, UT, video

The following post and video were shared with the CopBlock Network by Christian Alexander of BackRoomKnox.com, via the CopBlock.org Submissions

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Articles Toxic Cops 

TN Sheriff Indicted On 113 Misconduct, Theft, Fraud Charges Recieves No Prison Time

October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 Asa J 1071 Views Accountability, audit, copblock, copblock.org, distribution of prescriptions, Double Standard, double-standards, drug fund accounting, employee compensation, fraud, Gibson County, Gibson County Sheriff's Office, Indictments, Justice System, misconduct, no prison time, police accountability, Police State, probation, restitution, sheriff Chuck Arnold, sheriff Paul Thomas, Susan Niland, Tennessee, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Theft

A former Tennessee sheriff charged with 113 counts of misconduct, theft, and fraud entered a guilty plea on Friday avoiding prison time. Gibson

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Articles Toxic Cops 

Cop Suspended for Facebook Comment Says He Would Have Shot Philando Castile Five Times

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Alia Atreides 1302 Views Anthony Venable, cop block, copblock.org, facebook, Joshua H, Metro Police, nashville, Philando Castile, police, Tennessee

After last nights shootings of police in Dallas many Americans are asking themselves how people could have come to hate

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Articles Police Abuse 

Disabled Woman Beaten During TSA Security Screening

July 2, 2016July 2, 2016 Asa J 2404 Views airport police, airport security screening, brain tumor, Brutality, chattanooga, Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist, copblock, copblock.org, department of homeland security, excessive force, Hannah Cohen, lawsuit, Memphis International Airport, Memphis POlice, Memphis Police Department, metal detector, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Sari Koshetz, security audits, security screening, Shirley Cohen, St. Jude Hospital, Tennessee, Transportation Security Agency, TSA

A blind and disabled Tennessee woman was beaten during an airport security screening at the Memphis International Airport, a new lawsuit

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Articles Original Content 

Feds Transferred $2.2B Worth Of Military Equipment To Police Since 2006

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 Asa J 1354 Views 1033 Program, Adam Andrzejewski, airplanes, Arizona, armored vehicles, bayonets, California, copblock, copblock.org, Dept. of Defense, executive order, foia request, freedom of information act request, helicopters, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, M14 rifles, M16 rifles, militarization, militarization of police, military gear, military surplus equipment, mine detectors, mrap, open the books, pentagon, Police State, police state daily, President Obama, Tennessee, Texas, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, Virginia, Working Group

The federal government has transferred around $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments around the country since

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Articles Toxic Cops 

Cop And Former Football Star With History of Misconduct Arrested For Raping 16 Year Old

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016 Steven Thomas 1548 Views Accountability, Anderson County, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County Jail, anderson county sheriff's department, angry and bitterly disappointed, assault, Assistant Police Chief Charles "Robin" Smith, brief sexual encounter, Brutality, Cassen Jackson-Garrison, Central High School, City Manager Mark Watson, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, cops charged with rape, Corruption, Dishonesty, District Attorney General Dave Clark, domestic violence, Double Standard, football, grand jury, Harassment, inappropriate contact, Knoxville Police Department, Middle Tennessee, Mt. Juliet, nashville, Oak Ridge, police accountability, Police Department, Police State, press release, rape, rights, running back, sexual assault, Tennessee, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, TN, vanderbilt university

Oak Ridge Police Officer, Cassen Jackson-Garrison, has been arrested for the rape of a 16-year-old girl while on duty. Officer

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Know Your Rights Police Abuse Videos 

Video Shows Memphis Cops Tackle, Arrest Man For Recording

May 4, 2016 Asa J 1026 Views arrested for recording, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, DaDon Guglielmette, Director Michael Rallings, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, first amendment, Flex Your Rights, Harassment, Inspectional Services Bureau, interfering, know your rights, memphis, Memphis POlice, Memphis Police Department, Memphis police policy, Michael Rallings, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, policy, right to record, rights, Tennessee, video

Video has surfaced appearing to show an officer with the Memphis police department tackle a man to the ground for

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Articles Police Abuse 

Elementary School Children Arrested For Not Breaking Up Fight

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 Asa J 1949 Views Accountability, chief Karl Durr, Christopher Williams, copblock, copblock.org, East Castle Street, Elementary School Children Arrested, fight, First Baptist Church, Hobgood Elementary School, Justice System, Karl Durr, kids arrested for not breaking up fight, murfreesboro, murfreesboro police, Murfreesboro police department, nonsense, officer Christopher Williams, police abuse, police arrest kids, Police State, police state indoctrination, Rutherford County, Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center, six-year-old arrested, Tennessee, Zacchaeus Crawford

Parents in Murfreesboro, Tennessee are livid after they say students as young as six-years-old were handcuffed and arrested at Hobgood

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Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops 

Police Wife Writes About the “Secret Epidemic” of Police Domestic Violence

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3241 Views #ThinBlueLies, 50 percent of all calls, abuse rate for cops, abused police spouse, Accountability, Alex Roslin, Anthony Bouza, assault, Australia, battered woman, Blue code of silence, Brutality, brutality against civilians, CAJ awards, Canada, Canadian Association of Journalists prizes for investigative reporting, Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting, Chief Daniel LaBella, child abuse, Civil rights, cop block, cop marriages, cop psychology, cop wives, copblock, copblock.org, cops protecting each other, Corruption, crime wave, de facto licence to abuse, deliberate indifference, desperate isolation, disavowed generalized and virtually unchecked, Dishonesty, domestic abuse, domestic violence, domestic violence awareness month, domestic violence by law enforcement, Double Standard, double-standards, efficacy, enthusiasm, estranged wife, ex-wife of cop, excessive force, extramarital affairs, far-reaching social ramifications, Featured, ferocity, freedom, gold prize in the National Magazine Awards, Harassment, holster sniffers, Homicide, infamous blue wall of silence, Joseph Longo Jr, Justice System, kelly patterson, Kristin Palumbo-Longo, lapd, law enforcement marriages, lawsuit, Lieutenant Detective Mark Wynn, Los Angeles, mafia, Montreal, Ms. Blog, Ms. Magazine, Ms. Magazine Prison and Domestic Violence Shelter Program, multi-million-dollar lawsuits, murder, murder-suicide, Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, Negligence, New York, new york police department, nine nominations, NMAs, nuisance property laws, officer-involved domestic violence, OIDV, omerta, one of the most surreal crime epidemics ever, open secret, PBS, police, police abuse, police accountability, police actions may have enhanced the danger, police alcoholism, Police brutality, police divorce, police domestic violence, police investigator, police killings of African Americans, Police State, police supervisors, Police Wife, police wives, powerless to protect, professional courtesy, prone to other forms of misconduct, protection orders, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Police Department, researching how to get help, rights, settlement, sexual abuse, sexual harassment of female drivers at traffic stops, sexual harassment of women cops, social inequality, south africa, spouse abuse, stabbing, steep price, strict unwritten code, subjugation of Native Americans, Susanna Hope, sustained domestic violence complaint, taxpayers, Tennessee, The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, tragedy, trained in the use of physical force, training and tools to track web use phone calls and travels, troubling behavior, UK, upto 15 times higher than among the public, Utica, utter secrecy, very little hope of help, video, violence against fellow officers, violence against women, virtually unknown to the public, we all pay, women fleeing domestic violence, women's shelter, worldwide phenomenon, wrongful death lawsuit

This post was originally published at the “Ms. Magazine” blog in October of 2015 by Alex Roslin and Susanna Hope

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Articles 

Sergeant Quits To Care For Sick Mom, Arrested For Embezzling $20K From Her

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 Asa J 835 Views arrested, Bradley County, Chief Rick Duffany, copblock, copblock.org, dementia, Dishonesty, embezzlement, extradition, Hamburg, Livingston County, Mary Sue Cook, Michigan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Pinckney, sergeant, Sgt. Gary Harpe, Tennessee, William Cook

Pinckney, Michigan police Sgt. William Cook resigned unexpectedly from his position last April to take care of his ailing and elderly mother. In

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Police Abuse Videos 

Rutherford County Officers Beat, Pepper Spray, and Tase Man Having a Seizure

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016 CopBlock 1647 Views Accountability, assault, beat, bruises, brutal beating, Brutality, brute force, choking, Civil rights, common practice, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, excessive force, Harassment, having a seizure, horse trainer, inmate, major tommy thompson, medical condition, medical emergency, mercilessly attacked, murfreesboro, pepper spray, police, police abuse, police accountability, police beating, Police brutality, punching, restraint chair, rights, robert arnold, robert murray, Rutherford County, rutherford county jail, rutherford county sheriff's office, Rutherford County's finest, seizure, Self-defense, spit mask, stolen lawn equipment, Surveillance, tackling, tased, taser, tennesee, Tennessee, TN, video

“Somebody could lose their life in this place. When you lose your life in there, they could say whatever they

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