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Family Files Federal Lawsuit In Police Hogtie Death Of Troy Goode

January 15, 2016January 16, 2016 Asa J 1946 Views #ICantBreathe, Accountability, attorney Tim Edwards, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Brutality, Civil rights, civil rights violation, copblock, copblock.org, cops hogtie man, death, Desoto, District Attorney John Champion, dog bites, Eric Garner, excessive force, federal lawsuit, Goodman Road, hogtied, k-9, K-9 attack, LSD, Mayor Darren Musselwhite, Mississippi, Mississippi State Medical Examiner, police accountability, Police brutality, police murder, Police State, rights, Southaven, Southaven police, suffocation, tased, Tennessee, Troy Goode, Update, Widespread Panic, wrongful death

The family of an asthmatic Tennessee man is alleging in a federal lawsuit that their loved one died during a

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TN Cops Arrested For Stealing $175K From Taxpayers

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 Asa J 1433 Views Accountability, conspiracy, copblock, copblock.org, cops arrested, Corruption, Dishonesty, forgery, Gary Bradley, Indictments, John Dunn, public information officer John Dunn, Rick Baker, Robert Hall, Sparta, Sparta police, Tennessee, Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Officers Association, Theft, TLETOA, TLETOA Board President Rick Baker, TN Comptroller's Officer, TN cops steal $175000, washington county, Washington County sheriff’s department, white county, White County jail, writing unauthorized checks

Two Tennessee cops were indicted and arrested last week for allegedly stealing more than $175,000 from a taxpayer funded police association,

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Tennessee Bill to Ban Weapons on Drones, Except for Cops

January 4, 2016 CopBlock 1455 Views bean bag, big brother, cop block, cops, daniel byrd, domestic drones, drone, drones, less than lethal weapons, non-lethal weapons, orwellian, police, police drone, Police State, rubber bullets, Surveillance, taser, Tennessee, TN, uav, weaponized drones

A new bill has been introduced in the state of Tennessee that would make it illegal for citizens to possess

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Happy New Year: Enjoy “No Refusal,” Forced Blood Draw Checkpoints

December 31, 2015 Asa J 2266 Views "no refusal" DUI checkpoints, ACLU, ACLU of Mississippi, Andres Wallace, austin, blood draw checkpoints, Civil rights, constitution, constitutional, copblock, copblock.org, DUI checkpoints, forced blood draw, freedom, Georgia, Happy new year, Harassment, Louisiana, New Years Eve, New York City, no refusal, Police State, search warrant, Self-ownership, Tennessee, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Texas, U.S. Supreme Court

As major U.S. cities implement a police state amid New Years Eve terror fears, police in some states around the country are

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TN Sheriff Indicted On 113 Misconduct, Theft, Fraud Charges – Receives $10K Bond

December 1, 2015December 3, 2015 Asa J 1794 Views Accountability, Charles Simpson, conspiracy, copblock, copblock.org, Eddie Bradford, forgery, fraud, Gibson County, Gibson County Correctional Complex, Gibson County Sheriff's Office, Indictments, Joel Hughey, Melissa Hunt, official misconduct, Renea Terrell, Shaun Phinnessee, sheriff Chuck Arnold, Sheriff Indicted On 113 charges, sheriff Paul Thomas, Susan Niland, Tennessee, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Teresa Sturdivant, Theft

Following a probe by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, former Gibson County sheriff Chuck Arnold was indicted on 113 criminal

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This Is What Thanksgiving Looks Like In A Police State

November 26, 2015November 23, 2016 Asa J 1504 Views Arizona, Arkansas, arkansas state police, bomb-sniffing dogs, California, Checkpoints, chief James O'Neill, Col. Tracy Trott, Connecticut, Critical Response Command, distracted drivers, Eating out our substance, Emergency Service Unit, heavy body armor, helicopters, Macy's Thanksgiving day parade, Manhattan, Michigan, militarization of police, military style rifles, Missouri, mobile cameras, NC Interstate Challenge Campaign, New Mexico, New York City, new york city police, new york city police department, new york state police, North Carolina, nypd, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Operation Hang Up, Paris terrorist attacks, police checkpoints, Propaganda, radiation detectors, revenue generation, Rhode Island, Ricky Adams, Security theater, Sgt. Chris Waters, sniper rifles, sobriety checkpoints, Tennessee, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Texas, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving holiday, The Interstate 40 Challenge, traffic enforcement, unmarked police cars, Virgina, west virgina

In a show of security theater that exemplifies the further acclimation of the public to the mounting draconian police presence

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Tennessee SWAT Team Destroys Apartment during No-Knock Raid, Holds Unarmed Residents at Gunpoint to Search for Marijuana

November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 CopBlock 2202 Views 4th amendment, apartment raid, chris pitts, chris voluntaryist, constitutional, cop block, Drug war, fourth amendment, Handcuffed, held at gunpoint, illegal search, marijuana, marijuana raid, mrap, murfreesboro police, No-knock raid, police aim guns, police raid apartment, rights violation, rutherford county sheriff, search and seizure, serve warrant, swat raid, Tennessee, TN, unconstitutional, video, war on drugs, warrant, warrantless search

“They trashed the house, they broke pictures, they used excessive force when we were down and handcuffed to the couch

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Tennessee Probation “Service” Caught Using False-Positive Drug Tests to Increase Profits and Arrests

November 7, 2015November 7, 2015 CopBlock 2450 Views additional fees, alec karakatsanis, arrest warrant, chris voluntaryist, cop block, drug screen, drug tests, equal justice under the law, extortion, false positive, illegal scheme, mayor ernest burgess, murfreesboro, PCC, probation, providence community corrections, Rutherford County, sheriff robert arnold, Tennessee, unreliable drug test, violation

The for-profit probation company, Providence Community Corrections, is in the middle of a class action lawsuit after being accused of running an

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Man Charged After Suing Knoxville Police For Excessive Force

September 5, 2015October 15, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1684 Views Accountability, assault, assaulting officers, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Ernesto Rodriguez, excessive force, Justice System, kelly patterson, knoxville, Knoxville Police Department, lawsuit, Officer Frederick Kimber, officer Thomas Thurman, officer Travis Steven Baker, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, resisting arrest, rights, Tennessee, TN, video, Wate.com

Over a year ago, Ernesto Rodriguez was arrested after a domestic dispute call. Later a dashcam video (see below) was

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Judge Joe Brown Calls Jails ‘Slave Warehouses’ After 5 Day Stay

September 4, 2015 Alia Atreides 1436 Views Accountability, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, freedom, Joshua H, Judge Joe Brown, Justice System, juvenile court, memphis, Memphis Judge, Pete Eyre, Police State, rights, Shelby County Criminal Courts, Tennessee, the Machine, the state, True Verdict, tv judge

Judge Joe Brown of television fame, who was also an actual judge in the Memphis court system before that, recently

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$12,000 Goes Missing From Dead Man After Police Wellness Check

August 27, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1167 Views Accountability, Brinkley Street, Civil asset forfeiture, civil lawsuit, copblock, copblock.org, cops steal money from dead man, Jimmy Wayne Smith, Millington Police Department, Millington Tennessee, police steal $12000, police welfare check, police wellness check, safekeepings room, shelby county, Shelby County Probate Court, TBI, Tennessee, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, video surveillance

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the Millington Police Department after more than $12,000 in cash came up missing

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Newport Tennessee Teen Arrested for Calling Cops Pigs

August 16, 2015August 15, 2015 Alia Atreides 2859 Views Accountability, Civil rights, constitutional rights, cop block, copblock.org, Derek Wright, Dishonesty, disorderly conduct, first amendmen, free speech, freedom, Harassment, Joshua H, newport, newport police department, no victim no crime, pigs, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, Tennessee, William G. Reece

William G. Reece, 19, was arrested near Newport, Tennessee on Friday August 14, 2015 after opening his door and yelling

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