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British Race Relations Board Member Tasered in the Face by English Police

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 770 Views Accountability, advocacy group, assault, bristol, bristol police department, Britian, Brutality, Chief Superintendent Reilly, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, England, excessive force, fake news, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Home Office, Human rights, independent advisory group, Judah Adunbi, kelly patterson, liberty, London, New York Times, no victim no crime, NY Times, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, policy officer, Race Relations, race-relations adviser, race-relations campaigners, Racism, relations between the police and Afro-Caribbean communities, rights, Sara Ogilvie, stun-gun, taser, The Guardian, ties between police officers and black people, Tom Cherry, UK, use of force, video, working with communities

Race relations in the UK took a bit of a step back last week when a 63 year old black

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Articles Killer Cops

The NY Post and Washington Post Attempt to Hide the Real Number of Police Killings

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 Brian Sumner 1319 Views assault, Brutality, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, freedom, Justice System, police, police abuse, Police brutality, Police State, Propaganda, The Fifth Column, The Guardian, The NY Post, the Washington Post

Originally published at the Fifth Column by Justin King Washington, DC (TFC) – The NY Post ran a piece of

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Articles Killer Cops Police Abuse Toxic Cops

The Department of Justice has (Finally) Decided to Start Keeping Track of How Many People the Police Kill

October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 737 Views Accountability, accurate and comprehensive data, administrative duties, assault, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Brutality, building trust, Civil rights, community-police relations, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, data that is comprehensive useful and responsive, database, day-to-day decision-making power, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, Homicide, how many people are killed by police, impossible task, informed and productive discussion, Justice System, kelly patterson, localized nature of law enforcement, official nationwide effort, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, police use of force, police violence, press release, strike the root, The Counted, The Guardian, Transparency, use of force by law enforcement

As everyone knows, the FBI and Department of Justice keep track of everything from how many people die sticking a

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2015 And The Myth Of The War On Cops

January 2, 2016January 2, 2016 Asa J 1938 Views 1033 Program, Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, Dishonesty, Drug war, fake war on cops, law enforcement support office, Myth Of The War On Cops, national law enforcement officers memorial fund, pentagon, police deaths, Police State, swat, swat raids, The Guardian, U.S. Government’s Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, War Comes Home, War on Cops

2015 saw several high-profile killings of officers around the county, leading police supporters and pundits the nation over to rail against a

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Bakersfield Police Department Named Most Deadly in United States

December 22, 2015December 22, 2015 Brian Sumner 2030 Views Accountability, assault, bakersfield, Bakersfield Police Department, Brutality, California, Campaign Zero, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, DeRay Mckesson, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, fatalencounters.org, film the police, Filming police, Johnetta Elzie, Justice System, kern county, Kia Makarechi, Killedbypolice.net, Mapping Police Violence, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, repost, Samuel Sinyangwe, strike the root, The Counted, The Guardian, Transparency, Vanity Fair

*This article was originally posted at Vanity Fair by Kia Makarechi.* A new report by Mapping Police Violence on Monday found

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The Surveillance State Couldn’t Prevent The Paris Attacks – So Why Expand It?

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Asa J 1307 Views Apple, Bashar al-Assad, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Christopher Cantwell, CIA, CIA Director John Brennan, commissioner Bill Bratton, copblock, copblock.org, counterterrorism, cryptography, cultural enrichment, cybersecurity, data encryption, director James Comey, diversity, edward snowden, facebook, FBI, foia, Foreign Policy Magazine, France, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information Act requests, French government, Google, Gun rights, iMessage, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, Islamic extremists, Islamic militants, Islamic State, Judicial Watch, Lisa Monaco, mass-spying bill, mass-surveillance, Michael Daniel, migrate wave, Mujahideen, national security, new york police, NSA, Obama administration, Paris attacks, Paris terrorist attacks, Police State, President Barack Obama, privacy protections, refugee crisis, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Stasi, stefan molyneux, Surveillance, surveillance reform, surveillance state, Syria, The Guardian, the New York Times, tolerance, united kingdom, USA Freedom Act, WhatsApp, White House cybersecurity office

In the wake of the unfortunate and diabolical terrorist attacks perpetrated in Paris, the international surveillance and intelligence communities have

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Articles Killer Cops

American Police Have Killed 1031 People in 317 Days.

November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 Brian Sumner 1602 Views Accountability, assault, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, ODMP, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, The Guardian, time

According to killedbypolice.net an online website that tracks daily statistics of deaths at the hands of police the police in America

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Confirmed: IRS Using Stingray Cell-Site Simulators To Track You

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 Asa J 1323 Views 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, ACLU, cell-site simulators, copblock, copblock.org, data interception technology, DEA, Dept. of Justice, Director Lois Lerner, expectation of privacy, FBI, fifth circuit court of appeals, fourth amendment, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information Act requests, HailStorm, Harris Corporation, invoices, irs, IRS Using Stingray, libertarian, location data, location tracking, Nate Wessler, NSA, search warrants, Stingray, Supreme Court, tea party, The Guardian, Third Party Doctrine, U.S. Marshals, usa today, warrantless cellphone searches, warrantless cellphone tracking, warrantless search

A USA Today investigation published in late 2013 first revealed that police departments across the country were utilizing whats been

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Just Doing My Job

DC Comics’ Dark Knight Batman Takes on Police State Topics

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 Michael Storm 2151 Views abuse of authority, Action comics, Bane, Batman, Batman issue #44, Batman takes on police state, black market, Blossom Row, blue privilege, Bruce Wayne, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, DC Comics, Dr. Kirk Langstrom, Four Fives, gang, GCPD, gentrification, Gotham City, Gotham Gazette, just doing my job, Man-Bat, Metropolis, msnbc, Ned Howler, Nicole Brown, Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin, police accountability, Racism, S.W.A.T, Scott Snyder, Superman, Tano Canacoo, The Corner, The Dark Knight, The Guardian, The Joker, The Narros, unarmed black teenager, V for Vendetta, venom, white cop

I don’t always enjoy writing about these topics, the thousands of deaths (and growing) at the hands of police in

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Microsoft Vs. DOJ – Feds Argue They Can Demand Emails From Anyone In The World

September 10, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 931 Views Apple, Attorney Lee Tien, Brad Smith, business records, Cisco, copblock, copblock.org, data collection, Department of Justice, drug trafficking investigation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, emails, Executive Vice President for Legal and Corporate Affairs, federal court case, foreign emails, fox news, Government of Ireland, Hotmail, international law, Ireland, microsoft, Microsoft General Counsel, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, national sovereignty, NPR, Redmond Washington, search warrant, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Snowden leaks, Surveillance, The Guardian, three-judge panel, verizon, Washington

A monumental court case resumed Wednesday between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice that will set critical precedent in

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Education Alone Isn’t Enough To Solve The Problems With Policing

August 27, 2015August 31, 2015 Georgia Sand 1253 Views Accountability, arrest, assault, attorney, black, Brian Stevenson, Brutality, Civil Immunity, Civil rights, Confederate Flag, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Deadly Weapon, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Georgia, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Harassment, Immunity, Innocent Deaths, jail, Justice System, lawsuits, Middle East, obama, police, police abuse, politically correct, Prison, Race, Race Relations, Racism, rights, Sensitivity Training, Statistics, Task Force, The Guardian, threat, training, Training Sessions, video

From The Guardian comes a video by Civil Rights Attorney Brian Stevenson: Mr. Stevenson has a compelling story to tell about

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Industry Lobbyists Get Armed Police Drones Legalized In North Dakota

August 27, 2015December 18, 2015 Asa J 2507 Views ACLU, bill of rights, civil liberties, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, department of homeland security, DHS, drone lobbyist, drone manufacturers, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department, Grand Forks Regional Economic Development Corporation, House Bill 1328, Illegal search/entry, journalist Sarah Nelson, Keith Lund, less-lethal weapons, liberty for security, lobbyist, MuckRock.com, north dakota, North Dakota Department of Commerce, police, police drones, Police State, Representative Rick Becker, rights, Rodney Brossart, rubber bullets, search warrant, Sheriff Bob Rost, sound cannons, Surveillance, Tasers, tear gas, the Daily Beast, The Guardian, University of North Dakota

North Dakota has become the first state in the nation to legalize the use of armed police drones equipped with

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