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Update: Michael Slager Now Also Facing Federal Charges And Potentially Death Penalty

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1868 Views #blacklivesmatter, #BlueLiesMatter, #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, Anthony Scott, assault, body camera, Brutality, Chris Stewart, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Death Penalty, depriving someone of their civil rights under color of law, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, film the police, grand jury, Home Field Advantage, Homicide, intentional deliberate and/or illegal act, Judy Scott, Justice System, kelly patterson, michael slager, murder, North Charleston, north charleston police, obstructing justice in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police shooting, policeman's discount, rights, sc, south carolina, taser, unarmed person, Update, using a firearm in committing a crime of violence, video, violating civil rights laws, walter scott

Former Officer Michael Slager, the South Carolina cop who was caught on film murdering Walter Scott from behind as he

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Chicago City Officials Have Acknowledged The Thin Blue Line; Will Other Cities Join Them?

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1348 Views #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, assault, Bad apples, Brutality, chicago, Civil rights, code of silence, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, freedom, good cops, Harassment, Homicide, IL, Illinois, Justice System, kelly patterson, Laquan McDonald, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, pro wrestling, rahm emanuel, rights, strike the root, thin blue line, Transparency

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by James McLynas, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. He invites those

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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 3410 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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LVMPD Sued By Man Shown on Video Being Attacked by Police at Hard Rock Casino

March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1456 Views #ThinBlueLies, 8 News Now, Accountability, assault, blue wall of silence, Brutality, CA, Cal Potter, California, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, clark county, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Hard Rock Casino, I don't like being helpless, Ian Tuuamalemalo, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, las vegas police, Las Vegas Strip, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, nevada cop block, NV, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, policy violations, reggae concert, rights, Samoan, Southern California, suit, Surveillance, They could have killed me, thin blue line, tourism, us attorneys office, video

Ian Tuuamalemalo, a man who was visiting Las Vegas from Southern California, has filed a police brutality lawsuit over an

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Drunk Hawaiian Cop Given Ride Home By Good Cops Was In Accident; Can’t Be Prosecuted Now

February 13, 2016February 14, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 3397 Views #ThinBlueLies, Aaron Hunger, accident, Accountability, bad apple, Civil rights, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, courtesy ride, criminology, Dishonesty, dodge charger, double-standards, dui, field sobriety test, flat tire, freedom, good cops, Hawaii News Now, hawaii police, Honolulu, honolulu police department, HPD, HPD subsidized, Jonathan Burge, Justice System, Kahekili Highway, Keaahala Road, kelly patterson, KGMB, KHNL, law enforcement experts, leaving the scene of an accident, Off Duty Cop, police, police accountability, policy violations, rights, Sgt. Dennis Stone, sparking rim, special treatment, tax payer financed vehicle, thin blue line, Traffic stop, University of Hawaii, video

A link to the article quoted within this post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously by a reader, via

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Michael Slager is Attempting to Get Out on Bail Again (Plus Recent Related Developments)

December 10, 2015May 26, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1204 Views #blacklivesmatter, #BlueLiesMatter, #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, Andy Savage, Anthony Scott, assault, bloodstain analysis, body camera, Brutality, child death probe, Chris Stewart, Civil rights, Commerce Department, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, David Aylor, Death Penalty, depriving someone of their civil rights under color of law, Dishonesty, doctoring paperwork, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, fabricated confession, facebook post, film the police, forensic scientist, grand jury, Home Field Advantage, Homicide, intentional deliberate and/or illegal act, International Association for Identification, Judy Scott, Justice System, kelly patterson, Lowcountry, michael slager, Michele China, murder, North Charleston, north charleston police, obstructing justice in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, officers who pull the trigger, PBA, pending homicide case, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police Benevolent Association, Police brutality, police shooting, Police Union, policeman's discount, PostAndCourier.com, rights, sc, shots fired, SLED, SLED Chief Mark Keel, south carolina, Southern States Police Benevolent Association, Special Agent Almon Brown, State Law Enforcement Division, taser, The Post and Courier, unarmed person, Update, using a firearm in committing a crime of violence, video, violating civil rights laws, walter scott

Michael Slager Requests Bail Again Michael Slager, the North Charleston, SC. cop who was caught murdering Walter Scott on video,

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First Person Account and Video of the Arrests of Ademo Freeman and Brian Sumner

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1361 Views #BlueLiesMatter, #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, Ademo Freeman, assault, Brian Sumner, call flood, call floods, chalk, chalk the police, Civil rights, cop block, cop block fresno, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Featured, film the police, Free FRESNO, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, strike the root, Update, video

Below are first person accounts of the arrests and the initial court appearance for Ademo Freeman and Brian Sumner. Included

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Ademo Freeman and Brian Sumner

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Call Flood Request for Ademo Freeman and Brian Sumner in Noblesville, IN

October 28, 2015October 30, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1888 Views #BlueLiesMatter, #ThinBlueLies, Accountability, Ademo Freeman, assault, Brian Sumner, call flood, call floods, chalk, chalk the police, Civil rights, cop block, cop block fresno, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Featured, film the police, Free FRESNO, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, kelly patterson, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, rights, strike the root, Update, video

Update: Brian Sumner has been switched to a different prosecutor. The new prosecutor is: Brian Patrick Johnson Hamilton County Prosecutor

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