The following post and video were shared with the CopBlock Network by Landon Tomsa, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. The following post is fairly self explanatory. The person who submitted it states that they saw an Annapolis City police officer, James Spearman, parked illegally while having some unspecified interaction with a woman. Shortly after, Officer […]
Video Shows Man Being “Mauled” During Arrest for Smoking on Campus at Fullerton (CA) College
A video posted to Twitter and since shared widely on Facebook and other social media as well shows a young man identified on the video as a student at Fullerton Community College, in California, being violently arrested by “Safety Officers” working for the school. (In a statement, quoted below, Fullerton Community College Interim President Dr. […]
Portsmouth, Virginia Police Officer Stephen Rankin Sentenced to (Just) 2.5 Years in Prison for Murder of William Chapman II
The following post was originally published at “BlackMattersUS.com” by Ken Patterson (no relation) under the original title “Police Shooting: Former Cop Sent To Prison.” Previously, this case has been reported on here at Cop Block by myself, as well as CopBlock Network Contributors Lorelei McFly and Steven Thomas. (See the “Related Posts” section below.) Police […]
Riot Cops in Portland Pepper Spray, Arrest Protesters After City Approves New Police Contract
Protestors attending a Portland City Council vote that ended with the approval of a new contract for police were pepper sprayed by cops in riot gear. After the vote, the crowd became vocal in opposition to the contract, which gives police a raise and has been criticized as a backroom deal between the police union […]
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Provided Data Access for a Surveillance Product Marketed to Target Activists of Color
Originally published at ACLUNC.org by Matt Cagle The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram provided user data access to Geofeedia, a developer of a social media monitoring product that we have seen marketed to law enforcement as a tool to monitor activists and protesters. We are pleased that after […]
Michigan State Police Trooper: Standing Near Road is “Suspicious” – Commits Illegal Detention Plus Illegal Search And Seizure
The video above and the description included below were shared with the CopBlock Network by Timothy Wagner, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. In the video Timothy submitted, he is stopped and illegally detained by a Michigan State Police trooper (it’s hard to hear in the video, but his name sounds like “Dupontz” he has now […]
Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom’s Extradition Hearing to be Livestreamed on YouTube
Update: the livestream link has been added at the bottom of this post. A New Zealand judge has granted Kim Dotcom’s request to livestream his hearing over an extradition request by the United States government to face copyright and money laundering charges based on his ownership of the online file sharing site “Megaupload.” Dotcom has […]
For the State Death isn’t Even Punishment Enough for Those Who Dare to Expose Their Crimes
This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the title “Manning’s Death Wouldn’t be Enough for the State.” Posts and other content you think are worth sharing with the CopBlock Network can be sent in to us via the CopBlock.org Submission Page. (Note: This […]
Two More Texas Police Departments Flaunt Religion And Defy The First Amendment
Two Kaufman County police departments have joined other Texas police departments in proudly flaunting religion by adding the motto “In God We Trust” to their police vehicles. The Terrell Police Department and Crandall Police Department have chosen to thumb their collective noses at the First Amendment by showing that they are partial to those who share […]
Not All Robots Support The Police (State)
Recently, there have been several reports of police use of robots to intercede on their behalf against suspects they are pursuing. The most notable example, of course, is when police in Dallas used a robot to bomb the man who had killed five police officers earlier and also wounded eleven other people, including nine additional […]
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