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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Class Warfare

May 4, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2216 Views Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, class warfare, classism, cocaine, Colorado, crack, crack vs cocaine, DoJ, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, drug war propaganda, economic discrimination, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, Human rights, incentives, law enforcement against prohibition, LEAP, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Matthew Fogg, meth, Methamphetamine, methamphetamine crisis, Occupational licensing, Oregon, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, pseudoephedrine, Racism, sentencing disparities, state-sanctioned class warfare, unintended consequences, victimless crimes, war on drugs, wealth redistribution, working class

This is the fourth and final article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape,

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A Copsucker Christmas Story [SATIRE]

December 25, 2015December 21, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1334 Views blue lives matter, Christmas, Cop Apologists, copsucker christmas, copsuckers, officer safety, police apologists, Satire, unintended consequences

CLEVELAND, OH— 35-year old Travis Wayne Simpkins was shot and killed by an unidentified officer with the Cleveland Police Department

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Race, Crime & Perception in Iowa City, Iowa

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Alia Atreides 1966 Views Adam Carros, burglary, chicago, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Coralville, crime, disparity, double-standards, Featured, housing projects, Institutional racism, Iowa, iowa city, Janet Lyness, John Zimmerman, Johnson County, Joshua H, KCRG, mugshots, photos, police, Racism, rights, The Gazette, unintended consequences, University of Iowa, welfare, wrestlers

UPDATE: Read Adam Carros response to this article. Recently some Iowa news sources were accused of racism as the result

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The Question Only You Can Answer (An Excerpt from “Unintended Consequences”)

September 1, 2014September 1, 2014 Pete Eyre 1149 Views concentration camp, cop block, copblock.org, defensive force, evolution, ideas have consequences, individual liberty, John Ross, leviathian, Police State, rebellion, revolution, Self-defense, statism, think for yourself, totalitarianism, Tyranny, unintended consequences, video

An excerpt from the book “Unintended Consequences” by John Ross, which poses a thought-provoking question that only you can answer.

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“Rise of the Warrior Cop” by Radley Balko – exceprt

July 12, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 2818 Views bill lockyer, brad taylor, byrne grant program, cop block, copblock.org, DEA, drug enforcement administration, drug prohibition, Drug war, lincoln county, Missouri, modesto police department, police militarization, Radley Balko, rise of the warrior copo, september 11, SWAT, swat raid, Terrorism, the militarization of americas police forces, tom coleman, tulia sentinal, unintended consequences, winfield, wrong-door raids

The following is an excerpt from Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko,

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Snitches

May 8, 2013 Pete Eyre 789 Views akon, claire wolfe, cop block, copblock.org, crimethinc, davi barker, double-standards, FBI, no victim no crime, obie trice, Pete Eyre, rats, snitches, unintended consequences

This post hosts resources related to the topic of snitches. The perverse incentives inherent in today’s policing causes unintended consequences.

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