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Madison, Alabama Police Department Spending 50K To Protect Top Cops; Crucifying Others

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Isiah Holmes 809 Views Accountability, AL.com, ARTICLE, Brian White, Brutality, Captain Terrell Cook, chief Larry Muncey, Civil rights, Contempt, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Councilman Mike Potter, DCI agent, defense attorney, defense fund, Department of Justice, DoJ, DOJ probe, double-standards, Drug war, ensuring officers don’t use force unnecessarily, excessive force, Filming police, foia request, freedom of information act request, Harassment, held at gunpoint, Illegal search/entry, indefinite administrative leave, India, journalism, Judge Madeline Haikala, Justice System, Larry Barclay, lawsuit, legal fees, Madison, Madison PD, Madison Police Department, misconduct cover up, misdemeanor assault, news, obligation to avoid city lawsuits, Officer Eric Parker, paid leave, paid vacation, Police brutality, Police Chief, police cover-up, report, rights, Robert Tuten, Sgt. Anderson, SNAFU, strike the root, superbly tight lipped, Sureshbahi Patel, Surveillance, surveying the courthouse, suspiscious man, Traffic stop, Transparency, us district court, use of force inquiry, video, within policy, writing

After a series of FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) requests, AL.com learned of the hefty legal fees Madison, Alabama spent to defend

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Video: Man Arrested, Assaulted, And Restrained, Loses Consciousness Over Open Beer

May 12, 2016March 5, 2017 Steven Thomas 672 Views Accountability, alameda county, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, arrested, assault, beer, Beer Container, Brutality, California, carotid restraint hold, choke hold, Civil rights, constitutional rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Douglas Babbitt, excessive force, False arrest, False imprisonment, Fulvio Cajina, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Justice System, lawsuit, Minorities, no victim no crime, oakland, Officer Alexander Ying, Officer Michael Olivera, Open Beer, people in impoverished neighborhoods, people who drive beat up cars, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rights, San Leandro, unlawful arrest, Update, us district court, video

Cop Block has always been a staunch supporter of our constitutional rights when dealing with police. I often urge my

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Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops

Update: Woman Beaten by LVMPD Officer For Littering Has Filed Civil Rights Lawsuit

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 903 Views Accountability, Amanda Vizcarrondo-Ortiz, ap, assault, Associated Press, authoritah, battery, body camera, Brutality, CA, Cal Potter, California, civil rights lawsuit, coffee, Contempt of Cop, cop block, copblock.org, corrections officer, Corruption, COs, Dishonesty, excessive force, FBI, Federal Civil Rights case, federal lawsuit, film the police, grand jury, Harassment, justice department, Justice System, kelly patterson, las vegas, las vegas metropolitan police department, Las Vegas Strip, littering, loitering, Los Angeles, lvmpd, metro, Nevada, NV, Officer Laura Meltzer, Officer Richard Scavone, permanent injury, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police spokesperson, profiling, Prostitution, ride-along, rights, Southern California, street justice, Travis Buechler, unconstitutional use of law banning loitering for prostitution, Update, us district court, video, violent attack

In January, I posted about former LVMPD Officer Richard Scavone, who was caught on camera assaulting a woman. The immediate

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Articles Police Abuse Toxic Cops

Lawsuit Accuses Police of Kicking Handcuffed Man in Face

November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 580 Views Aberdeen, Accountability, assault, assault handcuffed man, Baldwyn, Baldwyn Police Department, broken orbital bone, Brutality, Chief Troy Agnew, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, excessive force, Harassment, Joshua Grice, Justice System, kelly patterson, kicked in face, misconduct by an officer, Mississippi, MS, Officer Greg Elder, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, rights, us district court, US Highway 45

A lawsuit against the City of Baldwyn, Mississippi, filed in April by Joshua Grice, accuses Officer Greg Elder of excessive

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“Terrorists” in Minnesota – Latest Fable of FBI Employees

February 10, 2014September 6, 2014 Pete Eyre 1089 Views adam christopher, anders folks, andrew mohring, ann montgomery, black snake militia, bloomington police department, bucky rogers, buford rogers, bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives, charles kovats jr, chippews county sheriff's office, christopher crowe, christopher warrerner, cop block, copblock.org, federal bureau of investigation, incentives, informants, jack jadate, jeanne cooney, jeanne graham, josh margolin, keith michael novak, maplewood, Minneapolis, Minnesota, minnesota department of natural resources, minnesota national guard, minnesota state patro, montevideo police department, nato 3, NSA, pierre thomas, pipe bombs, public choice theory, raid, Security theater, shane ball, terorrism, us attorneys office, us district court, US marshals, wayzata

After the Police Accountability Tour concluded in New Orleans, I rolled up to Minnesota where I have family. Shortly after,

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Was Doug Boucher’s Death Justified?

December 20, 2012May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 770 Views bradley walker, call flood, Cincinnati, cop block, copblock.org, daniel fry, doug boucher, jennifer branch, legal land, mason police department, Ohio, police accountability, Police brutality, sean mccormick, taser, us district court

Three years ago – Dec. 13th, 2009 to be exact – Doug Boucher died after his skull fractured on the

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