vice Archives - Cop Block

Why I Hated Being A Cop

April 23, 2016April 23, 2016 Brian Sumner 1900 Views assault, Brian David Sumner, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Justice System, law enforcement against prohibition, LEAP, michael slager, no victim no crime, North Carolina, North Charleston, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Raeford Davis, repost, rights, TheMarshallProject, vice

Below is an Op-Ed, written Raeford Davis, he recalls the violence he and other officers perpetuated against the small South Carolina town of

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Articles CopBlock Submission

Gloucester Police Department’s “Angel Program” Sends Drug Addicts To Rehab, Not Prison

February 2, 2016February 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2277 Views Accountability, albert einstein, amnesty, Angel Program, antimedia, breaking operational standards, Campanello model, Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Civil rights, Claire Bernish, contingent of volunteers, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, counter current news, CVS, decriminalization, Deo, detox, door to door Narcon delivery, drug addiction, drug crimes, drug policy, drug rehab, Drug war, dying addicts, Dylan Donnelly, empathy fueled leap of faith, facebook, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Gary Langis, get on board with the revolution, Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucester Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Gloucester Initiative Angel Program, Gloucester Police Department, Gloucester Times, Glouceter PD, Harassment, harm reduction activist, heroin, heroin ravaged community, isiah holmes, Justice System, kelly patterson, legalizing marijuana, ma, marginalized and demonized, mass, Massachusetts, narcotics, narcotics policy, nasal narcan, no victim no crime, opiates, opioid, opioid addiction epidemic, opioid blocking drugs, overdose, overdose antidote, pharmacies, police, police accountability, Police State, prescription drugs, recovery, rehab center, repost, requesting help, rights, rigid behavioral or ideological loop, severe overdose, the war on drugs is over, the war on some drugs, trailblazing initiative, vice, video, war on drugs, washington post, world anew, WWLP-22News

The following post was submitted to the CopBlock Network by Isiah Holmes, who has been featured several times previously on

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Inside the Mind of Police: Poll Hints At Cop Mentality/Culture

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 Alia Atreides 4449 Views Activism, anti-cop fervor, anti-cop protests, armored vehicles, Filming cops, filming the police, Internet, job satisfaction, Joshua H, K9, law enforcment as a career, militarization, narcotics, original content, policeone, policeone.com, polls, replica firearms, special assignment, swat team, toy guns, vice, war on drugs, welcome leos

I was recently shown a poll from PoliceOne.com that made me pretty delighted. When (so far) almost 1,900 officers were

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Articles Police Abuse

I Was Raped—and the Police Told Me I Made It Up (REPOST)

August 1, 2015July 31, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1305 Views assault, blaming the victim, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cranberry, Cranberry Township Police Department, detective, Dishonesty, frank evanson, Harassment, Justice System, Pennsylvania, police, police abuse, Police State, rape, rape kit, rights, robbery, sara reedy, sexual assault, strike the root, Theft, Transparency, trial, vice, wilbur brown

*The following post was published at VICE.com by Natalie Elliott* If you think India is the only place where cops treat

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UPDATE: Cop That Harassed UBER Driver was on Elite FBI Team; Now Stripped of Badge/Gun

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015 Ademo Freeman 2419 Views Accountability, Ademo Freeman, Brutality, Civil rights, cnn, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Double Standard, elite FBI team, FBI, Filming police, no victim no crime, nypd commissioner, patrick cherry, Photography, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, uber driver, Update, vice, william bratton

Earlier this week I blogged about the video, that has now gone viral, showing an unknown – at the time

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