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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Theft

April 27, 2016May 5, 2016 Lorelei McFly 2790 Views Attorney General Loretta Lynch, cash, cash is criminal, Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, criminalization, criminalization of the poor, Department of Justice, double-standards, drug cartels, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, equitable sharing, Equitable Sharing Civil Asset Forfeiture Program, HSBC, Human rights, incentives, Institute for Justice, marijuana, overcriminalization, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, state-sanctioned theft, unbanked, underbanked, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, victimless crimes, war on drugs

This is the first article in a series on how the war on drugs is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and

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“Justice” For The Wealthy, Law Enforcement For The Poor

April 19, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1887 Views 2008 financial meltdown, Accountability, America’s Divided Justice System, assault, attorney general, Barack Obama, Barclays, Bill Clinton, blocking pedestrian traffic, book review, broken windows, Brutality, C4SS, center for a stateless society, Civil rights, Collateral Consequences, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, Covington and Burling, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, Department of Justice, deportation, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, draconian punishments, Drug war, dystopian reality, economic inequality, England, eric holder, Fairfax Financial Holdings, financial crimes, fishing with dynamite, fraud, freedom, gang of well-funded hedge fund managers, Goldman Sachs, graffiti, harassing the homeless, Harassment, Howard Safir, HSBC, Immigrant, indirect negative economic consequences, injustices, jail, James C. Wilson, JP Morgan Chase, Justice System, kelly patterson, late-night phone calls, Latin America, Lehman Brothers, low income, massive kidnapping industry, Matt Taibbi, Minorities, New York Police Commisioner, New York Press, nightmarish bureaucracy, no victim no crime, Patreon, people of color, phony accusations of a criminal activity, Playboy, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, poverty, ptutocracy, punishment, repost, rights, robo-signing, Rolling Stone, Rudy Giuliani, strike the root, The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, The Nation, threats, too big to fail, too big to jail, victimless crimes, wealthy offenders, zero tolerance

This post was written by James C. Wilson and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Jails and the “Justice” System Punish the Poor For Being Poor

April 9, 2016March 7, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 3280 Views Accountability, ACLU, american civil liberties union, assault, black woman, Brutality, building alternative forms of dealing with crime, chris hedges, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, criminalization of the poor, criminalizing homelessness, death in custody, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, fair and equal treatment, focus of rehabilitation, freedom, gofundme, harassing the homeless, Harassment, high-profile victim, Homicide, Independence, jail, Jeffery Pendleton, Justice System, kelly patterson, low income, marijuana, meaningless term, New Hampshire, New York Times, no victim no crime, outstanding fines, peaceful and creative ways, people of color, perverse incentives that treat individuals as a stream of revenue, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, Policing for Profit, poverty, pre-detention centers, punishment, rights, Sandra Bland, strike the root, Texas, victimless crimes

This post was written by Nick Ford and originally published at the Center For a Stateless Society (C4SS) under the

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Manchester (NH) CopBlockers Prepare for Checkpoint Season!

March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 Ademo Freeman 1443 Views Accountability, bambuser, cannabis, Cell 411, Checkpoints, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock gear, copblock.org, Dishonesty, driving with suspended license, dui checkpoint, film the police, free travel, freedom, Harassment, illegal immigration, Illegal search/entry, livestreaming, manchester, manchester new hampshire, manchester police department, MPD, New Hampshire, nh, no victim no crime, police, Police State, rights, shire dude, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, victimless crimes, video

Andrew Vermiglio, better known as Shire Dude, recently made the video below announcing that it’s once again “Checkpoint Season” in Manchester,

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Sgt. Unlawfully Detains Man For Recording Search and Gets Schooled!

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 Ademo Freeman 1751 Views Accountability, am i free to go, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Darlington County Sheriff, detained, Dishonesty, drug search, film the police, illegally detained, no victim no crime, police, Police State, recording cops, rights, south carolina, Traffic stop, Transparency, victimless crimes, video

The video above was sent to us via the “submission tab”by Tyler Wayne. It shows Darlington County Sheriff‘s (SC) conducting a vehicle

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Erie Sheriffs Make Arrest of the Year; Catch Cardboard License Plate Bandit

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 Ademo Freeman 1635 Views amanda schweichkert, cardboard license plate, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Doug Stanhope, drivers license, driving with suspended license, erie county, Erie County Sheriff, failure to have insurance, felony, fishing license, Fox 59, hardened criminal, illegal plates, Justice System, Liberty Redefined, license plates, misdemeanor, New York, nonessential fees, ny, obviously imitation, operating a vehicle with a suspended registration, police, Police State, possessing a forged instrument, right to travel, Social Security, Springville, Traffic stop, traffic violations, vehicle registration, victimless crimes, video, WPIX

BREAKING NEWS!!! The Erie County Sheriff’s department has arrested Amanda Schweickert in Springville, N.Y. for driving with a cardboard license plate.

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It’s the Little Things – Killer Cops Are Just A Small Part of the Problem

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016 Alia Atreides 1054 Views assault, Brutality, choices, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, Drug war, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, Joshua H, killer cops, killing, liberty, no victim no crime, police, police abuse, Police State, psycholgical damage, rights, victimless crimes

It is always outrageous and tragic when someone dies unnecessarily at the hands of the police. Regardless of race, class,

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Help Bring Yosue Joel Rios Home for the Holidays

December 20, 2015December 21, 2015 Lorelei McFly 1569 Views arlington virginia, call flood, call floods, Christmas, criminalization of the poor, fairfax, fairfax city police department, harassing the homeless, helping, helping the homeless, holidays, homeless, Northern Virginia, poverty, victimless crimes, Virginia, virginia cop block, virginia copblock, Yosue Joel Rios

The enduring popularity of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and recent proliferation of programs like National Geographic’s Live Free or Die

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Police Mad At Fake Cops For Moving In On Their Victims

November 27, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1054 Views Civil asset forfeiture, copblock, copblock.org, double-speak, Drug Policy Alliance, Drug war, expropriation, extortion, Fake Cops, FBI, Hans Hermann Hoppe, Holly Springs, impersonating cops, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police, Institute of Justice, justice department, Justice System, mafia, Mississippi, no victim no crime, Police State, Policing for Profit, speeding tickets, state, Statistic Brain Research Institute, strike the root, taxation is theft, Theft, traffic enforcement, U.S. Treasury, victimless crimes

It has been said that they only difference between the state and the mafia is that the mafia at least

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CopBlock Investigates One of Our Own and Concludes…

October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 Ademo Freeman 1360 Views Accountability, Adam Rupeka, Albany County Probation Department, Capital District Cop Block, charges, Civil rights, civilians against cop block, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, court, crashing a drone, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, drone, drone wars, Featured, film the police, Filming police, Harassment, internal investigation, Justice System, New York, new york state police, no victim no crime, ny, police, Police State, public property, reckless endangerment, rights, ronald r pierone, Transparency, Troy, Update, victimless crimes, video

Adam Rupeka, founder of Capital District CopBlock, has been accused of “crashing a drone” into the State Capitol building. He’s

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Mass. Supreme Court Rules Police Cannot Make Stops For Marijuana Possession

September 24, 2015November 19, 2015 Asa J 1406 Views ACLU, ACLU of Massachusetts, Bay State Repeal, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, Drug war, Elivette Rodriguez, Justice Margot Botsford, Justice Robert Cordy, Lawyer John L. Calcagni III, Legal director Matthew Segal, marijuana, marijuana decriminalization, marijuana legalization, marijuana possession, Marijuana Stops, Massachusetts, Massachusetts constitution, Massachusetts Supreme Court, Matthew Segal, Medical marijuana, medical marijuana dispensary, New Bedford police, Supreme Judicial Court, victimless crime, victimless crimes

The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot preform vehicle stops based solely on the suspicion that motorists are

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Two Brevard Florida Deputies Fired When Exposed as Customers of a Prostitute

September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 CopBlock 1274 Views above the law, Accountability, brevard county, brevard county sheriffs office, Brevard Florida, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Cpl. Dave Jacobs, Dishonesty, Double Standard, Florida, holding police accountable, John Derosett, Mary Derosett, no victim no crime, Officer Smith, police, police abuse, police accountability, Prostitution, Transparency, victimless crime, victimless crimes

Two Brevard Sheriff’s deputies were fired for ties to a prostitute who was involved in the shooting of an undercover police officer.