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Wauwatosa Police Claims Total Drug Seizure Reports “Don’t Exist”

June 5, 2017 Isiah Holmes 772 Views Accountability, america 2017, ARTICLE, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, exclusive reporting, freelance journalism, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, Milwaukee riots, news, no victim no crime, open records request, Police brutality, Police State, politics, speak friend and enter police documentary, strike the root, the fifth column news, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa joseph mensah, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police Jay Anderson, wauwatosa robin schumacher, writing

This article was originally published on The Fifth Column News by the same author. Transparent policing means numerous things, all

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Wisconsin ACLU Condemn Random K9 Searches Of Teens At Local High School

April 17, 2017April 16, 2017 Isiah Holmes 2079 Views Accountability, ACLU blasts Wauwatosa Police, america 2017, ARTICLE, civil rights and teens, corrupt city government, drug war propaganda, illegal searches of teenagers, informant program, interrogation and intimidation, Jay Anderson Wauwatosa cover up, jay anderson wauwatosa shooting, jeff sessions drug war, journalism, news, policing for money, quick 50 program, scared straight, scott walker, student police informant, teens and student rights, Tosa PD, Tosa PD cover up, Trump administration, undercover police, violation of privacy rights, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Chief Barry Weber, wauwatosa detective robin schumacher, wauwatosa drug crackdown, Wauwatosa Hart Park Crackdown, Wauwatosa mayor Kathy Elhy, wauwatosa officer joseph mensah, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police K9 searches teens, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police school resource officer, wauwatosa wisconsin, writing

Wisconsin’s ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) recently criticized Wauwatosa PD’s escalation of high school k9 searches. Their public statement blasted

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Wauwatosa Police Quietly Remove The Ability To Post Reviews On Facebook Page

April 5, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1551 Views Accountability, america 2017, anonymous source, ARTICLE, assault, blocking out the public, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, drugs and teenagers, excessive force, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Investigative journalism, jay anderson wauwatosa shooting, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, no victim no crime, original content, police and social media, police in wisconsin, police public reviews, Police State, police surveillance, social media, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa k9 searches high school, wauwatosa mayor kathy ehley, wauwatosa officer joseph mensah, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police brutality, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police facebook page, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police removes reviews from facebook, wauwatosa teen crackdown, writing

    It would appear the Wauwatosa (Tosa) Police Department (WPD) can’t get over it’s habit of blocking out the public.

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Wauwatosa Police Department Escalates K9 Searches Of Property And Vehicles of High School Students

March 30, 2017April 16, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1539 Views Accountability, america 2017, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Investigative journalism, Justice System, milwaukee county opioid crisis, milwaukee police misconduct, minors have rights, news writing, no victim no crime, opioid crisis, police abuse, Police State, Propaganda, school resource officer, strike the root, Surveillance, teenage drug education, Transparency, Update, violations of teen rights, wauatosa pd increases k9 searches at high school, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa city corruption, Wauwatosa East High School, wauwatosa east k9 searches, wauwatosa police and teenagers, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police surveillance, wauwatosa police teen crackdown

The Wauwatosa Police Department quietly announced an impending operation’s surge against teenagers. At one of the suburb’s two high schools–Wauwatosa

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Jeopardizing Safety To Silence Tosa Officers “Was Common Practice” Claimed Ex-Detective

March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1492 Views Accountability, ARTICLE, assault, bigotry, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, exclussive content, gay officer, gay rights, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Intimidation, Investigative journalism, journalism, Justice System, LGBT descrimination, milwaukee, news, open records request, police cell phone surveillance, Police State, PTSD and police, strike the root, thin blue line, tosa officer joseph mensah kills twice in a year, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa ex-detective alleges sexual harassment, wauwatosa ex-detective stole drugs, wauwatosa mayor Kathy Ehly, Wauwatosa Now, Wauwatosa PD, wauwatosa police brutality, wauwatosa police harassment of teenagers, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police officer joseph mensha, wauwatosa police shooting Jay Andeson, wauwatosa police surveillance, wauwatosa police teen drug crackdown, wauwatosa wisconsin, workers protections, workplace bullying, writing

After over 60 days, the Wauwatosa (Tosa) Police Department finally released an ex-detective’s 2013 resignation letter. However, WPD redacted large

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Tosa Officer Joseph Mensah Reassigned To Detectives After Anderson Shooting

January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 Isiah Holmes 3280 Views Accountability, america 2017, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, blog, breaking, Brutality, cell phone surveilance, conflict of interest, copblock, copblock.org, cops investigating cops, Corruption, cover up, david clarke and trump, Detectives, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, E, excessive force, facist govenment trump, foia, freedom, Harassment, hiding documents, Illegal search/entry, Investigative journalism, Jay Anderson murdered, Jay Anderson's family, Joseph Mensah Wauwatosa, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, milwaukee police, missing dash footage, news, open records request, open records violation, police accountability, police empolyee file, press release, silence, strike the root, surveillanc, Surveillance, tampering with evidence, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa PD documentary, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police Jay Anderson shooting, wauwatosa police shooting 2015, wauwatosa police shooting 2016, writing

Cop Block contributors recently obtained Officer Joseph Mensah’s employee file, from the Wauwatosa Police Department. WPD’s silence largely spared Mensah

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Tosa PD Hiding info On Sexual Harassment Of Ex-Detective?

January 9, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1642 Views Accountability, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, breaking, Brutality, city wide corruption, Civil rights, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug addict, Drug war, drugs, evil, excessive force, fake open records document, FOIA violation, forged document, freedom, Harassment, hiding information wauwatosa police, Illegal search/entry, Intimidation, Jay Anderson, jay anderson cover up, jay anderson murder, journalism, Justice System, milwaukee, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, open records request, police accountability, robin schumacher, robin schumacher lawsut, silence, strike the root, Surveillance, tosa police sexully harass people, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa detective takes drugs from evidence room, Wauwatosa Now, wauwatosa officer joseph mensah, Wauwatosa police, Wauwatosa Police Department, wauwatosa police harassment, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police robin schuamcher, writing

Since November 2016, the Wauwatosa Police Department has sat on a very sensitive open records request. Cop Block contributors requested

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Wisconsin Racial Justice Group “Tosa Together” Speaks Out On Jay Anderson Police Killing–Short

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017 Isiah Holmes 1258 Views Accountability, Activism, activist, america 2017, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, Corruption, Dishonesty, documentary, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, exclusive, Featured, federal investigation, film the police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, interview, Jay Anderson, journalism, justice for jay, Justice System, milwaukee, news, no victim no crime, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police planting evidence, protest, protest video, racial justice, Surveillance, Tosa Together, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police shooting, wauwatosa police thugs, wi, Wisconsin, writing

An interview with a member of Tosa Together, conducted by Isiah Holmes. Tosa Together has committed itself to racial justice,

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Protest of Jay Anderson Murder by Wauwatosa Police At Mayfair Mall, Milwaukee in 2016

December 31, 2016December 31, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1201 Views Accountability, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, documentary, Double Standard, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Homicide, Illegal search/entry, independent media, interview, Jay Anderson, jay anderson shooting, jay anderson shooting cover up, journalism, Justice System, local media, mayfair mall protest, milwaukee, Milwaukee riots, murder, news, no victim no crime, politics, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, video, video journalism, video production, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Chief Barry Weber, wauwatosa officer joseph mensah, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police documentary, wauwatosa police protest, Wisconsin, writing

Footage shot of a Jay Anderson protest in Wauwatosa’s Mayfair Mall. The footage was shot several months ago, back towards

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Jay Anderson Family Press Conference–Short

December 12, 2016 Isiah Holmes 954 Views Accountability, Activism, ARTICLE, assault, blood and brains in car, Brutality, Civil rights, copblock, Corruption, dash footage withheld, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, isiah holmes, Jay Anderson, jay anderson cover up, jay anderson footage, jay anderson killing, journalism, milwaukee head DA, milwaukee police, milwuakee, murder, news, no victim no crime, police abuse, police accountability, Police State, police surveillance, political intimidation, press, press conference, protest, share, social media, strike the root, Surveillance, Update, video, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa joseph mensah, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa shooting, Wisconsin, writing

Footage shot by video journalist Isiah Holmes during a press conference held at the home of Jay Anderson’s parents. Anderson

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Cop Block Writer Views Unreleased Jay Anderson Footage, Shares Experience

December 6, 2016 Isiah Holmes 975 Views Accountability, ACLU, Activism, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, black lives matter, Brutality, Civil rights, comment, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cover up, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Featured, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, Jay Anderson, journalism, justice for jay, marching, news, No Justice No Peace, no victim no crime, police accountability, protest, share, social media, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, video, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa officer no charges, wauwatosa police shooting, writing

Grey skies choked Milwaukee with gloomy overcast December 5th’s morning. At its cusp, 9:45am, I was to meet Jay Anderson’s

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Wisconsin’s ACLU: No Reason For Wauwatosa Police To Withhold Anderson Footage

December 3, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1234 Views Accountability, ACLU, America 2016, ARTICLE, assault, Brutality, Civil rights, cop block, Corruption, Dishonesty, documentary, double-standards, Drug war, excessive force, Filming police, freedom, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, isiah holmes, jay anderson family, joseph mensah, journalism, Justice System, killer cop, milwaukee, milwaukee DA, milwaukee police, news, no victim no crime, official comment, Photography, police, police abuse, politics, speak friend and enter police documentary, strike the root, Surveillance, Transparency, Update, Wauwatosa, wauwatosa mayor, Wauwatosa police, wauwatosa police brutality, wauwatosa police cover up, wauwatosa police documentary, wauwatosa police misconduct, wauwatosa police shooting, writing

Jay Anderson’s case is beginning to get some serious traction, with both the public and influential organizations. It’s not just

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