Follow me Recently, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a ruling on a motion to suppress evidence against Warren Demesme, who is currently awaiting trial in New Orleans. By a 6-1 majority the court denied that motion, which maintained that statements Demesme had made should be thrown because the police had
Follow me Technically, this is a prequel, rather than an update, since he was arrested prior to the protests I wrote about here at the CopBlock Network last night. The video begins with a voice over during footage of the protests in which Mike states that a third of the
Follow me The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. It was originally published at the Pacific Standard by Sue Russell in September 2012 and reposted at Salon.com. Why Police Lineups Can’t Be Trusted The single biggest cause of wrongful convictions is mistaken
Follow me The following post and video was shared with the CopBlock Network by Charles M. Waters, via the Cop Block Submissions Page. Along with the video description, Charles states: I would love if everyone could spread, embed, and post my video. I am also trying to get a crowd
Follow me This post was submitted by Sulu Kelley III, via the CopBlock.org submissions page. Along with the submission, Sulu states: If the judiciary is concerned, what outrage should the general public be displaying right now? At least 2,000 cases in Baltimore, MD, are being reviewed by defense attorneys following
Follow me Tomorrow, Dec. 4th, beginning at 9:30 AM the Clark County Commission is scheduled to vote on proposed reforms to the Coroner’s Inquest process in which killings by Las Vegas area police are reviewed and facts surrounding them are made public. If you have any desire to see transparency
Follow me Within the last few days, it’s been reported that Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson is close to reaching a decision regarding the murder of Stanley L. Gibson by a member of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Additionally, reports have stated that Wolfson is “99% sure” that
Follow me It’s a pretty accepted idea that fingerprint evidence is an airtight method of proving that an accused person was at the scene of a crime. However, contrary to what we are told constantly in movies, books, and actual courtrooms; fingerprints are not the judicial bedrock they have been
Follow me A seventy percent rate of false positives is nothing to get alarmed about. Let’s be optimists and think of the glass as thirty percent full. (Originally posted at EYEAM4ANARCHY) Kelly W. PattersonKelly is a lifelong resident of Las Vegas, who’s been very active in local grassroots activism, as
