Follow me As was detailed by Joey Lankowski in a post here at NVCopBlock.org last month, both former Chief of Police Patrick Moers and his second in command, Deputy Police Chief Bobby Long, were forced to resign over sexual harassment allegations last year. In November, LaTesha Watson, formerly a deputy
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 A deputy with the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office appeared in court last week. In September, Deputy Victor Cass Butler was accused of using his department issued taser on his fiancee during a domestic dispute in Vidalia, Louisiana, where he lives. According to court files, the data saved on
Follow me Late last month, six people including three New Orleans police officers, were indicted as part of an illegal tobacco smuggling ring. The scheme, which lasted just about one year, involved smuggling cigarettes and cigars across state lines in order to avoid paying federal and state taxes. Officers Justin
Follow me The following post was originally published at TheAntiMedia.org under the original title “Here Are the New Tactics Police Are Preparing to Roll out in Your Community” and was written by Darius Shahtahmasebi. In the post, Shahtahmasebi discusses how the police plan to respond to the recent shootings of police
Follow me Jim McMahon, the Superbowl XX winning quarterback from the 1985 Chicago Bears, a team which is often considered one of the best all-time teams and arguably the best defense in the history of the NFL, has joined the long list of people advocating for the medical use of
Follow me The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by James McLynas, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. While discussing the rarely acknowledged police tactic of intentionally burning people alive James asks, “Is there any end to the violence police are willing to inflict?” As pointed out by James
Follow me As originally reported by Mother Jones, a report from the University of Michigan Law School has declared that 2015 set a new record for the highest amount of people that have been freed after it was proven that they were wrongfully convicted. As detailed in the report, there
Follow me Walter Deleon, the unarmed and completely innocent man who was shot by LAPD officers on June 19th, filed a lawsuit against the city and police department last week. Deleon lost a quarter of his skull, as well as most of his eyesight and his ability to walk when
Follow me On Thursday, the Los Angeles District Attorney completed his “investigation” of the vicious videotaped beating of a 51 year old black woman on the side of the I-10 freeway by CHP Officer Daniel Andrew. In what shouldn’t be a surprise, Dist. Atty. Jackie Laceydetermined that Andrew’s July 2014
