Follow me Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Unlawfull Arrest of NVCopBlock Editor and ACAB Radio Host Kelly W. Patterson in November of 2016 I’d like to be surprised by the statement below, but I’m all too familiar with the LVMPD’s idea of accountability and integrity. “Despite multiple sustained internal affairs
Follow me Note: Previous posts regarding Derek Colling and his shooting of Robbie Ramirez can be found here, here, and here. Body Camera Disconnected From Battery Prior to Shooting It looks like Derek Colling hasn’t forgotten his training at the LVMPD. As has been detailed many times here at NVCopBlock.org,
Follow me Update 11/16/18: Partial footage from Derek Colling’s dash cam and body camera videos has been released. However, the footage was released selectively to media outlets, who in turn chose not to publicly broadcast the full videos, citing their “graphic nature.” As a result, local residents have formed an
Follow me Update 11/16/18: Partial footage from Derek Colling’s dash cam and body camera videos has been released. However, the footage was released selectively to media outlets, who in turn chose not to publicly broadcast the full videos, citing their “graphic nature.” As a result, local residents have formed an
Follow me In August of last year, I reported on Lt. Tom Melton, the commander of one of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department‘s SWAT teams. At that time, it had just been announced publicly that Melton was under investigation in relation to the financial exploitation of an elderly couple.
Follow me Last week, it was announced that Lieutenant Tom Melton had been placed on administrative leave (AKA paid vacation) as the result of a criminal investigation. Melton is the commander of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department‘s SWAT team. He’s also been one of the public faces of the
Follow me For some inexplicable reason Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor “feared for his life” when him and his partner, Officer Matthew Harrity were approached by an unarmed 40 year old woman wearing pajamas. The Minneapolis Police Department’s equally ridiculous response to Noor shooting Justine Damond, whose “crime” was calling
Follow me Just before midnight on Saturday night (7/15/17), police in Minneapolis responding to a 911 call shot the woman who had made that call. Justine Damond, an Australian who was living with her fiance and his son, had called to report that she heard what sounded like someone being
Follow me Note: The Following post was written by Ademo Freeman and was originally published at CopBlock.org under the title “Nevada CopBlock Founder Arrested While Filming Las Vegas Metro Police.” It’s being reposted here for obvious reasons. Kelly Patterson, founder of Nevada CopBlock and editor of this website, was spending
Follow me As I’ve reported here on CopBlock.org in several posts over the past year, the use of shotguns loaded with birdshot has come under scrutiny recently in Nevada prisons after a high-profile case in which an inmate was killed after a fight with another inmate. The family of that
