Cop Block Newsletter #004

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Howdy friend,

It’s been a while since the last Cop Block Newsletter was sent – hopefully things are well.

Information and links thought worth sharing are below.

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CENSORSHIP ATTEMPT BACKFIRES

Individuals involved with a couple Facebook pages – National Police Wives Association and Police Blotter – promoted a petition to classify Cop Block as a terrorist group. That attempt to censor was understandably met with many detractors.

• Thousands petition White House to consider ‘Cop Block’ a terrorist group via PoliceStateUSA.com
• Police-Backed Cyberterrorists Fail to Shut Down Cop Block via TheAntiMedia.org
• Planned Attack To Stop Police Accountability Backfires: A Win For Free Speech via MintPressNews.com

The censorship petition boils down to:

Person A dislikes what Person B communicates, Person A asks Person C to deny Persons D, E, F, etc. the choice to interact with Person B, and to grant Person C the “legal” right to initiate violence against Person B.

It’s nonsensical. Though unsurprising. Transparency and the free exchange of ideas are enormously powerful liberating forces. They cause any thinking person to question the paradigm that says some have the “legal” right to aggress.

Those who know that “Badges don’t grant extra rights” demand the same liberty for others that they ask for themselves.

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ALL COP BLOCK GEAR IS ON SALE

The entire Cop Block inventory is being moved to foster decentralization.

• $5 or its Bitcoin equivalent will get you a: Cop Watching Care Kit, winter hat, bandana, handblown glass pipe.
• $10 or its Bitcoin equivalent will get you: any size T-shirt, any size girls shirt, a Cop Block badge
• $25 or its Bitcoin equivalent will get you: any size hoodie, any size dri-fast polo shirt

The sale on Cop Block gear ends on October 10th, 2014 at midnight, EST. At that time the store will be made defunct, though the high-res graphics used to create gear will always remain available for you to use.

View Cop Block gear and files at: CopBlock.org/Store

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NEW VIDEOS

The videos below, and many more, were uploaded to: Youtube.comTheCopBlock

• Danger: Police Impunity Behind the Wheel
  
• (Ferguson) We Need More Copwatchers, Not Cops with Cameras
• Brady Lists – Another Injustice System Failure

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VIDEOS FROM OTHERS

The videos below, and many more, were included on the video slider of CopBlock

• Rick Rynearson Takes Illegal Checkpoint Detention to Fifth Circuit
• Like a Good Neighbor – Jackson (MI) Cop Block is There
• Cop Block is Decentralized

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NEW GROUPS

The groups below have been added to the map and page: CopBlock.org/Groups

• Arkansas Cop Block – Facebook / [email protected]
• Belmont County Cop Block – Facebook / Youtube / Bambuser / [email protected]
• Cop Watch Central Illinois – Facebook / Twitter / Youtube / [email protected]
• Cop Block Charlottesville – Facebook
• Cop Block Chicago Illinois – Facebook
• Cop Block Denmark – Facebook / [email protected]
• Cop Block Fresno, CA – Facebook / Ustream
• Cop Block South Carolina – Facebook
• Cop Block Venango County – Facebook
• Forsyth County Cop Block – Facebook / Twitter / [email protected]
• Fredericksburg Cop Block – Facebook
• Gladstone Cop Block – Facebook
• Hampton Roads Cop Block – Facebook
• High Desert Cop Block – Facebook / [email protected]
• Hoover Cop Block -Facebook / [email protected]
• Jackson Cop Block – website / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / [email protected]
• Lake County Cop Block – Facebook / [email protected]
• Lewis County Cop Block – Facebook / [email protected]
• Montana Cop Block – Facebook / website / Twitter / [email protected]
• North Carolina Cop Block – Facebook
• Panhandle Cop Block – Facebook / Twitter / [email protected]
• Peaceful Streets Lewis County – Facebook / [email protected]
• Petersburg VA Cop Block – Facebook
• Southeast Alabama Cop Block – Facebook / website / [email protected]
• Southwest Indiana Cop Block – Facebook / Twitter
• Stockton Cop Block – Facebook
• Tacoma Cop Block – Facebook / Youtube / [email protected]
• Tricities CopBlock – Facebook / [email protected] (read: Announcing Tricities Coplock)

Much love!
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Cop Block Newsletter #004 is a post from Cop Block – Badges Don’t Grant Extra Rights

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