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Know Your Federal Rights RE: Law Enforcement Abuses

Title 42, U.S.C., Section 14141 makes it unlawful for state or local law enforcement agencies to allow officers to engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives persons of rights protected by the Constitution or U.S. laws. This law, commonly referred to as the Police Misconduct Statute, gives the Department of Justice authority to seek civil remedies in cases where law enforcement agencies have policies or practices that foster a pattern of misconduct by employees. This action is directed against an agency, not against individual officers. The types of issues which may initiate a pattern and practice investigation include: -Lack of supervision/monitoring of officers’ actions; -Lack of justification or reporting by officers on incidents involving the use of force; -Lack of, or improper training of, officers; and -Citizen complaint processes that treat complainants as adversaries. Under Title 42, U.S.C., Section 1997, the Department of Justice has the ability to initiate civ

WE DO NOT FORGIVE OR FORGET- EXPECT US

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HELP STOP POLICE CORRUPTION: FILM THEM REPORT # 2007-143797 Visitor Analysis & System Spec Search Referral:   www. google.com  —  corruption sucks blog   #1 Host Name: wdcsun17.usdoj.gov Browser: IE 8.0 IP Address: 149.101.1.117 —  [Label IP Address] Operating System: Win7 Location: Potomac, Maryland, United States Resolution: 1280x1024 Returning Visits: 0 Javascript: Enabled Visit Length: 15 minutes ISP: Us Dept Of Justice DOCUMENTED CRIMINAL FOIA VIOLATION: Files were illegally withheld by Little Rock Police Internal Affairs for months, in an effort to thwart publication on Corruption Sucks Blog. They illegally claimed that there were NO files on him. Officer Greg C. Key profusely bragged to his co-workers about trapping feral animals and released them in Chapel Ridge neighborhood, a "black" neighborhood. Though this disgusting act is well known by the city, they have refused to investigate the allegations. He continues to harass minorities in the River

From MoveOn.org RE: Senator Mark Pryor on equality

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One minute to tell Sen. Pryor to support equality? Dear Arkansas MoveOn member, The Supreme Court is getting ready to vote on the fate of two monumental marriage equality laws—California's discriminatory Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act—and possibly rule on same - sex marriage across the country.     As the Justices look around the country to get a sense of whether the country is ready to embrace marriage equality, right now they'd see   seven Senate Democrats, including your senator,  Mark Pryor , who have yet to  come out in support of marriage equality.   Seriously.  He is one of only seven. Every Senator who publicly supports equality makes it easier for the Supreme Court to do the same—so MoveOn members and our allies have been doing everything we can to pressure Senator Pryor   and the rest of the holdouts to support equal rights . And it's working.  Last week, the number of Senate Democratic holdouts was nine—and just in the past 48 hou