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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.

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.

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

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VIDEOS FROM OTHERS

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

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NEW GROUPS

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

Arkansas Cop Block – Facebook / arcopblock@sbcglobal.net
Belmont County Cop Block – Facebook / Youtube / Bambuser / BelmontCopBlock@gmail.com
Cop Watch Central Illinois – Facebook / Twitter / Youtube / copwatchSPI@gmail.com
Cop Block Charlottesville – Facebook
Cop Block Chicago Illinois – Facebook
Cop Block Denmark – Facebook / copblockdenmark@gmail.com
Cop Block Fresno, CA – Facebook / Ustream
Cop Block South Carolina – Facebook
Cop Block Venango County – Facebook
Forsyth County Cop Block – Facebook / Twitter / ForsythCountyCopBlock@gmail.com
Fredericksburg Cop Block – Facebook
Gladstone Cop Block – Facebook
Hampton Roads Cop Block – Facebook
High Desert Cop Block – Facebook / highdesertcopblock@gmail.com
Hoover Cop Block –Facebook / hoovercopblock@gmail.com
Jackson Cop Block – website / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / jacksoncopblock@gmail.com
Lake County Cop Block – Facebook / happyplanethydro352@yahoo.com
Lewis County Cop Block – Facebook / lewiscountycopblock@gmail.com
Montana Cop Block – Facebook / website / Twitter / MontanaCopBlock@gmail.com
North Carolina Cop Block – Facebook
Panhandle Cop Block – Facebook / Twitter / panhandlecopblock@gmail.com
Peaceful Streets Lewis County – Facebook / peacefulstreetslewiscounty@gmail.com
Petersburg VA Cop Block – Facebook
Southeast Alabama Cop Block – Facebook / website / sebamacopblock@yahoo.com
Southwest Indiana Cop Block – Facebook / Twitter
Stockton Cop Block – Facebook
Tacoma Cop Block – Facebook / Youtube / tacomawacopblock@gmail.com
Tricities CopBlock – Facebook / TNCopBlock@gmail.com (read: Announcing Tricities Coplock)

Much love!
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