Pictures from this week’s feature story Freedom Trolls: The Legally Obnoxious Antics of the Activists Behind ‘Cop Block.’ All photos by Doug Brown.

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Greater Cleveland Cop Block leader Doug Odolecki speaks to the group at My Friends restaurant on March 28, 2014. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Jacob Frost, the 22-year-old head of the Bellevue-based Ohio Cop Block chapter, holds up the sign created by “Chuck,” a new Cop Block associate. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Doug Odolecki’s wife baked this chocolate cake, putting the Cop Block logo in icing. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre, the libertarian national Cop Block co-founder, brought these to hand out in the streets. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre’s SUV in downtown Cleveland, searching for a parking spot. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre’s SUV parked next to the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Cop Block members patrol the downtown Cleveland Streets. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Left: Jacob Frost, head of Ohio Cop Block. Right: Doug Odolecki, head of Greater Cleveland Cop Block Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Aaron Parker, head of Columbus Cop Block, hands out some literature to a parking lot attendant. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre filming in downtown Cleveland Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre pitches the Cop Block philosophy to people waiting for buses in Public Square Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Doug Odolecki passes out Cop Block fliers in Public Square Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Doug Odolecki hands a Cop Block to a person waiting for a bus in Public Square. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Doug Odolecki hands a Cop Block card out in downtown Cleveland Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Aaron Parker filming in downtown Cleveland Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre in downtown Cleveland Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Doug Odolecki, middle, and Pete Eyre, right. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Jacob Frost, left, and Pete Eyre, right, in downtown Cleveland Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre photographs Jacob Frost under a surveillance post in Public Square. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
The Cop Block group out for the night Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
A mini-confrontation with a Cleveland police officer outside of Flannery’s. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Pete Eyre filming Doug Odolecki for a Cop Block video. Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
Doug Odolecki filmed by Pete Eyre for a Cop Block video Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene
The chapter heads: Doug Odolecki of Greater Cleveland Cop Block, Jason Frost of Ohio Cop Block, Aaron Parker of Columbus Cop Block Credit: Doug Brown/Cleveland Scene

Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.