Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
We are dedicated to grass-roots struggle to end the aggressive role of police in and against our communities.
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Friday, Jan 25th YOUTH Know Your Rights Workshop
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 11:36amKNOW YOUR RIGHTS workshop for youth
How to handle encounters with cops
Hosted by Redwood Curtain CopWatch
Friday, Jan 25th 4:30pm
@ The Raven Project
523 T Street, Eureka
Ages 21 & under
Free workshop with snacks, coffee, and juice
For more info, call: (707) 633-4493 or email copwatchrwc@riseup.net
Drug Task Force Crew Parks Illegally for Lunch, Goes Ballistic on Tow Truck Driver
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 01/18/2013 - 10:27pmDrug Task Force Crew Parks Illegally for Lunch, Goes Ballistic on Tow Truck Driver; Disciplinary Action and Probable Lawsuit Ensues
Hank Sims / January 18, 2012 @ 4:23 p.m.
On Feb. 22 of last year, six police agents working with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force went to lunch at Eureka’s Pho Thien Long restaurant. One of them parked illegally in a private lot. When a tow truck driver came to haul the vehicle away, the DTF agents rose from their lunch and rushed to stop him.
Agent Kevin Stonebarger of the Arcata Police Department assumed leadership of the situation, according to testimony collected later in a confidential APD internal investigation. He quickly antagonized both the tow truck operator and the owner of the private lot.
Assuming what another agent described as a “command presence,” he threatened to arrest one or both of the men while at the same time refusing to provide any police credentials apart from a quick flash of a badge. He shouted at the tow truck driver, or merely “spoke loudly,” depending on whose testimony you trust — in any case, enough to draw the attention of passers-by.
According to the tow truck operator — Leroy Hoffman, owner of Humboldt Towing — he asked Stonebarger to calm down and lower his voice. Stonebarger accused him — sarcastically, presumably — if he was making fun of his hearing disability. (He has no such documented disability.) Stonebarger threatened the owner of the lot — Kevin Sweet of Partrick’s Candy — with jail, because Sweet pulled out his phone and started recording the incident.
Fortuna Police Video Shows that Cops Murdered Jacob Newmaker
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 12/29/2012 - 7:13pmListen to the KMUD show about the police video, discovered to Dale K. Galipo, the attorney representing Jacob's parents in a wrongful death lawsuit :
Headline & Interview:
https://www.box.com/s/jxi35k7gxd04f0unvs7y
Unfortunately, attorney Dale Galipo's voice gets overrun two times when he's saying important things, like a voice-over accidentally happened in the engineering.
The entire newscast from Dec 13, 2012: http://archive.kmud.org/m3u.php?mp3fil=45372
Video shows Manteca Police MURDER Ernest Duenez Jr.
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 12/24/2012 - 7:46pm
Tuesday Jan 1, 2012: 4th Annual Vigil for Oscar Grant
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 12/29/2012 - 1:56am
January 1st 2012 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Grant Station 3401 East 12th Street (Fruitvale Bart Station)
For more information, visit: http://www.oscargrantfoundation.com/
or call 510-599-6357
Sponsored by Family of Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant Foundation, Community
Come and hear Chairman Fred Hampton Jr speak on our political issues with police terrorism , Donald E. Lacy share on Black Man Endangered Speices, Zar the Dip perform his new activist lyrics Pathetic Justice, Carlos Aguirre perform a Beatbox tribute to Oscar Grant, and so much more, see flyer for further details. We hope to see you there and hear your voice. What better day, to commit to being the change, by standing up and joining these families. Justice will only come when we stand united:
Oscar Grant family
Alan Blueford family
Ernesto Duenez family
Mario Romero Family
James Rivera Family
Kenneth Harding Jr Family
and so many more that will be there.
Boycott BART for Oscar Grant
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 12/29/2012 - 1:48amBoycott Bart New Year’s Eve & Day
In Memory of Oscar Grant
Dec 22, 2012: Political prisoner Phil Africa hospitalized — Urgent support needed
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 12/24/2012 - 2:58amPolitical prisoner Phil Africa hospitalized — urgent support needed
ONA MOVE! Our brother William Phillips (Africa) who has been imprisoned at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas PA. was rushed to the Wilkes Barre General Hospital and is in intensive care. We need all of our supporters to call the prison (570 675-1101) and the hospital (570 829-8111) to inquire about Phil. We are very concerned because this is exactly what happened with our sister, Merle Africa. She had stomach cramps and was taken out to the hospital and the next message that we got is that she died. This is a very serious situation. Please give his correct name (William Phillips #AM 4984) when calling so they can’t say that they don’t know who you’re talking about.
Thanks for all your support——-Ramona
Saturday, Dec 9th: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Workshop
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 11:40amIN EUREKA, THE DAY AFTER THE HUMBOLDT ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR!!
Saturday, Dec 8th: 5th Annual HUMBOLDT ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 12/01/2012 - 11:31pm
The 5th Anarchist Book Fair December 8th 10am – 6pm Manila Community Center. 1611 Peninsula Drive. Arcata, CA 95521
Read about some of the workshops and people coming to share at the bookfair...
Here is the trifold Pamphlet with good words from the organizers, the workshop schedule, etc. and
Accused WikiLeaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning Testifies He Thought He Would "Die in Custody"
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 12/01/2012 - 2:09amFriday, November 30, 2012 on Democracy Now!
Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has testified for the first time since he was arrested in May 2010. Speaking Thursday at a pretrial proceeding, Manning revealed the emotional tumult he experienced while imprisoned in Kuwait after his arrest in 2010, saying, "I remember thinking, ’I’m going to die.’ I thought I was going to die in a cage." As part of his testimony, Manning stepped inside a life-sized chalk outline representing the six-by-eight-foot cell he was later held in at the Quantico base in Virginia, and recounted how he would tilt his head to see the reflection of a skylight through a tiny space in his cell door. Manning could face life in prison if convicted of the most serious of 22 counts against him. His trial is expected to begin in February. He has offered to plead guilty to a subset of charges that could potentially carry a maximum prison term of 16 years. "What’s remarkable is that he still has this incredible dignity after going through this," says Michael Ratner, who was in the courtroom during Manning’s appearance. "But I think all these prison conditions were — sure, they were angry at Bradley Manning, but in the face of that psychiatric statement, that this guy shouldn’t be kept on suicide risk or POI, they’re still keeping him in inhuman conditions, you can only ask yourself — they’re trying to break him for some reason. The lawyer, David Coombs, has said it’s so that he can give evidence against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks." Ratner is president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a lawyer for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. [includes rush transcript]
Guest:
Michael Ratner, president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a lawyer to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. He recently returned from attending part the pretrial hearing for Bradley Manning.
Transcript
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has testified in a courtroom for the first time since he was arrested in May 2010. Speaking Thursday at a pretrial proceeding, Manning revealed the emotional tumult that he experienced while imprisoned in Kuwait after his arrest in 2010, saying, quote, "I remember thinking, ’I’m going to die.’ I thought I was going to die in a cage."
As part of his testimony, Manning stepped inside a life-sized chalk outline representing the six-by-eight-foot cell he was later held in at the Quantico base in Virginia, and he recounted how he would tilt his head to see the reflection of a skylight through a tiny space in his cell door.
