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.
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August 9th is Cotton Day
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 8:03pmPlease join together for COTTON DAY, Thursday August 9th
Street music (acoustic) CONCERT at 4:00 pm
Clarke Plaza 3rd and E Sts, Eureka
Bring your own chair. Bring a sign.
Street music (acoustic) CONCERT at 4:00 pm
Clarke Plaza 3rd and E Sts, Eureka
Bring your own chair. Bring a sign.
Peoples music.
Remember Martin Cotton. Resist the Injustice... which continues....
We will not forget.
Click the link to hear Cotton Day by Two Smooth Stones: Cotton Day Song.
Stop Grand Jury Repression in the Northwest- Take Action
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:44amStop Grand Jury Repression in the Northwest: Take Action
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression is circulating a statement from the Portland-based Committee Against Political Repression on how you can help the political activists who have been subpoenaed to appear before a Seattle Grand Jury August 2. If your group has not yet signed the solidarity statement, reprinted below, please do so. We know that repression us growing in this country. It is vital that all progressive people unite and defeat this attack on the people’s movement.
- Call In Day- Wednesday, August 1st
- Thursday, August 2. Come to Seattle
- Plan another event or demonstration in solidarity!
- Please donate!
How To LiveStream!
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:43amhttp://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24308990
occupyfreedomla, crossxbones and courtneyoccupy teach livestreaming in Stoddard Park, Anaheim
Officer Hired at HSU After Sued for Beating Man in Oakland
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 9:29amOakland pays $43,000 to settle police beating suit
The city of Oakland has agreed to pay $43,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who said police officers used excessive force while arresting him.
Jimmy Williams, then 50, said he was beaten by officers "without any just provocation or cause" in the parking lot of a Taco Bell restaurant at 35th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 25, 2009.
Officers pepper-sprayed him and hit him with their batons while he was on the ground, according to Williams' suit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.
Williams suffered a fractured hand and "severe scrapes" and bruises on his shoulder, arms and stomach, said the suit, which sought $500,000 in damages.
In court papers, city attorneys wrote that Officer Delmar Tompkins had responded to the parking lot to investigate reports of two men with knives.
Tompkins found Williams fighting with his brother and ordered him to stop, but he was "combative and noncompliant," city officials said. Officers used their batons and pepper spray in arresting Williams, police said.
LiveStreams from protests in Anaheim
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 4:35pmAnaheim Riots Sparked By Power Imbalance, Police Shootings In Time-Tested Formula (VIDEO)
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 11:59am
Protestors attack a police car during the week's spasms of violence in Anaheim, Calif.
Manuel Diaz lay in the grass outside an Anaheim, Calif., apartment building last weekend, face-down and twitching with a police bullet in the back of his head, a lawyer for Diaz’s family said.
Anaheim officers handcuffed him, called for backup and began searching the area. They did not immediately begin CPR, bystander videos show. A few hundred feet from where Diaz, an unarmed 25-year-old, lay dying, officers opened fire on a gathering crowd with pepper spray pellets and beanbags, said Dana Douglas, the family lawyer. A police dog bit a man. (SEE VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF STORY)
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT: Against FBI Raids in Oregon & Washington, July 25, 2012
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 2:10amPlease sign the Solidarity Statement: Speak out against FBI raids & Grand Jury repression
Urging all progressive organizations to sign on to this statement.
To add your group’s name to the solidarity statement, please send an email to: nopoliticalrepression@gmail.com.
On Wednesday July 25th, the FBI conducted a series of coordinated raids against activists in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. They subpoenaed several people to a special federal grand jury, and seized computers, black clothing and anarchist literature. This comes after similar raids in Seattle in July and earlier raids of squats in Portland.
Oaklanders March in Solidarity with Anaheim
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 9:50pm
by Samara Steele, Friday Jul 27th, 2012 9:47 PM
Over a hundred people marched in Oakland on Friday evening in solidarity with the people of Anaheim after two members of the Anaheim community were shot to death by police officers last weekend.
Interview and Documents from FBI Raid Show Feds are Targeting Anarchists
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 5:00pmDennison Williams was in bed at his house on NE 8th Avenue on Wednesday morning when he heard a bang and someone shout, "FBI!" Then came a loud crash, which turned out to be agents breaking down his front door, and Williams heard a bang and a saw a flash of light—the agents throwing flash grenades. Williams started yelling from his bed that he was upstairs and unarmed.
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:14 PM
The first interview with any of the Portlanders who were served grand jury subpoenas as FBI agents searched their homes on Wednesday, July 25, shines some light on what authorities may be hoping to achieve with the raids.
Dennison Williams was in bed at his house on NE 8th Avenue on Wednesday morning when he heard a bang and someone shout, "FBI!" Then came a loud crash, which turned out to be agents breaking down his front door, and Williams heard a bang and a saw a flash of light—the agents throwing flash grenades. Williams started yelling from his bed that he was upstairs and unarmed.
Early Morning July 27, 2012: Anaheim Cops Shoot At Third Person In Less Than A Week
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 12:50pmAnaheim Officers Shoot At Third Person In Less Than A Week
Early this morning police officers in Anaheim shot at a suspect in a washer and dryer machine burglary. Whether the suspect was hit isn't clear, but the suspect did manage to escape. That makes this the third person that has been shot at in Anaheim in less than a week.
This morning's shooting happened around 3:15 am after police received a report that there was a burglary in progress at a model home in a master-planned community. Police told City News Service that when officers arrived on the scene, they saw a washer and dryer in the middle of the roadway. It appeared to have been taken from a nearby model home.
As police were investigating, they said they spotted Abel Frank Armenta, 36, of Placentia leaving the building. Armenta took off on foot but a K-9 caught up with him and bit him. Armenta was arrested on suspicion of burglary and resisting arrest.
