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.
Mexican
Man Killed by Mendocino Deputies on Wednesday in a Marijuana Garden was MARIANO LOPEZ FERNANDEZ, 31
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 10:13pmhttp://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/node/536 : Another Person Growing Marijuana Shot Dead by Mendocino Sheriff’s on August 18, 2010
Although, the Mendocino Sheriff's Department and the cop-complicit media continue to write about how the man who was killed and the other non-officers in this situation brandished weapons, "returned fire", etc, NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED. Isn't that always the case? The cops talk about how violent everyone else was, how in danger they were- but the only injured and killed people end up being the result of violence from the cops.
This is the second killing by Mendocino Sheriff Deputies over marijuana in a month!!
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Racial Profiling: Pulled over for being a "Car load of Mexicans"
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 3:31pmOn the morning of August 16, 2010 at 10:20 a.m. came this wording over the scanner. "car load of Mexicans at Hwy. 162, mile marker 19". Later it turns out there were only 3 people in the car, or at least they only called in with the names of 3, who happened to be clear all the way round. It all sounds like now we are going to pull an Arizona and do racial profiling on dark skins. There was not a reason for the stop, such as no brake light, driving erratic or anything, just the 'car load of mexicans.'
The cop on the scanner is from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department.
Young Mexican Man KILLED by Mendocino Sheriff's Officer: Don't Believe the Cops' Lies!
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:20pmRedwood Curtain CopWatch just received a call about a young man who was murdered by a Mendocino Sheriff's Officer. This is a quick alert- more will come later regarding the truth of what happened, and possibly urgings to you to support the family and get the truth out.
Two People Killed By U.S. Border Patrol
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 9:01amLots of PHOTOS AT THIS LINK: http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2010/06/09/conflicting-reports-over-border-death/
Anastasio Hernandez Rojas was shocked to death by U.S. Border Patrol Agents in San Diego. He was 42 years old.
Sergio Adrian Hernández, 14 years old, was shot on the Mexican Side of the border (El Paso Texas) by U.S. Border Patrol Agents
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http://www.workers.org/2010/us/border_patrol_0617/
With fatal beating of Mexican
NO BORDERS! Migration is NOT CRIMINAL!
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Behind the Redwood Curtain, ICE (Dept of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has terrorized many individuals and families. Even before the creation of ICE, cruel U.S. policies and U.S. invasions throughout the world have paved the way for local toxic industries (for example: cut flowers-Sun Valley Floral Farms and corporate logging using pesticides-Simpson, Sierra Pacific, Pacific Lumber) to exploit the labor and hurt the lives of many people who have migrated to the North Coast from all over the world.
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Over Raided, Under Seige
U.S. Immigration Laws and Enforcement Destroy the Rights of Immigrants
