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.
El Paso
Cops in Schools
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 9:24pmTexas School Police Ticketing Students As Young As Six
Jan 10, 2011 By Liz Goodwin
School police officers in Texas are doling out more tickets to children as young as 6, who under past disciplinary practices would have been sent to the principal's office instead, according to a report by a Texas nonprofit.
"Disrupting class, using profanity, misbehaving on a school bus, student fights, and truancy once meant a trip to the principal's office. Today, such misbehavior results in a Class C misdemeanor ticket and a trip to court for thousands of Texas students and their families each year," says the Appleseed Texas report (PDF). It examined data from 22 of the state's largest school districts and eight municipal courts.
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
