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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Stop the War on Drugs
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 1:38amMajor International Leaders Plead for the US and the World to Get Smart and Stop the War on Drugs
The Commission on Drug Policy urged a shift from incarceration to consideration of a full range of alternatives, from decriminalization to legalization and regulation.
June 4, 2011 | By Molly O'Toole
The Quality of Whose Life?
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 7:53am
Linocut by Art HazelwoodArizona, SB 1611 Mandates Racial Profiling in Schools, Housing, Work, Driving
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:26pmACLU Denounces Passage of Irresponsible Bill Targeting Students, Creating New Crime of “Driving While Brown”
Anti-14th Amendment Proposals Also Advance to Senate Floor
The Quality of Whose Life? Part 3
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 5:43pmby Paul Boden Nov 18, 2010
Organizing Director, Western Regional Advocacy Project
This is the third article in a series we're writing on Quality of Life ordinances, our contemporary version of the vagrancy laws that have been with us for centuries. In the South, they were used to force freed slaves back to the plantation. In the North, they were used to instill a Protestant work ethic in indigent whites. This compulsion to control labor and separate the "worthy" from the "unworthy" is deeply ingrained in our culture and institutions.
Eureka Cops Plan Raids of Houseless People's Sleeping Spots ; Raids Will VIOLATE Human & Constitutional Rights
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 07/17/2010 - 11:22amThe word is that raids will begin on Monday, July 19th. Cops hunt down outside-sleeping people every night, but these raids will be broad-sweeping and perhaps more orchestrated.
These raids will violate the rights of the houseless people. There are no legal, free-of-charge places to sleep in Eureka (or Arcata), so there are no options for almost all people who have no shelter except to sleep where they can find a hidden piece of ground. Then ya gotta be able to protect yourself from the rain, wind, cold, dew.
This is not a new situation. But all too often, people who are housed dismiss the reality of the situation by simply saying, "Well, there are homeless shelters for them to go to." That is completely INACCURATE.
The MOVE 9 speak!
Download this booklet with the biographical writings from the MOVE 9.
The bio's were taken word for word from the website:
John Africa's MOVE Organization
http://www.onamove.com/
In the HOME page, if you click on the photos of each MOVE member, the MOVE 9, who are on the left side of the page, you can also read each of their bios.
Go to the MUMIA page to read about Mumia Abu-Jamal- political prisoner who has been locked up since 1981, and is on DEATH ROW.
Sample Letters: Parole MOVE Prisoners!
Chairwoman Catherine C. McVey
Board of Probation and Parole
Attn: Inmate Inquiry
1101 South Front Street, Suite 5300
Harrisburg, PA 17104
Re: Support for 2009 Parole of Eight Prisoners:
Debbie Sims Africa #006307, Janet Holloway Africa #006308, Janine Phillips Africa #006309, Michael Davis Africa #AM-4973, Charles Sims Africa #AM-4975, William Phillips Africa #AM-4984, Delbert Orr Africa #AM-4985, and Edward Goodman Africa #AM-4974
