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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Report Sheds Light On Dire Prison Conditions For Youth Offenders Serving Life Sentences
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 10:12pmBy William Fisher The Public Record Jan 5th, 2012
You probably know that the United States has more people in jail than any other country in the world. The staggering number is 2.3 million. China, which has four times as many people as the US, is a distant second with 1.6 million prisoners.
What you may not know is that the US also tops the charts in the numbers of youth offenders serving life without parole sentences in adult US prisons. The score? The world: 0; the US: 2,570.
Mobilising Society Against the Death Penalty
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 11:36pm"The death penalty is the cruellest, most degrading and inhumane punishment," Federico Mayor Zaragoza told IPS.
Tito Drago interviews FEDERICO MAYOR ZARAGOZA
Yet ANOTHER Open Letter Regarding Psychotic and Dangerous Eureka Cop: Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 2:13pmJuly 6, 2010 2:58am
Open Letter To Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen, Eureka City Council members, Eureka Mayor,
Eureka City Attorney, Sheryl Schaffner:
Re: EPD Sergeant Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez punches a young man in the side of the head and threatens teenage witness if he testifies to seeing the punch
