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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July 22-24: 2nd INTERNATIONAL COPWATCH CONFERENCE in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 2:30amThe 2nd International Copwatch Conference will take place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on July 22, 23 and 24 of 2011.
Potential Presenters, Participants, and Tablers please read and register HERE.
The conference will include sessions of panel discussions, workshops, and video screenings that focus on particular aspects of policing. Some topics to be included are policing in the context of colonialism; policing and immigration; policing as a gendered and racialized practice; the fluidity of defining crime and criminality; keeping the police accountable; community alternatives to policing and practice of restorative justice models, and a range of other topics.
7 Shocking (?) Examples of Cops Getting Away With Brutal Attacks
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 1:52amCops are far less likely than civilians to pay for their crimes. Seven recent incidents bring that point home.
January 3, 2011, AlterNetBy Nellie Nelson
January 1st Community Rally: Justice for Derrick Jones and Oscar Grant!
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 12/24/2010 - 8:51pmSocial Justice Activists & All Other Outraged People!
On Jan 1st two years ago, Oscar Grant was Murdered at the Fruitvale Bart Station by the BART police. The "Oscar Grant Committee To Stop Police Brutality and State Repression" will be joining with the Families of both Oscar Grant and Derrick Jones, as well as others, to commemorate their slain loved ones and Demand Justice and an END TO POLICE TERROR.
Make a New Years resolution to stand up to racism and unjustified police
shootings and brutality. Join us and make a difference!
Meet at Fruitvale BART station at 12:00pm NOON.
For more info, contact the Oscar Grant Foundation: 510.599.6357
Johnnes Mehserle, Cop Seen On Video by Thousands Murdering Oscar Grant, Gets Slap on the Wrist in Court
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 2:16pmJohannes Mehserle sentenced to two years with double credit for time served
Nov 5, 2010 by Davey D
The Power of the People vs. Police Abuse of Power, by Michael Zinzun 2002
Presentation On The Inglewood, California Police Beating of Donovan Jackson-Chavis by Michael Zinzun, Coalition Against Police Abuse, July 13, 2002
On Saturday, July 6, 2002, shortly after Donovan Jackson-Chavis was beaten by the Inglewood P.D., his father Coby Chavis and his cousin, Taliba Shakir, a woman who had been a member of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in L.A., called CAPA. What is CAPA?
Oscar Grant was MURDERED, but Verdict for Killer Cop was Involuntary Manslaughter
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 3:10pmCommunity Responds to U.S. Systemic Racism as Evidenced by the MURDER of Oscar Grant, then Reinforced by the Mehserle Verdict
