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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Black Teen Shot in Back By San Fran Police, Left to Die On Sidewalk July 16, 2011
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 9:06am[VIDEO may contain content that is inappropriate for some to watch]
When police stopped a teenager stepping off the T-train to show his transfer as proof he’d paid his fare – $2 at most – he ran from them. They shot him as many as 10 times in the back and neck, according to witnesses. For many long minutes, as a crowd watched in horror, the boy, who had fallen to the sidewalk a block away, lay in a quickly growing pool of blood writhing in pain and trying to lift himself up as the cops trained their guns on him and threatened bystanders.
READ: http://sfbayview.com/2011/why-should-you-die-for-a-transfer/
Florida Cops Get New Semi-Automatic Tasers- TASERS Kill! Ban Tasers!!
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 11:59pmNew Taser Packs Triple The Stun (TV news video in link)
Local Police Department Buys New Semi-Automatic Taser
January 27, 2011 TAVARES, Fla. -- A Central Florida police department is putting a new Taser on the streets that packs not one, but three electrifying shots.
Tavares police believe the powerful tool will let them subdue suspects before they harm officers or themselves.
The new model is called the X3. It can be fired three times in rapid succession without the officer having to reload. That means up to three suspects can be stunned, or one especially unruly suspect can be stunned more than once.
SLIDESHOW: 23 Raw Taser Cam Videos
"If they're moving around, and you don't get both probes into the person, or into the party, then they just keep doing what they're doing because it doesn't affect them," said Capt. Danny Felicia with Tavares police.
Santa Rosa Cops Killed Richard DeSantis in 2007 and Civil Rights Lawsuit Moves Forward [Audio included after article]
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 11:31pmSupreme Court: Family of man shot by police can sue
By JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Published: Monday, January 24, 2011
A U.S. Supreme Court judge ruled Monday that the family of a bipolar Santa Rosa man who was shot and killed by police officers during a 2007 confrontation can proceed with their lawsuit against the Santa Rosa Police Department.
Richard DeSantis
The Death of Martin Frederick Cotton II
THE DEATH OF MARTIN FREDERICK COTTON II
UPDATE (Spring 08) FROM REDWOOD CURTAIN COPWATCH
