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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HORRIFIC: Obama Legalizing Federal and State Military Control and Collaboration in U.S.
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:43amTHE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release Jan 11, 2010
Haiti Needs Water, Not Military Occupation!
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:55pmHaiti Needs Water, Not Occupation!
The US has never wanted Haitian self-rule, and its focus on 'security concerns' has hampered the earthquake aid response
Pentagon Wants to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in Communities Throughout U.S.
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 1:44pmThe Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
By Matthew Rothschild, August 12, 2009
http://www.progressive.org/wx081209b.html
The Pentagon has approached Congress to grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to post almost 400,000 military personnel throughout the United States in times of emergency or a major disaster.
This request has already occasioned a dispute with the nation’s governors. And it raises the prospect of U.S. military personnel patrolling the streets of the United States, in conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.
