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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Testimony About TORTURE in CA Solitary Housing Units
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:46pmHidden Behind Concrete and Barbed Wire: Hearings Expose Torture in California's SHUs
"My brother has been in Pelican Bay SHU for the last ten years. I'm here today to be the voice, not only for him, but for all of the prisoners who are suffering in the SHU and for all of the prisons in California. There are a lot of questions that I want answered. I want to know what our elected officials are going to do to change what's being done? Why is it 30 days later and still nothing has been done when the CDC agreed to part of the prisoners' demands? I want to know why my brother is tortured on a daily basis year after year. Why is he not fed correctly and why is he so pale and skinny? Why does my mom have to cry every time she goes to see him? Seeing everybody that has come out today just lights my fire, because I know that I am not alone and I can let him know that he is not alone."
Amber
Derrick Jones Didn't Have To Die! [photos, then article]
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 12/24/2010 - 1:04pmDecember 11, 2010 by readers of Revolution, revcom.us
In the face of brutality and repression, there is a mood of resistance in Oakland that is building.
During the rally at the Fruitvale BART Station, where Oscar Grant was murdered, this youngster had the courage to wave a flier for Derrick Jones in the faces of the Oakland police “protecting” the station from the protesters. – Photo: Felix Barrett
STATEMENT from MOVE prisoners Debbi Sims Africa, Janine Phillips Africa, Merle Austin Africa, and Janet Holloway Africa
http://www.prisonactivist.org/archive/pps+pows/MOVE/debbi-sims-africa-st.html
[Editor's note: Since this statement was written, Merle Austin Africa joined the ancestors. She died in prison, March 13, 1998.]
Excerpts from John Africa's Teaching (in italics):
