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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First Cop Tried for Murder in California -On the Witness Stand (LYING through his teeth); Johannes Mehserle, the cop who murdered Oscar Grant
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 8:24pm
Daniel Sylvester Was Tased to Death by Cops after he backed away saying "Leave me alone, I am scared."
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 1:59pml spoke to Daniel (tasered man)'s Mom. She said when the cops arrived Daniel was outside, calm at the time... The cops said something and Daniel said "Leave me alone," and backed away from the cops saying "Leave me alone, I am scared."
The cops had no reason to draw the taser at all at this point. The cops follow Daniel into his home with taser drawn and started tasing. Mom said Daniel did not attack the cops..... Who knows what fiasco started after the tasing begain... It turns into a frenzy by the cops....
Thank God there are witnesses to this. There needs to be training in de-escalation.. instead they escalate situations...Daniel Sylvester did not need to die,, deserve to die.. The family did not deserve this grief.
Mom will be ready to speak out soon.
--from Lenda Beck, June 24, 2010
of Del Norte Watch Dogs
MESSAGE: from Redwood Curtain CopWatcher to Del Norte WatchDog- Regarding Cop with Taser Killing of (unarmed) Man in Crescent City, June 22, 2010
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 4:43pmLenda,
Please encourage the family to request an independent autopsy and for the body to be PRESERVED.
When the system tells a grieving family that they have 'this' many days to cremate or bury, the grieving family usually does it quick and has to rally together the money to pay for it. PLEASE tell them that they are entitled, if they request and notice the coroner, to an independent forensics testing (not sure how to pay for it, but it would be a forensic pathologist that the family chooses) and that should halt the "destruction" of Daniel's body.
Also, they should work on not allowing the body to be destroyed so that if or when they sue , there is a body to examine. OFTEN, the coroner's reports (including toxicology) do NOT match up with 1) the injuries that parents have seen on their dead children's bodies and 2) the substances that persons had in them prior to death (i.e. nicotine, marijuana)
UNARMED Man Killed by Cops with Taser, yesterday in Crescent City
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 2:25pmDel Norte man dies in Taser incident
The Times-Standard June 23, 2010 1:15:10 AM PDT
A Del Norte County man who assaulted two sheriff's deputies [we can always count on the Times Standard to be the immediately decided judge and jury for an execution by cop] Tuesday morning died after he was shot with a Taser and began having trouble breathing, the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office reported.
Two People Killed By U.S. Border Patrol
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 9:01amLots of PHOTOS AT THIS LINK: http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2010/06/09/conflicting-reports-over-border-death/
Anastasio Hernandez Rojas was shocked to death by U.S. Border Patrol Agents in San Diego. He was 42 years old.
Sergio Adrian Hernández, 14 years old, was shot on the Mexican Side of the border (El Paso Texas) by U.S. Border Patrol Agents
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http://www.workers.org/2010/us/border_patrol_0617/
With fatal beating of Mexican
31 Year old Mentally Ill Man TAZED to Death in LA
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 9:26amMarch 19, 2010
ALBERT POLENCIA, 31 YEAR OLD MENTALLY ILL MAN, WAS TAZED TO DEATH BY
DOWNEY POLICE
CHASED from Downey to South Gate
KILLED in FRONT OF HIS HOME
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