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.
police terror
Eureka Government Blatantly Supports KILLER Cops: Johnson, Harpham, Winkle, Laird, Whitmer
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 10:50amSWAT kills: Beware returning officers, Mike Johnson and Rocky Harpham
On April 14, 2006, Mike Johnson and Rocky Harpham, working for the Eureka Police Department SWAT, shot Cheri Moore EIGHT times, killing her. Both officers left the area- Rocky Harpham to Texas. Soon after, former Humboldt County Risk Managment agent, Kim Kerr, left Humboldt for employment in Ione, CA. She promptly brought Johnson and Harpham there to be officers in Ione. The people of Ione were unaware of these cops' past, but learned quickly of their violent ways through experience. In Ione, Johnson became Chief and Harpham became Seargent.
Redwood Curtain CopWatch has received calls from several people regarding Johnson and Harpham's really abusive behavior in Ione. (One call over 2 years ago said "They are acting like Nazi's on our streets') And NOW THEY ARE COMING BACK HERE!!
March 22: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - Called by Dallas Communities Organizing Against Police Terrorism
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 2:18amGOALS FOR THE PEOPLE
These goals should be implemented in short/long terms. Places that already have this or something similar, we ask that you support those of us that do not:
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Know Your Rights Classes specific to your state. I.E. California vs. Texas Gun Laws
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Local community based patrols. Make the police “services” obsolete in your community
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Documentation of police activity that can later be used as evidence.
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Community Review Boards- Establish or implement them with subpoena power with the ability to prosecute.
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Tribunal del pueblo- The people’s court where the true peers and equals of the people assaulted can express, and try the offender.
Jeremy Marks, Black High School Student's Home Raided by L.A. Cops/DA Cooley; [Petition after article]
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 12:53amJeremy Marks, a black high school student was put in jail last year for videotaping a LAUSD school police officer assaulting another teenager at a bus stop. All Jeremy did was videotape the incident & nothing else yet he was put in jail for approx 7 months, & was bailed out right before XMAS thanks to someone from Google....he was charged with 'Attempted Lynching.' (His bail was $155,000 & he was threatened with 7 yrs prison time)
On Jan 26, 2011, DA Steve Cooley had Jeremy's home raided and 30 + LAPD cops came in and took computers, cell phones etc.....trying to get any evidence they can before his trial!
LA District Attorney orders Gestapo-style police raid on home of Jeremy Marks
Terror tactics in the police war on video
By Doug Kauffman and Ian Thompson January 27, 2011 
PEOPLES' VICTORY- Jan 1st Oscar Grant Committee Action -by Frank Runninghorse Jan 2, 2011
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 2:01am2nd Anniversary of Oscar Grants Foul Killing marked by Vigil/Rally at Fruitvale BART.
On new years day 2011, a racially diverse crowd of 150-175 people marked Oscar's murder at the hands of BART police with statements from Grant family members, reminiscences of Oscar, and pledges from family and community alike to carry on and intensify the struggle to get justice for all of the many victims of unjust police violence. The Vigil/ Rally was called by the Grant family with solidarity from the family of Derrick Jones ,another unarmed black man from the east Oakland neighborhood near Fruitvale BART who was recently shot up and killed by the OPD.
The "Oscar Grant Committee to Stop Police Brutality and State Repression" that includes Oscar's 'Uncle Bobby' and family friend Jack Bryson among its active members, played a prominent role in organizing and sponsoring the event. The event was organized in a little over two weeks time, using the OGC's and Grant family's network of contacts.
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
"Operation Small Axe" Film about Police Brutality, Resonates with Communities All Over the Country
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 3:50pmOakland Filmmaker Feels Police Wrath
An Epidemic of Brutality
By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr. NOV 5-7, 2010
Hours after San Francisco Bay Area radio show host J.R. Valrey screened his documentary film about police brutality at a university in Philadelphia daily newspapers in that city carried articles about two separate lawsuits filed against Philly police alleging brutality.
Those lawsuits, filed respectively by a state legislator and a high-profile media commentator (both of whom are black) didn’t surprise Valrey. His travels across America screening his film highlighted for him – again – a reality that governmental officials constantly reject: police brutality is a widespread scourge.
Yet ANOTHER Open Letter Regarding Psychotic and Dangerous Eureka Cop: Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 2:13pmJuly 6, 2010 2:58am
Open Letter To Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen, Eureka City Council members, Eureka Mayor,
Eureka City Attorney, Sheryl Schaffner:
Re: EPD Sergeant Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez punches a young man in the side of the head and threatens teenage witness if he testifies to seeing the punch
May 13, 2010: Anniversary of the bombing of MOVE! STOP POLICE TERROR!
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 11:30pm25th Anniversary of Bombing of MOVE! STOP POLICE TERROR!
IT’S TIME TO STOP POLICE TERRORISM!!!!!
This year marks 25 YEARS since the bombing of our FAMILY! MOVE is delivering MURDER complaints to Seth Williams (Philadelphia’s First Black District Attorney) at 9:00am on May 12th, CHARGING officials with the VICIOUS MURDER of 11 INNOCENT MOVE family members!
There will be a 10:00 am press conference at the AFSC, located at 15th & Cherry Sts., about the MURDER COMPLAINTS.
There will also be a 6:00 pm program at the African-American Museum, located at 7th & Arch Sts., which includes the screening of 2 Films On MOVE.
Following, on Sunday, May 16th, there will be a CHILDREN’S PLAY performed by the MOVE children at The Rotunda, located at 40th& Walnut Sts., directly behind the Bridge Movie Theatre.
For more INFO please contact:
MOVE
P.O. BOX 19709
PHILA., PA. 19143
onamovellja@aol.com or call (215) 387-4107
