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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Read About Police Murder of Hupa Man, Peter Stewart: Alford v. County of Humboldt et al
Downloadable below is a court filing on behalf of Peter Stewart's mother. It opposes the cops' attempt to get the civil rights case against them dismissed -before a trial happens. The document goes into more detail about the police murder of Peter Stewart in June 2007.
Local cops burned a house down, knowing that they would kill Peter Stewart inside.
Important Download: http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/files/Opp_MotionToDismiss10_28_10.pdf
Also, here is the First Amended Complaint (what the lawsuit is about): http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/files/1st_amendComplaint_10_15_09.pdf
**If you have trouble downloading these documents, feel free to call CopWatch at (707) 633-4493.**
Direct Action by Youth & Tucson Militarizes School Board Meeting
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 11:00pmBattle over the future of ethnic studies in Arizona rages on.
To watch a multi-part interview, click the link
below (if you don't see the segment you are
looking for, it's probably not yet published)US Student Protests
Civil Rights Trial Regarding POLICE MURDER of Peter Stewart Continues, June 20, 2011:
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 10:12pmCivil Rights Trial in SF Regarding POLICE MURDER of Hupa Man, Peter Stewart
The case is called JACQUELINE ALFORD v. JAMIE BARNEY.
Courtroom 1
17th Floor
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco (Federal Court)
Police Murder of Hupa Man, Peter Stewart: http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/node/666
FREE LEONARD PELTIER! the Longest Held Political Prisoner
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 10/15/2010 - 6:33amA Green Party Announcement: Free Leonard Peltier Caucus
A new caucus has been formed. The Free Leonard Peltier Caucus is working to
circulate a petition for signatures to be presented to Pres. Obama at the
end of his tenure asking for a presidential pardon for the longest held
political prisoner, Leonard Peltier.
At this time the membership consists of Deacon Alexander, primary candidate
for California Governor and coordinator of the Watts Greens and Dorothy
Kemeny, member of the GPLAC County Council and Co-coordinator of the Long
Beach Greens.
The 2010 LA Pico-Union Rebellion
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 7:39pmMonday, Sept 20 2010 Contributed by:Frotchie
On September 5th, 2010, Manuel Jamines was murdered by cops. LAPD Rampart Division police gunned him down, in broad daylight and in cold blood, at the corner of 6th and Union Ave in Pico-Union, a working class neighborhood in LA known for its Guatemalan and indigenous population. Manuel was a 37-year-old indigenous man from Guatemala working as a day laborer in the US. He didn’t speak English or even Spanish very well, and he had three small children in his home country. The pig who shot him, Frank Hernandez, was notorious in the community as a violent, racist, unpredictable hazard. Locals call him El Pelon, or “The Bald One.”
Seven Murders by Police in Seattle -Within Two Weeks
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 10:54amCops Kill in Washington Again and Again and Again and Again and Again - on the Police Murder of John T. Williams
Submitted by anon on Mon, 2010-09-06: anarchis news dot org
http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/12125
*Warning: the following article contains news mostly taken from mainstream sources. Apologies if any of the statements contained below misrepresent John T. Williams life in any way.
In the last week alone, 5 people were killed in “officer-involved” shootings in the Puget Sound region. On August 31, John T. Williams became the first of this last string of killings by police. John Williams, age 50, was a native man from the Dididaht, Nuu Chan Nulth nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He was shot four times in the chest by Seattle police officer Ian D. Birk, age 27.
National Day of Action Against Racist SB 1070: May 29, 2010
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 2:27pmEND BORDER MILITARIZATION CONTINGENT
DEMANDING DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR INDIGENOUS & MIGRANT COMMUNITIES
O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective sends you greetings from occupied O'odham lands,
IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING ATTACK ON WOUNDED KNEE- from AIM Santa Barbara
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 9:46amMay 2, 2010
To the Original Peoples of the Fourth World and all International Press Services:
At high noon today US Army helicopters of the US Seventh Cavalry air division attempted to land their Blackhawk aircraft upon Lakota Sacred Burial grounds in South Dakota. The presence of military aircraft from this unit... See More is a sad and insulting reminder of the slaughter of more than 300 American Aboriginals on December 29,1890 when soldiers of the US 7th Cavalry gunned down more than 300 Aboriginal Minneconjou Lakota refugee children, women, infants and the elderly at what is now called Wounded Knee in South Dakota Indian Country. The military then left the bodies of their victims to decay unburied in the driving snow.
This Is O'odham Land: No Borders! Free Movement! Indigenous/Migrant Solidarity!
NO BORDERS! Migration is NOT CRIMINAL!
MANY ARTICLES IF YOU CLICK HERE
Behind the Redwood Curtain, ICE (Dept of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has terrorized many individuals and families. Even before the creation of ICE, cruel U.S. policies and U.S. invasions throughout the world have paved the way for local toxic industries (for example: cut flowers-Sun Valley Floral Farms and corporate logging using pesticides-Simpson, Sierra Pacific, Pacific Lumber) to exploit the labor and hurt the lives of many people who have migrated to the North Coast from all over the world.
Read (or Download)
Over Raided, Under Seige
U.S. Immigration Laws and Enforcement Destroy the Rights of Immigrants
Zapatista in the U.S.
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 12:43amThe Other United States: repression, marginalization and grass-roots resistance in the US
Alejandro Reyes - 16-april-2009 - num.576
Radio Zapatista, KPFA, berkeley, california
Between February and April 2008, the informational campaign EZLN: The Fire and the Word travelled through over 11,000 miles of the United States, visiting 25 cities in 10 states. The main purpose of the campaign was to share the history and current reality of the Zapatista struggle, especially with the country’s youth.

