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.
African-American
Pat-Downs: Intrusions Long Before the TSA
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 1:19amPat-Downs Hit Middle America Where It Counts
Nov 24, 2010 By David Coleman
The recent outrage expressed by white males and females over intrusive airport pat-downs may have an upside. At least at the nation’s airports, non-minority airline passengers who seek to board an airplane are being sensitized to the indignities that are a routine part of the lives of some men of color who merely walk or drive down a street.
AP / Ted S. Warren
Good times: A traveler endures a pat-down during a TSA security screening on Nov. 19 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
May 12, 2010 Activities To Mark 25 Years Since Govn't. Bombing and Murder of MOVE Family
ONA MOVE, Everybody! Attached is a flyer about our May 12, 2010 activities to mark 25 years since the governmental bombing and murder of our MOVE family. We're also urging you if you are a family member or friend of a victim of police terrorism/murder to join us. If you know the family or friends of victims of police terrorism/murder, urge them to come out on the 12th. If we truly want to stop police terrorism/murder than we have to work to do it. Talking, complaining about it is not gonna do it. ONA MOVE----Ramona
