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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Dec 21st: Bay Area Presentation/Discussion With National Lawyer's Guild About Martin Cotton Trial
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 3:16pmplease help spread the word
Holding Police Who Kill Accountable:
Justice for Martin Cotton event
December 21st
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Dec 16th: Bay Area Presentation/Discussion @LONG HAUL About Martin Cotton Trial
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 3:03pm
Long Haul Info Shop
3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA
Thursday December 16
7:00pm
Martin Cotton II was living houseless and unarmed when, on August 9, 2007, in Eureka California, he was severely abused by police, then brought to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. At the jail, he was further attacked by guards and left to die on the cell floor.
On Monday, January 10, 2011 a civil trial will begin in Oakland: Siehna Cotton et al. v. Eureka Police Dept. and Humboldt County Sheriff's Dept. The federal civil rights lawsuit was brought on behalf of Martin Cotton's baby daughter, Siehna Cotton, and by Martin's father, Marty Cotton.
Join Redwood Curtain CopWatch in a discussion about what happened to Martin Cotton and how to connect community struggles against police brutality. Help strategize to sustain public pressure during the upcoming trial.
So Many Stories of VIOLENCE BY POLICE- suppressed or never told
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 8:24pmhttp://www.redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/node/201
This one was published in the Eureka Times- Standard on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. This is exactly how it looked in the paper:
Excessive force used in arrest?
I am writing in concern of the brute force I witnessed on July 17. I observed a swarm of Eureka PD pulling up to the front part of our apartment building. I proceeded to take a closer look outside. I was standing on the sidewalk observing the ruckus. Then, seconds later, an officer in his patrol car raced onto the sidewalk while I was standing there and gave no warning (e.g., did not honk, nothing) and I was forced to run onto the front grass area. There was mass confusion within our building we tried to communicate with the officers but they proceeded to be extrememly abrasive and disrespectful toward us bystanders.
WEAPONS (2007)
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 04/05/2009 - 3:22pmAssault rifles and semi-automatic weapons are being supplied by a large corporation (Target) and the DA.
TAZERS
Tazers give off a 50,000 volt blast. EPD is expecting to have a new batch of tazers soon. The body count in North America now stands at 287 after having been tasered with this "less than lethal" device. 15 Canadians and 272 Americans since 2001, 9 dead in August of this year alone.
