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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Santa Rosa Cops Shoot and Kill Man After Car Chase (and crash)
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 2:28pmRedwood Curtain CopWatch Note: Albert Leday Sr. is the 21st person killed by cops (officially admitted) in Santa Rosa since 1999.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100603/ARTICLES/100609824
Albert Mike Leday, Jr. left, is pictured here holding his grandchild while
standing next to his son, Justin Leday, holding his son, another grandchild.
Albert Leday was shot and killed after fleeing from sheriff's deputies.
Son says his father 'made mistakes' but was a good man
More Incidents of Police All Over the U.S. Firing Guns Into the Small Frail Bodies of African Children and Young People: Seven-Year-Old Black Child Murdered by Detroit Police - May 16, 2010
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 2:05amArticle written by Jerry White on May 17, 2010, www.uhurunews.com
Video SHOWS Cops Fired Into Detroit Home, Killing Aiyana Jones
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 1:32amAiyana Jones case, attorney says Video shows police fired into Detroit home
By Corey Williams and Ed White The Associated Press May 18, 2010
DETROIT -- Police who carried out a raid on a family home that left a
7-year-old girl dead over the weekend were accompanied by a camera crew for
a reality television show, and an attorney says video of the siege
contradicts the police account of what happened. Geoffrey Fieger, an
attorney for the family of young Aiyana Jones, said he has seen three or
four minutes of video of the raid, although he declined to say whether it
was shot by the crew for the A&E series "The First 48," which has been
shadowing Detroit homicide detectives for months.
Police have said officers threw a flash grenade through the first-floor
window of the two-family home, and that an officer's gun discharged, killing
the girl, during a struggle or after colliding with the girl's grandmother
inside the home. But Fieger said the video shows an officer lobbing the
Justice for Oscar Grant! June 14th Killer Cop's Murder Trial Begins!!
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 06/05/2010 - 4:03pmJustice for Oscar Grant!
Murdered by BART Officer Johannes MehserleAll out to Court
Monday June 14th! Starting at 7am, come thru all day!
