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.
Stolen Lives
2010 National Days of Action To Stop Police Brutality: Art, Photos, Media
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 11:58pmLocally and All Over the Country
Brothers of Chris Burgess, killed by Eureka cop 4 years ago, Oct 23rd
Christopher Jan 6 1990 ~ October 23 2006
California Street, Eureka CA October 23, 2010
DAYS OF ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, October 22nd and 23rd
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 2:48pmUNITE AND FIGHT!
DAYS OF ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
October 22nd & 23rd
No School * No Work
Call 707.633.4493
STOLEN LIVES in Fresno California, list sent by M. Gloria Hernandez - Aug 19, 2010
Click HERE to see the STOLEN LIVES report from M. Gloria Hernandez of Fresno. The key to the acronyms used in the list are at the bottom of the document.
http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/files/stolen lives 2010 fresno.pdf
Ah... so it seems the more I dig the more I find.. Jerry Dyer was appointed chief
after Julian Boo Boo Celeya died.
So count the victims attribated to Dyer's leadership after Boo Boo. Its been ten
years since his appointment and I count 47 deaths and those are the ones we know of...
The Stolen Lives list for Fresno was compiled from the following:
August 9th is Cotton Day- Remembering Martin Cotton II and Protesting Police Violence
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 6:58pm
Details soon.
If you are interested in organizing for August 9th [Cotton Day] or in hanging up and handing out fliers for August 9th, please call Redwood Curtain CopWatch at (707) 633-4493.
HELP SEND FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY POLICE TO THE TRIAL OF THE COP WHO KILLED OSCAR GRANT
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 1:45pmJuanita Young is the mother of Malcolm Ferguson (killed by NYPD’s Street
Crimes Unit, cop Louis Rivera in the Bronx in 2000)
Nicholas Heyward, Sr. is the father of Nicholas Heyward, Jr. (killed by NYC housing cop Brian George in Brooklyn in 1995)
Juanita Young and Nicholas Heyward, Sr. have been powerful voices in the movement against police brutality. Through their own experiences, both of these activist parents have also brought strength to many others who suffer and/or have lost their loved ones to police violence.
