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.
We are dedicated to grass-roots struggle to end the aggressive role of police in and against our communities.
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CRAZY new South Carolina Law Requires Subversive Groups to Register with the State
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 2:51amInfoshop News
Friday, February 05 2010
As if the state of South Carolina didn't have enough of a reputation, recent legislation now requires subversive groups to register with the government. A registration fee of $5 and the necessary paper work is now required for all groups seeking to overthrow the government. The law states that "every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States ... shall register with the Secretary of State."
SECTION 23-29-90. Penalties.
HORRIFIC: Obama Legalizing Federal and State Military Control and Collaboration in U.S.
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:43amTHE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release Jan 11, 2010
"Why I pulled out my camera to record Oscar Grant's killing"
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 4:18pmWitness to a Shooting, Karina Vargas
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=0a328d6a244268cf99a62d5a44668da1
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia , News feature, VIDEO, AUDIO, Words by Karina Vargas, as told to Josue Rojas, Posted: Feb 20, 2009
Oscar Grant's Daughter Gets $1.5 million Lawsuit Settlement
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 3:28pm
Tatiana Grant, 5 years old, daughter of Sophina Mesa and Oscar Grant.
There has been a civil lawsuit SETTLEMENT for Tatiana Grant, Oscar's 5 year old daughter. Oscar's Mother still has a lawsuit against the Oakland BART cops, as do the 5 young men, close friends, who were with Oscar when he was murdered. The young men recieved abuse themselves and witnessed the cops execute their friend who was laying on his stomach in handcuffs.
Video from Jan 20, 2010 Protest in San Francisco: HOUSEKEYS NOT HANDCUFFS!
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 7:49pmThis Is A Social Justice Movement!
Wise Words from West Denver CopWatch
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 12:10pmfrom their website: http://westdenvercopwatch.wordpress.com/
....Police are consistently traumatizing and occupying our communities. Something as simple as a video camera, a pen and a pad of paper can significantly help deter the police from violating our community members’ rights. We collect footage that both holds the police accountable and informs the people of their abuse of power.
Haiti Needs Water, Not Military Occupation!
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:55pmHaiti Needs Water, Not Occupation!
The US has never wanted Haitian self-rule, and its focus on 'security concerns' has hampered the earthquake aid response
URGENT: Sign these PETITIONS for MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
SIGN PETITIONS TO: President Obama and Attorney General Holder
To Obama: (in many languages) Mumia Abu-Jamal and The Global Abolition of the Death Penalty http://www.petitiononline.com/Mumialaw/petition.html
Pam Africa says: "The time is now for organizing... with all of the strength that you have" for MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Pam Africa on the Supreme Court ruling against Mumia
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal and granted the Philadelphia DA's petition for a writ of certiorari. Basically, the Supreme Court went against the lower federal circuit court's 2001 and 2008 rulings, which granted a new sentencing phase jury trial if the death penalty was to be reinstated in Jamal's case. Now the case goes back down to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, who will decide whether they will re-impose the death penalty without the jury trial.
Hunger Strike at the Port Isabel Detention Center
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 11:37amSouthwest Workers' Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2010
Indefinite Hunger Strike at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Bayview, TX:
Began On National Day of Action Against Sherriff Arpaio,
The Hunger Strike grows in Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.”- MLK, Jr.
