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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Response to Outrageous Gov't Premise for Police Action Against Occupy Eureka
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 2:24pmJan 7, 2011
Open Letter to Humboldt County District Attorney, Paul Gallegos:
We have reviewed your November 2, 2011 email to the Humboldt County Sheriff, County Counsel, and the County Administrative Officer in which you direct that the tents of Occupy Eureka be removed from the front of the Humboldt County Courthouse. The “go get 'em” email, obtained through a California Public Records Request, instigated, with no legal basis, the November 7 militarized raid, arrests, and civil rights violations by the Eureka Police Department [EPD] and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department (and presumably the subsequent raids, arrests, and civil rights violations) and creates a conflict as you attempt to prosecute people arrested in those raids and related police actions. Most egregious, however, is that your email to the County is a malicious work of “shock and awe” deceit that should be retracted immediately. You wrote of Occupy Eureka protesters as if they might be terrorists with “explosives” in their tents. Redwood Curtain CopWatch is outraged and disgusted at your dangerous, wholly unfounded, and secret implications regarding non-violent Occupy Eureka protesters. Undoubtedly, thousands of people who will learn of your disingenuous and inflammatory Nov 2 email and the subsequent similar emails will also be appalled and offended by your actions.
Occupy Eureka PRESS CONFERENCE Monday Jan 9th
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 12:22amOccupy Eureka Confronts Secret & Outrageous Premise for Police Actions Against Non-Violent Protesters
Contact: Verbena Lea (707) 442-7465
Occupy Eureka Press Conference
Monday, January 9, 2012
1:00pm
in front of Humboldt County Courthouse steps in Eureka, CA (5th & I St.)
Recently, Occupy Eureka uncovered documents showing the unlawful government conspiracy to vilify and suppress the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Eureka. We will be publicly addressing this information at the 1:00pm Press Conference.
Press packets will be available, in hard copy and/or email, on January 9th.
Why The National Defense Authorization Act Now?
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:00pmWHY THE NDAA NOW?
By Marti Hiken and Luke Hiken January 6, 2012
Barack Obama just signed into law one of the most repressive and right-wing pieces of legislation ever passed in the history of the country: the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It allows the military, a.k.a. the Pentagon, to determine who is a “terrorist” and to detain that person in prison, indefinitely, without trial, under its jurisdiction. It makes no difference whether the person is a U.S. citizen or a foreign “enemy combatant.”
Gordon Hirabayashi, Historic Resister of US' arbitrary and indefinite detention dies
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 8:00pm[Only a few days after President Obama signed into law provisions for arbitary and capricious seizure and indefinite detention of US citizens--throwing out habeus corpus and other "Constitutional rights"--one of the most prominent and courageous opponents of such a repressive policy--the US' detention of Japanese American citizens during World War II--has died. --Frontlines ed.]
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Gordon Hirabayashi, shown in 1985, was vindicated in his challenges to internment.
January 11: Day of Action Against Guantanamo
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 6:20pm10 Years of Guantanamo:
We Say No More!
Bradley Manning Support Group
January 11 Day of Action Against Guantanamo
Bradley Manning faces decades in prison for providing WikiLeaks with the Guantanamo detainee assessments. Based on those files, we know that the prison has held mostly innocent people and low-level operatives.
Message To All Police Officers from Occupy Wall Street [VIDEO]
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 8:13pmLocal Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 11:25pmA decade of billions in spending in the name of homeland security has armed local police departments with military-style equipment and a new commando mentality. But has it gone too far? Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz of the Center for Investigative Reporting report.
Dec 21, 2011 Nestled amid plains so flat the locals joke you can watch your dog run away for miles, Fargo treasures its placid lifestyle, seldom pierced by the mayhem and violence common in other urban communities. North Dakota’s largest city has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there’s not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade.
But that hasn’t stopped authorities in Fargo and its surrounding county from going on an $8 million buying spree to arm police officers with the sort of gear once reserved only for soldiers fighting foreign wars.
You Can Jail the Resistors, But You Can't Jail the Resistance!
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 12:00amINCARCERATION: Holiday Gift from Paul Gallegos to Occupy Eureka
While the District Attorney vacations with his family for the holidays, he (ultimately responsible for actions of his office) has set in motion another campaign of harassment, wrongful arrests, and incarcerations.
Disorganized (or deliberately inept?) Humboldt DA's Office, Resulting In Systematic Threats to Civil Liberties
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 1:48am[The 32 names of people arrested have been omitted from the below message for the purpose of this website post]
Stop the Attack on Civil Rights at Occupy Eureka
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 11:02amPlease phone and email the numbers & addresses below!
*Demand Return of All
Property including Signs,
Literature,Banners.*
*Insist the Police Respect
Our Right to Protest,
Stop Abusing Us & Stop
