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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So Many Stories of VIOLENCE BY POLICE- suppressed or never told
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 9:24pmhttp://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 - 4:22pmAssault 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.
