Apr 21, 2014
Tasers are No Magic Bullet
After each mishap or tragedy that occurs these days in Berkeley, we are told that it could have been averted “if only” the police had...
Apr 21, 2014
Tell Berkeley Councilmembers that You Say NO to Tasers!
We really need you to tell these city councilmembers that you DONT want BPD to have tasers! Linda Maio (510) 981-7110...
Mar 31, 2014
Berkeley Copwatch Has a Police Scanner!
Hey so we finally got ourselves a fancy new police scanner over at Berkeley Copwatch! Although we haven’t yet connected it to a computer...
Oct 1, 2011
Martin Cotton Family Awarded Over $4.5 Million by Jury in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Eureka Poli
Eureka Officers Viciously Beat Martin and Left Him to Die in Jail Cell Contact: Verbena Lea, Redwood Curtain CopWatch (707) 633-4493,...
Oct 1, 2011
VICTORY AGAINST POLICE TERROR IN EUREKA
Martin Cotton Family Awarded Over $4.5 Million in Trial Against Eureka Police From: People’s Action for Rights and Community This link...
Sep 19, 2011
The Advent of the Surveillance Society
Thursday 8 September 2011 by: Nancy Murray and Kade Crockford, Truthout and ACLU Massachusetts | Special Feature...
Jul 17, 2011
BARTing while Homeless: Charles Blair Hill is the Latest BART Police Assassination Target
Mesha Monge-Irizarry of the Idriss Stelley Foundation speaks out on the latest BART police killing. This is the fifth killing by BART...
May 19, 2011
The Year of the Corrupt Cop
Robert Gammon in the East Bay Express, May 18, 2011: It’s not even half over, but 2011 looks as if it might be the Year of the Corrupt...
Mar 31, 2011
Ex-Cops Go to Prison in Post-Katrina Killing
March 31, 2011 (MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press): NEW ORLEANS – Calling the crimes inexcusable and barbaric, a judge sentenced two...
Mar 18, 2011
Feds Find ‘Systemic Violations of Civil Rights’ by New Orleans Police Department
A.C. Thompson for ProPublica on March 17th, 2011 reports on Law and Disorder in the New Orleans Police Department following Katrina: “The...
