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Did you know that in the city of San Francisco, CA there is at least 1000 register Sex Offenders living near you? In this website you can run a search by zip code in your area!
http://www.sfgov.org/site/police_index.asp?id=20202
I was surprise to find out that in my building was one! and also one currently working at the "Beat Museum" at 540 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133
Also near my house!
It is your responsibility to make your community aware of this!Did you know that in the city of San Francisco, CA there is at least 1000 register Sex... more
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Denver Copwatch's perspective on Copwatch as an idea
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coming soon under jacobs ladder production
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Can't be too surprised about this.
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Denver CopWatch is a grassroots organization working for increased police accountability and against police brutality in Denver, Colorado. We observe police actively and advocate for peoples' rights. Contact us at (303) 380-4329, or by sending a message here on Myspace.
Denver CopWatch was in the streets throughout the Democratic National Convention and we are expecting a great deal of footage and documentation of police activity, especially the brutality that occurred on Monday evening. If you have video footage, photos and witness contact info/statements, or any documentation at all you can send it to Denver CopWatch to be used for legal action/defense by e-mailing it to denvercopwatch07@yahoo.com, or you can call (303) 380-4329 and leave you name and phone number or a way we can contact you and someone will get back with you A.S.A.P. to collect the documentation you have to offer - either we'll give you an address to which you can mail it, or we can arrange to pick it up at your convenience - or you can mail it to the following address:
Denver CopWatch
P.O. Box 9944
Denver, CO 80209 Denver CopWatch is a grassroots organization working for increased police... more
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August 26, 2008
2008 Democratic National Convention
As the Democrats celebrated inside the Pepsi Center on opening day of the convention, outside on the streets police pepper-sprayed protesters and rounded up dozens of them in mass arrests. The incident began near the Civic Center Park around 7:00 p.m., where a few hundred protesters had gathered to march. The police arrived in full riot gear, surrounded the protesters, blocking them in before firing pepper spray into the crowd. Protesters fled across the park, where they were met by dozens of police officers who boxed them in. Many of the marchers sat down in the street. Nearly a hundred people were arrested.
Democracy Now! arrived on the scene moments afterwards and spoke with some of the eyewitnesses. JACOB: My name is Jacob, and I work with Berkeley CopWatch. We go out, we watch the police when they're interacting with people. So, obviously, we're here at the DNC to ensure that police are not utilizing tactics that are against law. And what took place about an hour ago is, we had a big group of protesters start marching, and what happened is they cordoned off the block on both sides, and without any warning or nothing, they initiated arrests. Now, the rest of the people that should have had an opportunity to leave were asked to go up the street and then were also enclosed. So, basically, what the police did is they just did a mass arrest with the intention of keeping people in jail for the next two days, so they won't be out tomorrow, they won't be out the day after, to protest. STEPHEN NASH: I'm Steve Nash with Denver CopWatch. We're a police accountability group that observes the police, and tonight we watched protesters block the street about a block from here. It's about fifty protesters in the street. The police came at them in riot gear from both sides and hemmed them in. Then they refused to let anybody out, including people who were just on the sidewalk in the group, who were not actually trying to block the street. I saw one older legal observer who begged for the police to let him out, and they refused. They pushed him back into the crowd. Then they donned their gas masks and began pushing the media and legal observers and the public a block away in each direction and in a very aggressive manner. JACOB: 99 percent of the officers tonight that are operating have no identification, which is against the law. An officer has to be identified by a badge or a nameplate. JOHN TARLETON: People were generally very calm. There were several legal observers there from the National Lawyers Guild who gave everybody their legal number, because we were—what was, you know, unclear at that moment was whether the police were going to do a mass arrest. RON KOVIC: I was inside of the Sheraton Hotel watching the convention. I had just heard Ted Kennedy's inspiring speech, and someone whispered in my ear that there's a riot outside. I immediately left. I left the hotel with a friend, and we came outside. We came outside to see what was happening. I came outside because of my concern for you, because of my concern for the young people who are demonstrating.
AMY GOODMAN: And that last voice was by Ron Kovic, the paralyzed Vietnam veteran, antiwar activist, who arrived on the scene soon after the protesters were arrested. Special thanks to Democracy Now! producer Hany Massoud for that report.
Eileen Clancy is with I-Witness Video. We just have a few seconds for Eileen to comment on what has happened. The behavior of the police that you've come to watch as you've watched in conventions past, Eileen?
EILEEN CLANCY: One thing, I have never seen more police officers with fewer identification marks on them as I saw last night. It's a big problem. They have spanking new uniforms. Yet somehow the nameplates didn't manage to remain attached.August 26, 2008
2008 Democratic National Convention
As the Democrats celebrated... more
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Ils suivent les policiers des nuits entières dans les rues, les filment et prennent des notes. Leur mouvement est né à Berkeley, en Californie. Ce sont les copwatchers : cop comme flic, watchers comme surveillants. Certains veulent tout simplement faire valoir leur droit de citoyens, d’autres ont subi des violences policières. Leur combat : filmer la police pour l’empêcher d’être au dessus des lois. En 1991, aux Etats-Unis, l’affaire Rodney King - la bastonnade d’un automobiliste noir filmée par hasard par un amateur - avait mis le doigt sur la gravité des bavures. Depuis 1994, une loi autorise la police fédérale (FBI) à enquêter en cas de soupçon de brutalité policière. Mais les condamnations de policiers violents restent rarissimes. C’est pourquoi le mouvement Copwatch est né. Aujourd’hui, il en existe une soixantaine sur tout le territoire. Sabrina Van Tassel a rencontré ces militants infatigables, qui traquent chaque nuit les brigades de police : à Berkeley, Andrea Pritchett, l’une des fondatrices du mouvement et Jacob Crawford, un cameraman professionnel, deux "vétérans" du copwatching, des militants pour les droits civiques ; à San José, un groupe très actif, composé uniquement de jeunes victimes de bavures policières (à leur tête, Norren Salinas, dont le père est mort l’an dernier, électrocuté par la décharge d’un taser, cette arme de neutralisation électrique) ; à Riddley, un bourg à forte population latino, c’est un ancien flic d’origine mexicaine qui dénonce les brutalités policières. Bernabe Santillan a vécu le système de l’intérieur et le condamne. Lui aussi s’est muni d’une caméra pour observer le travail de ses anciens collègues. Il ne leur laisse aucun répit. Mais aujourd’hui, il est seul contre tous.Ils suivent les policiers des nuits entières dans les rues, les filment et prennent... more
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Ils suivent les policiers des nuits entières dans les rues, les filment et prennent des notes. Leur mouvement est né à Berkeley, en Californie. Ce sont les copwatchers : cop comme flic, watchers comme surveillants. Certains veulent tout simplement faire valoir leur droit de citoyens, d’autres ont subi des violences policières. Leur combat : filmer la police pour l’empêcher d’être au dessus des lois. En 1991, aux Etats-Unis, l’affaire Rodney King - la bastonnade d’un automobiliste noir filmée par hasard par un amateur - avait mis le doigt sur la gravité des bavures. Depuis 1994, une loi autorise la police fédérale (FBI) à enquêter en cas de soupçon de brutalité policière. Mais les condamnations de policiers violents restent rarissimes. C’est pourquoi le mouvement Copwatch est né. Aujourd’hui, il en existe une soixantaine sur tout le territoire. Sabrina Van Tassel a rencontré ces militants infatigables, qui traquent chaque nuit les brigades de police : à Berkeley, Andrea Pritchett, l’une des fondatrices du mouvement et Jacob Crawford, un cameraman professionnel, deux "vétérans" du copwatching, des militants pour les droits civiques ; à San José, un groupe très actif, composé uniquement de jeunes victimes de bavures policières (à leur tête, Norren Salinas, dont le père est mort l’an dernier, électrocuté par la décharge d’un taser, cette arme de neutralisation électrique) ; à Riddley, un bourg à forte population latino, c’est un ancien flic d’origine mexicaine qui dénonce les brutalités policières. Bernabe Santillan a vécu le système de l’intérieur et le condamne. Lui aussi s’est muni d’une caméra pour observer le travail de ses anciens collègues. Il ne leur laisse aucun répit. Mais aujourd’hui, il est seul contre tous.Ils suivent les policiers des nuits entières dans les rues, les filment et prennent... more
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"These Streets are Watching" is a 50 minute video that takes a fresh look at police accountability through the eyes of three communities; Denver, Cincinnati and Berkeley. Independent filmmaker, Jacob Crawford, weaves three cities responses to police brutality into a single tale of community empowerment and direct action. Within an amazing collection of footage that portrays police conduct and misconduct, the film conveys basic legal concepts that can provide practical help to groups and individuals seeking a clearer understanding of their rights when dealing with police. The film is divided into sections that explain our basic rights, tactics for documenting police activity and ideas for further action and organizing."These Streets are Watching" is a 50 minute video that takes a fresh look at police... more
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