top
East Bay
East Bay
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Oakland Police Shine Light into WeCopwatch Camera

by WeCopwatch.org
On June 8th, 2013, WeCopwatch hit the streets of Downtown Oakland to observe police interactions with the public.
picture_49.png
While it was a fairly mild evening it is usual for Oakland Police to shut down 1rst Friday in sections. As police attempted to move people from the West Grand and Telegraph area, one officer became aware of people videotaping. The officer shined a spot light on a WeCopwatch camera, but then stopped likely realizing that the interaction would likely be on youtube by the next morning. People have the right to observe police conduct. There are no reasons to shine a light in someone's camera in a lit area except to obstruct their ability to document.
§video
by WeCopwatch.org
Copy the code below to embed this movie into a web page:
Add Your Comments

Comments (Hide Comments)
by scoor
kewl...anyone notice thast PRISM rhymes with PRISON. that shows how they think. everything is jail talk. commercials have police fear built in. ''you could be prosecuted'' the radio commercial says.
by Wow, that was tense
That saw some real serious stuff right there. shit almost got real. Jesus, a peace officer uses a flashlight and this is news on this site? Kind of ridiculous. Must have been a slow night out there.
Calling an armed enforcer for the ruling class a "peace officer" shows where you're coming from, and it's not pretty.
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$110.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network