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Is This What A Jammed Phone Sounds Like? (Kill Switch in Ferguson?) (video/quicktime 12.6MB) A lot of people have been complaining about their phones, or internet not working in Ferguson MO.For those who reside in the Bay Area, this is something we have seen before. The Bart Police shut down their cell towers back in the summer of 2011 to disrupt a demonstration they though was going to occur....
Posted: Fri, Aug 22, 2014 2:03pm PDT
Huey P. Newton Gun Club: Armed Self-Defense Patrol in Dallas, Texas 
The recent murders of unarmed black, brown, and whites across the United States of America has eradicated trust in the police. Individuals across this nation have been stripped of due process, subjected to state-sponsored police terrorism, and continue to suffer the fate of being terminated extra-judicially.
In Dallas the police have murdered over 70 unarmed individuals, most of them black and brown men, over the last ten years. Excluding a recent incident where police testimony was contra...
Posted: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 8:13am PDT
ACLU Asks Col Replogle to Remove Inappropriate Officer in Ferguson 
On Wednesday, Aug. 20, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri faxed a letter (see PDF) to Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, asking him to identify and remove a police officer who demonstrated an inability to perform appropriately in Ferguson on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The officer pointed an assault weapon at civilians and threatened to kill them. When asked to identify himself, the officer responded with profanity....
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2014 12:51pm PDT
Who Are The Real Outside Agitators in Ferguson? (VIDEO) (video/quicktime 37.9MB) How many officers imposing Martial Law in Ferguson live inside the city limits? You guessed it, dam near zip....
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2014 8:53am PDT
Community Meeting with the New Orleans Police Monitor (audio/mpeg 44.7MB) WTUL News and Views presents a recording of a recent community meeting with the Independent Police Monitor Susan Hutson. Updates on the shooting of Armand Bennett and other open police shooting cases as well as information about how community members can participate and support the efforts of the police monitor are included....
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2014 7:27am PDT
What a stupid excuse for arresting reporters 
Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, rationalizing the coordinated campaign against the media covering the Ferguson unrest: "I'm going to tell you in the midst of chaos, when officers are running around, we're not sure who's a journalist and who's not," Johnson said, according to an audio recording. "Yes, if I see somebody with a $50,000 camera on their shoulder, I'm pretty sure. But some journalists are walking around, and all you have is a cellphone because you're from a small media...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 11:20pm PDT
Donate to Get Copwatch Cameras for Ferguson - more cameras are needed to document police 
WeCopwatch has been on the ground in Ferguson for the last week Copwatching and connecting with residents in the Canfield neighborhood. (the location where Mike Brown was murdered).
Donate for cameras for Ferguson residents now: http://www.gofundme.com/Copwatching-in-Ferguson...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 9:38pm PDT
Photos From Fergurson 8.18.14 
These photos were taken on August 18th, 2014 in Ferguson MO...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 6:27pm PDT
NAACP Missouri Announces Effort to Support Federal Investigation Ferguson, MO -- Leaders with the Missouri State Conference and St. Louis Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on August 19 announced its efforts to support the federal investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown and other policing complaints, and to assist the Ferguson community deal with civil unrest....
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 12:43pm PDT
NLG Strongly Objects to Oppressive and Discriminatory Law Enforcement Tactics in Ferguson 
NEW YORK -- The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is on the ground providing legal support to Ferguson, Missouri residents protesting in the wake of last week’s fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson. Since then, community protests and neighborhood demonstrations have been violently confronted by the Ferguson Police Department, armed with military-grade weaponry. Yesterday morning, Governor Jay Nixon deployed the Missouri National Guard to supplement S...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 12:36pm PDT
Amnesty International USA Calls for Investigation of Police Tactics in Ferguson 
(AUGUST 18, 2014 - FERGUSON, MO) - As communities across the nation stand witness to the killing of an unarmed African American teenager by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Amnesty International USA was on the ground monitoring events. With the return of its human rights delegation from Ferguson, the organization today called for an investigation into police tactics used during protests....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 10:30pm PDT
Saudi Arabia: Four relatives executed for hashish possession amid surge in executions The Saudi Arabian authorities must halt all executions, Amnesty International said after four members of the same family were executed today as part of a “disturbing” recent surge in the use of the death penalty in the country....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 10:24pm PDT
Police Gas Residents of Ferguson For Over an Hour (video/quicktime 51.7MB) This video was taken on August 17, 2014....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 9:56am PDT
Do not be fooled by China's propaganda on Tibet and Tibetan people 
Dharamshala: - As Tibetans and peace loving people, we realize that there is a Chinese propaganda waged to capture the hearts and minds of Tibetans. It is now waged using not only their modern weapons, but also their state-run television, radio and other types of media. While we fight using the method of freedom, non-violence, human rights and democracy, China will use any tools to try and win....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 11:13pm PDT
(VIDEO) Ferguson: State Of Emergency! Demonstrators Shot and Gassed! (video/quicktime 199.5MB) A State Of Emergency was imposed on the residents of Ferguson on August 16th 2014. This curfew set of a mutual aide package of different law enforcement agencies, a mandatory curfew and the power to arrest anyone seen in public space from 12am to 5:30am....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 1:00pm PDT
Photos From Ferguson 8.16.14 
These photos were taken 8.16.14 and the early morning hours of 8.17.14 in Ferguson MO....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 6:56am PDT
Amnesty International Sends Human Rights Delegation to Ferguson, Missouri 
(AUGUST 14, 2014 - FERGUSON, MO) - Today, Amnesty International USA announced that it has sent human rights delegation to Ferguson, MO to observe police and protester activity, gather testimony, seek meetings with officials and offer support to the community. The 12-person delegation also includes organizers who will train local activists on methods of non-violent protest....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 2:35am PDT
Ferguson: New Police Practices are Window Dressing To a Systemic Failure (video/quicktime 57.7MB) This police strategy both in the first days and more recently is nothing new....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2014 11:41am PDT
Images From Ferguson 8.15.14 
State Police have taken over security elements for Ferguson Mike Brown presence. But residents complain that the Local Police are jacking People with weapons drawn in daylight hours. ....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2014 8:38am PDT
Ferguson Police's PR Stunt Poisons Independent and Impartial Investigation 
The tragic killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department has shocked his family, community, and the nation....
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2014 5:45pm PDT
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