In Ferguson and Independence, Police Accountability Advocates Having Impact

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From DeAnn Smith and Nathan Vickers of KCTV5.com on September 21, 2014:

Rally seeks more police accountability

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From Grant Bissell of KSDA.com on September 22, 2014:

We Copwatch train Ferguson residents on body cameras

Related Content at CopBlock.org: Posts and Videos tagged “Ferguson”

Connect with Jacob Crawford / We Copwatch: http://WeCopatch.org / http://facebook.com/WeCopwatch / http://twitter.com/WeCopwatch / http://Youtube.com/WeCopwatch

In Ferguson and want to connect or to share video captured with the Canfield Copwatch group? Call: 314-384-2297

WeCopwatchlongblack — Jacob Crawford, support his efforts via WeCopwatch.org or by getting some WeCopwatch threads at CopBlock.org/Store

Pointers from We Copwatch for observing and recording police:

Write down officer name, badge number, and car license number
Write down time, place, and date of incident
Get names of witnesses and how to contact them
Photograph and or record incident
Be polite
Remain visible Don’t use flash cameras or video lighting
Walk in pairs
Maintain principles of non-violence
Be a witness
Demonstrate citizen monitoring of police for others
Educate the public about police conduct

Pete Eyre

Pete Eyre is co-founder of CopBlock.org. As an advocate of peaceful, consensual interactions, he seeks to inject a message of complete liberty and self-government into the conversation of police accountability. Eyre went to undergrad and grad school for law enforcement, then spent time in DC as an intern at the Cato Institute, a Koch Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, Directer of Campus Outreach at the Institute for Humane Studies, Crasher-in-Chief at Bureaucrash, and as a contractor for the Future of Freedom Foundation. In 2009 he left the belly of the beast and hit the road with Motorhome Diaries and later co-founded Liberty On Tour. He spent time in New Hampshire home, and was involved with Free Keene, the Free State Project and The Daily Decrypt.