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Are Police Body Cameras The Solution?

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 Pete Eyre 1386 Views badges don't grant extra rights, berkeley copwatch, California, coercive monopoly, complaints, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Copwatch, dash cams, Featured, film the police, fusion centers, incentievs, injustice system, Kelly Thomas, peaceful streets project, perceived legitimacy, police accountability, police body cameras, Police brutality, rialto, Rodney King, strike the root, video

The push for police body cameras is just the latest attempt to salvage public opinion and perceived legitimacy. Such an

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Berkeley Copwatch Setting Precedent

December 24, 2013January 6, 2014 Pete Eyre 594 Views Berkeley, berkeley copwatch, California, cop block, copblock.org, Copwatch, film the police, people's investigations, police accountability, video

Berkeley Copwatch, established in 1990 to document and deter aggressive police employee actions against those homeless, has, and continues to

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This weekend in Oakland: Urban Shield – the latest in security theater

October 24, 2013 Pete Eyre 1603 Views alamedia county sheriffs office, ATF, berkeley copwatch, California, DEA, department of homeland security, FBI, m11 tactical, matthew artz, oakland, oakland public safety committee, oakland wiki, occupy oakland, paramilitary police, police accountability tour, urban shield

Descending on Oakland, California, tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 25th, 2013, and in town through the weekend, are thousands of people who

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