Legal Resources

• The National Lawyers Guild
  

        http://www.NLG.org
        Occupy Press Release   
        NLG Contact - Find an Office Near You!  

• Northern California American Civil Liberties Union

        https://www.aclunc.org/  
        Contact ACLU
        Have Your Rights Been Violated Today?

• Oakland Police Dept. Crowd Control Policy
• International Federation of Journalists 

"A press freedom violation can be an assassin’s bullet, aimed to kill an investigative journalist, and to intimidate and silence his colleagues. It can be the knock on the door from the police, bringing in a reporter to question her on her sources, or put her in jail with or without a proper trial. It can be a restrictive media law, which puts the power over editorial content into the hands of censors and press courts."

• Americans For Safe Access - Cannabis Related

        http://www.safeaccessnow.org 

• John Burris - Attorney Sp. Police Misconduct

        http://www.JohnBurrisLaw.com 
"We stand up for those who cannot fight for themselves!"

• Berkeley CopWatch

        http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org 

• CopWatch

        http://www.copwatch.org/
        CopWatch Database - NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC

• The California Shield Law 
• Legal Liabilities for Online Speech 

"The right to free speech, while held in high regard in the U.S., is not absolute."

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Your Right to Film!

Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78 (2011). People have an absolute right to video and record the police. To interfere with that violates the person's civil rights pursuant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th Amendments. A person's rights who are so violated can sue for civil rights violations pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 1983, which includes a recovery of punitive damages, and the cop is *not* entitled to qualified immunity. 

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Berkeley CopWatch - Here to Help!!

Resources Available to View & Download

• Berkeley CopWatch Handbook (PDF)  
• Know Your Rights Card (PDF)  
• Homeless Rights (PDF) Share Please with those who might not be able to access this!
• Intensive Study on Monitoring (PDF)

"Copwatch works towards police accountability by going out on Copwatch shifts and documenting police interactions with the community. However, we know that in order to effectively impact police accountability we must have a broad based movement in which we all play a role. We provide "Know Your Rights" Trainings to educate the community about their rights with the police so that everybody knows what to do when confronted by police or witnessing police interactions.

Be Empowered! Know your Rights!"