LY205 Lecture Notes - Cinco De Mayo
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Week 6, thursday copwatch: these streets are watching about police overstepping bounds of the law. Pokice know they"re not supposed to violate some things, but most of this happens in settings where nobody pays attenttion. Right to observe what police are doing in your community. Cops = public servants and are here to serve you. Copwatch based on the fact that people are allowed to observe police, and operating in public places. Constitutional right to watch what they"re doing and record with cameras if someone needs to be held accountable or a question comes up, copwatch can cover that. Informs citizens of proper and improper cop procedure and actions. Anyone can watch the police, don"t have to be a member of copwatch. March 1990 started were attempting to rid downtown area of homeless people- berkeley set out to document activity. Denver: cinco de mayo roadblocks every car pulled over was impounded or someone arrested.
