from Redwood Curtain CopWatch:
As we continue to meet people, people who have been beaten, bruised, bloodied, deprived, robbed, and verbally abused by police- people who are living on the street- sometimes beat while sleeping- we know that not enough of us are organizing to protect, collectively struggling to keep the police from hurting our friends [...]
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Cotton Day, August 9th: Remember Martin. Protest the Police Violence That Stole His Life.
Posted in Eureka Rescue Mission, Eureka, CA, Martin Cotton, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california, police brutality on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another Homeless Man, Tim Alcorn, Beat to Death: by teenagers
Posted in Redding, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Memorial service held for murdered Redding homeless man
By Jim Schultz
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Although he was homeless, Timothy Lee Alcorn had many friends and loved ones.
A standing-room-only crowd filled McDonald’s Redding Chapel on Friday to honor him and his family shortly before his cremated remains were interred at Redding Memorial Park.
Alcorn, 48, was found beaten to [...]
Update From Redwood Curtain CopWatch; Police Beat Houseless Man To Death
Posted in Eureka, CA, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california, updates on August 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Since Redwood Curtain CopWatch learned of the Thursday August 9th death of Martin “Fred” Cotton II, we have spoken with many witnesses and other community members regarding the events leading to Martin’s death. Immediately after the Sheriff’s Department sent a press release (on the afternoon of August 10th), local papers wrote ‘stories’ simply parroting [...]
