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Copwatch
Activist network monitors law enforcement officers for misconduct, especially police brutality / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the modern activist network. For the earlier practice, see Black Panther Party. For the film, see Copwatch (film).
Copwatch (also Cop Watch or Cop-Watch) is a network of typically autonomous activist organizations, focused in local areas in the United States, Canada, and Europe, that observe and document police activity looking for signs of police misconduct and brutality. They believe that monitoring police activity on the streets is a way to prevent police brutality.[1] They also propose theoretical and practical approaches to security and justice structures to replace the police. They criticize capitalism and see crime as a consequence of social problems that cannot be fought by surveillance and punishment.[2]
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Copwatch was started in Berkeley, California, in 1990.[3]