Winnipeg Copwatch

photo by greg.g A presentation and discussion on police, power and justice Wednesday, October 22, 7pm Crossways in Common 222 Furby Street at Broadway Featuring: Tamar Hopkins (Melbourne, Australia) Tamar Hopkins is an Australian lawyer who has been working on police violence issues faced by newly arrived African and Afghani Australian communities for the past [...]

1) Run for Rights Winnipeg Copwatch will be participating in the 7th annual Run for Rights held at 8:30am Kildonan Park on Saturday June 7th 2008. The run is aimed to raise money in support of Winnipeg organizations working for social justice and human rights, because we cant all have government funding, or do not [...]

Two days ago marked the 12th annual International Day against Police Brutality. It began in 1997 as a joint initiative by the Montreal Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière (Collective Opposed to Police Brutality) and the Black Flag group in Switzerland in response to the beating deaths of two children, aged 11 and 12 by [...]

March 15th will mark the 2008 International Day against Police Brutality. It first began back in 1997 as an intiative by Montreal Collective Opposed to Police Brutality and the Black Flag group in Switzerland. The march was organized by numerous people and they ask that people meet at the Red Road Lodge (631 Main Street) [...]

Sharing Our Stories Sharing Circle on Police Violence and Community Issues organized by the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Equality Coalition. Have you ever felt victimised by the police? Are you concerned about neighbourhood safety or police response? Do you feel vulnerable or powerless? Tell your story so healing can begin. Saturday February 9th 1pm-4pm Magnus Eliason [...]

Do You Know Your Rights When Interacting with Police? Come to a free workshop with defence lawyer Jeff Gindin. Mr. Gindin has been a defence lawyer for 36 years and has been teaching at the law school for 30 years. Come learn about your rights and what you should do when involved with the police. [...]

On December 6th the Manitoba Human Rights Commission released its report around “racialized communities and police services”. In the report it states that within certain communities there is a fear of the police, that people do not have faith in the Law Enforcement Review Agency, and that police brutality is part of police culture and [...]

Winnipeg Copwatch has been invited to speak on at a public forum organized by the the Winnipeg Anarchist Black Cross(ABC). It will consist of a re-introduction to the Anarchist Black Cross, followed by a look at the history, goals, visions and projects. Afterwards there will be a short discussion with members of ABC, Copwatch, Elizabeth [...]

Winnipeg Copwatch endorses the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. In support of this day Winnipeg Copwatch will perform a foot patrol in the evening of October 22nd. The diverse coalition began over ten years ago after wanting to expose the epidemic of police brutality on a [...]

The two events surrounding Two Worlds Colliding and the Tasha Hubbard’s visit to Winnipeg went really well. After the screening of the film, people shared stories and discussed how the film affected them. Naturally, there is a lot of healing that needs to take place and there needs to be spaces for people to share [...]