About this Event
The City of Berkeley plans to evict over 100 people on Tuesday, Oct. 13th from the Seabreeze homeless encampment at University and the I-80. There is no plan for the welfare of these citizens, only a desire on behalf of some City Officials to appear “tough on homelessness” during election season. In the middle of a global health crisis and a civil rights uprising, our most vulnerable residents are putting out a plea for solidarity.
This interactive training is meant as an introduction to your constitutional rights as they pertain to the police and strategies for filming and documenting the police. This is also meant to give you tools so you can better advocate for your rights and the rights of others.
The information in this training is meant to empower you and offer you choices when confronted by the police. The way that you choose to interact with the police is a very personal choice, carrying different risks based on your race, gender, class and more.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FILM.
Brought to you by Berkeley Copwatch (founded 1990). For more information on our history as an abolitionist and community-centered, all-volunteer organization, please visit our website.