PUEBLO joins Copwatch panel on civilian oversight

Rashidah Grinage, representing the Campaign on Community Safety and Police Accountability (CCSPA), joined Chris Morray Jones from the Ella Baker Center’s PoliceWatch and Michelle Gross from Communities United Against Police Brutality of Minneapolis to present a workshop on civilian oversight models, as part of the 1st National Copwatch Conference, which was held July 13-15th at LaneyCollege in Oakland. The workshop was attended by about 30 people from throughout the United States and was emotionally charged, with many attendees sharing their own experiences of police misconduct and the difficulties they encountered in trying to get justice.

Created: 07-20-2006