{{italic title}} '''''These Streets are Watching''''' is a 50-minute video on police accountability in three communities in the United States; Denver, Cincinnati and Berkeley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rocker.cc/film-showing-these-streets-are-watching |title=R2C2 :: Film showing: These Streets Are Watching |accessdate=2008-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009023108/http://rocker.cc/film-showing-these-streets-are-watching/ |archivedate=2007-10-09 }}</ref> The video documents incidents that its creators consider demonstrate the unnecessary use of force by the police.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.23.05/copwatch-0508.html|title=Metroactive News & Issues - Copwatch|website=Metroactive.com|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref> Independent filmmaker, Jacob Crawford, weaves the responses made in these three cities to police brutality into a single tale of community empowerment and direct action. The film conveys basic legal concepts that can provide practical help to groups and individuals seeking an understanding of their rights when dealing with police. The film is divided into sections that explain citizen's basic rights, tactics for documenting police activity and ideas for further action.
''These Streets Are Watching'' has been screened across the United States <ref>{{cite web|url=http://winnipegcopwatch.org/events/past-events|title=Winnipeg Copwatch : Working Together to Stop Police Misconduct|website=Winnipegcopwatch.org|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mobile.lawrence.com/events/2008/feb/16/22628/ |title=Copwatch Film and Training: "These Streets are Watching" |accessdate=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191722/http://mobile.lawrence.com/events/2008/feb/16/22628/ |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portlandcopwatch.org/PPR34/nationalconferencereport.html|title=Report back: National Conference on Police Accountability: Portland, OR October 15-17, 2004|website=Portlandcopwatch.org|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?category_id=1&id=348 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705084134/http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?category_id=1&id=348 |archivedate=2007-07-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainx.com/news/2008/watch_the_copwatch_intro_video|title=Watch the "Copwatch" training video|date=30 May 2008 |publisher=|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref> and has played on television across the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freespeech.org/schedule/search.php?keywords=these+streets+are+watching |title=Free Speech TV Schedule Search |accessdate=2008-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617044510/http://www.freespeech.org/schedule/search.php?keywords=these+streets+are+watching |archivedate=2011-06-17 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|3228130}} * ''[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2298191316209203092 These Streets Are Watching]'' (By Jacobs Ladder Production via Google Video) * ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVpx3CvbLj8 These Streets Are Watching]'' (By Jacobs Ladder Production via YouTube) * ''[http://current.com/items/88888753/right_to_observe_badge_these_streets_are_watching.htm These Streets Are Watching]'' (By Jacobs Ladder Production via Current.com)
Category:American documentary films Category:Police brutality in the United States Category:Documentary films about law enforcement in the United States Category:Law enforcement in Colorado Category:Law enforcement in Ohio Category:Law enforcement in California Category:Culture of Denver Category:Culture of Cincinnati Category:Culture of Berkeley, California
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