When civilians observe or film police as a way to check their power, they’re called “cop watchers.” The practice is rooted in Berkeley, California, where in 1990, residents formed a coalition to ...

A misdemeanor charge is raising questions about how close civilians can stand while recording police activity.

The cop watching movement has proliferated in the last decade as more and more video evidence of routine police abuse has surfaced online. Several states are making an attempt to fight back with new ...

I really want to be on the side of the cop watchers. I do. Ferguson makes me think the more eyeballs we can put on police incidents the better. But I watched the YouTube video on the people arrested ...

SAN DIEGO — A federal court in California partially dismissed a “cop watch” activist’s lawsuit stemming from his arrest while he was filming the San Diego police’s response to a shooting. The activist ...

"Usually, for the Bushwick team, we'll meet up, we'll have a meal together. And the meal is important because in the rare instances that you get arrested, you sit overnight and you get hungry," said ...

Too often, the rule of law just means the rule of police—but knowing your rights can still be an important way to protect yourself from police injustice. Here on Police Accountability Report, we often ...

TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A DPS trooper sworn to protect is now facing accusations of continuing a traffic stop while witnesses yell for his help. Witnesses are asking why it took so long to provide ...