We really wanted to do this series - and are so grateful that THE expert on copwatching Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social made time for such an informative conversation.
NEW: Bonus episode/series - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Leah talks with Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social about what your constitutional rights (to copwatch/ICEwatch) are, & how those rights play out on the ground & in court
crooked.com/podcast/know...
Leah talks with Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social about what your constitutional rights (to copwatch/ICEwatch) are, & how those rights play out on the ground & in court
crooked.com/podcast/know...
Know Your Rights: Copwatching 101 | Crooked Media
crooked.com
August 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We really wanted to do this series - and are so grateful that THE expert on copwatching Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social made time for such an informative conversation.
this streamer keeps saying high tide is at 10 and it'll be 8.5 feet. no high tide is at 9:39 and it'll be 10.1 feet. look at the chart. they've got the chart free at moe's go get some chowder and get a chart. guess he doesn't need one much for copwatching
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
this streamer keeps saying high tide is at 10 and it'll be 8.5 feet. no high tide is at 9:39 and it'll be 10.1 feet. look at the chart. they've got the chart free at moe's go get some chowder and get a chart. guess he doesn't need one much for copwatching
@elliotthoey.bsky.social and Uwe Kuttner on copwatching encounters. Transforming directives to move giving reasons, roles, standards and exceptions. #icca2026
June 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
@elliotthoey.bsky.social and Uwe Kuttner on copwatching encounters. Transforming directives to move giving reasons, roles, standards and exceptions. #icca2026
Many cops think copwatching is somehow illegal via imagined authorities derived from a post 24 sense that all law enforcement is "shadow ops" and ICE is almost by design full of people who couldn't get into any other agency because their psych profiles checked the "too Jack Bauer" box. 1/
May 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Many cops think copwatching is somehow illegal via imagined authorities derived from a post 24 sense that all law enforcement is "shadow ops" and ICE is almost by design full of people who couldn't get into any other agency because their psych profiles checked the "too Jack Bauer" box. 1/
Great! 1966:
> Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its #opencarry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_P...
> Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its #opencarry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_P...
Black Panther Party - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great! 1966:
> Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its #opencarry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_P...
> Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its #opencarry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_P...
Tuesday 7/23: Copwatching at Protests and Preparing for Arrests
Tuesday 7/23: Copwatching at Protests and Preparing for Arrests
Grassroots House, 2022 Blake St. Berkeley. In the back room. There's a ramp at the front entrance.
www.indybay.org
July 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Tuesday 7/23: Copwatching at Protests and Preparing for Arrests
I will note an early Panther activity was “copwatching” where a car full of (legally!) armed Panthers openly carrying would follow behind police cruisers to monitor their interactions with the black community
Honoring the legacy of the Black Panthers, who stood up to exercise our constitutional right to bear arms and protect our families and communities. 🫡 ✊🏾
June 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I will note an early Panther activity was “copwatching” where a car full of (legally!) armed Panthers openly carrying would follow behind police cruisers to monitor their interactions with the black community
Members of the Black Panther Party actively exercised their Second Amendment Rights, using open-carry laws to monitor police in a practice known as “copwatching.” In response, the California legislature introduced the Mulford Act, which repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. /3
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Members of the Black Panther Party actively exercised their Second Amendment Rights, using open-carry laws to monitor police in a practice known as “copwatching.” In response, the California legislature introduced the Mulford Act, which repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. /3
You are right.
In 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act, a gun control law specifically targeting the Black Panther Party's practice of openly carrying firearms, particularly while "copwatching".
"Guns for me, but not for thee."
In 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act, a gun control law specifically targeting the Black Panther Party's practice of openly carrying firearms, particularly while "copwatching".
"Guns for me, but not for thee."
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 AM
You are right.
In 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act, a gun control law specifically targeting the Black Panther Party's practice of openly carrying firearms, particularly while "copwatching".
"Guns for me, but not for thee."
In 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act, a gun control law specifically targeting the Black Panther Party's practice of openly carrying firearms, particularly while "copwatching".
"Guns for me, but not for thee."
NEW: Bonus episode/series - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Leah talks with Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social about what your constitutional rights (to copwatch/ICEwatch) are, & how those rights play out on the ground & in court
crooked.com/podcast/know...
Leah talks with Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social about what your constitutional rights (to copwatch/ICEwatch) are, & how those rights play out on the ground & in court
crooked.com/podcast/know...
Know Your Rights: Copwatching 101 | Crooked Media
crooked.com
August 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
NEW: Bonus episode/series - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Leah talks with Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social about what your constitutional rights (to copwatch/ICEwatch) are, & how those rights play out on the ground & in court
crooked.com/podcast/know...
Leah talks with Jocelyn Simonson @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social about what your constitutional rights (to copwatch/ICEwatch) are, & how those rights play out on the ground & in court
crooked.com/podcast/know...
to disarm members of the Black Panther Party, which was conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, later called copwatching.
From Wikipedia
From Wikipedia
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
to disarm members of the Black Panther Party, which was conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, later called copwatching.
From Wikipedia
From Wikipedia
www.youtube.com/watch
We're seeking volunteers for copwatching and police monitoring in stop-and-search hotspots. Help us spread the word! Check out our founding member, John, from 2022 on copwatching. #WeCopWatch 🕵️♂️📢
We're seeking volunteers for copwatching and police monitoring in stop-and-search hotspots. Help us spread the word! Check out our founding member, John, from 2022 on copwatching. #WeCopWatch 🕵️♂️📢
How to copwatch
Copwatch founder and member John speaking in Oxford in winter 2022. As part of the know your rights and copwatching workshop, here he gives an introduction to copwatching and how filming the police can help hold them to account. Subtitles to be added
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
www.youtube.com/watch
We're seeking volunteers for copwatching and police monitoring in stop-and-search hotspots. Help us spread the word! Check out our founding member, John, from 2022 on copwatching. #WeCopWatch 🕵️♂️📢
We're seeking volunteers for copwatching and police monitoring in stop-and-search hotspots. Help us spread the word! Check out our founding member, John, from 2022 on copwatching. #WeCopWatch 🕵️♂️📢
Actually doing something in your community perhaps? Mutual aid through freedom schools, food/grocery distro, harm reduction, community medicine. Or if you're feeling spicy participating in some direct action, like ICE/copwatching.
July 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Actually doing something in your community perhaps? Mutual aid through freedom schools, food/grocery distro, harm reduction, community medicine. Or if you're feeling spicy participating in some direct action, like ICE/copwatching.
We now have two Owls for broadcasting.
Next: Jenny Stock from the VU in Amsterdam on »copwatching » encounters
Next: Jenny Stock from the VU in Amsterdam on »copwatching » encounters
September 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We now have two Owls for broadcasting.
Next: Jenny Stock from the VU in Amsterdam on »copwatching » encounters
Next: Jenny Stock from the VU in Amsterdam on »copwatching » encounters
now i consider it violence that stallman never cited the black panthers when huey p. newton's application of law to copwatching was a transformative use of the legal system of protections for some and think this is where we find free software lacking by not being radical and transformational enough
March 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
now i consider it violence that stallman never cited the black panthers when huey p. newton's application of law to copwatching was a transformative use of the legal system of protections for some and think this is where we find free software lacking by not being radical and transformational enough
1969's "greatest threat to the internal security of the country," the Black Panther Party.
They actively resisted excessive policing with their open carry "copwatching" practice and uplifted their local communities via social programs like Free Breakfast for Children and community health clinics.
They actively resisted excessive policing with their open carry "copwatching" practice and uplifted their local communities via social programs like Free Breakfast for Children and community health clinics.
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 PM
1969's "greatest threat to the internal security of the country," the Black Panther Party.
They actively resisted excessive policing with their open carry "copwatching" practice and uplifted their local communities via social programs like Free Breakfast for Children and community health clinics.
They actively resisted excessive policing with their open carry "copwatching" practice and uplifted their local communities via social programs like Free Breakfast for Children and community health clinics.
Your activism could've included most anything, both tactic and cause: climate-related direct action, tenant organizing, copwatching, queer liberation mutual aid, et al. Some brilliant folks already in the piece & hoping to include more. Long COVID spares no movement.
March 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Your activism could've included most anything, both tactic and cause: climate-related direct action, tenant organizing, copwatching, queer liberation mutual aid, et al. Some brilliant folks already in the piece & hoping to include more. Long COVID spares no movement.
Is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability? We debate and discuss your questions with (in)famous copwatcher Long Island Audit.
Are copwatchers journalists? Provocateurs? Or something else?
Is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability? We debate and discuss your questions with (in)famous copwatcher Long Island Audit.
therealnews.com
August 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability? We debate and discuss your questions with (in)famous copwatcher Long Island Audit.
Do enough people know that copwatching as a political practice and strategy was popularized by the Black Panther Party? It was part of its approach to self-defense.
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
Cop Watch | NYC | Justice Committee
Watch the Fusion video on our Cop Watch model in NYC. Learn what cop watch is and how you can join or create a cop watch team in your neighborhood.
www.justicecommittee.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Do enough people know that copwatching as a political practice and strategy was popularized by the Black Panther Party? It was part of its approach to self-defense.
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
You want gun laws? This is the way to do it. The Mulford act (1967) Act was a California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Why was it passed? Because the Black Panthers began conducting armed patrols called ‘copwatching’ in oakland neighborhoods.
Mulford Act - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You want gun laws? This is the way to do it. The Mulford act (1967) Act was a California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Why was it passed? Because the Black Panthers began conducting armed patrols called ‘copwatching’ in oakland neighborhoods.
Copwatching or "policing the police" was a tactic also utilized by the Black Panthers www.wbur.org/npr/44280173...
August 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Copwatching or "policing the police" was a tactic also utilized by the Black Panthers www.wbur.org/npr/44280173...
Aside from the mutual aid programs such as free breakfast for kids and education programs/health clinics, they also had armed police patrols or "copwatching."
It was effective.
If the poor immigrant working class in the US wanna survive ICE, then they should study and copy the Black Panthers.
It was effective.
If the poor immigrant working class in the US wanna survive ICE, then they should study and copy the Black Panthers.
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Aside from the mutual aid programs such as free breakfast for kids and education programs/health clinics, they also had armed police patrols or "copwatching."
It was effective.
If the poor immigrant working class in the US wanna survive ICE, then they should study and copy the Black Panthers.
It was effective.
If the poor immigrant working class in the US wanna survive ICE, then they should study and copy the Black Panthers.
Named for Republican state assembly member Don Mulford and signed by Governor Ronald Reagan in response to the Black Panthers conducting armed patrols (termed copwatching) in Oakland neighborhoods.
Yep... for once, the NRA took action to keep guns out of citizens' hands.
September 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Named for Republican state assembly member Don Mulford and signed by Governor Ronald Reagan in response to the Black Panthers conducting armed patrols (termed copwatching) in Oakland neighborhoods.
In 1967, Ronald Reagan’s California signed into law, The Mulford Act, which was a gun control law with the intended goal of disarming the Black Panthers, who at the time were “copwatching” in Oakland, which were armed patrols monitoring police, documenting brutality, & protecting Black residents.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
In 1967, Ronald Reagan’s California signed into law, The Mulford Act, which was a gun control law with the intended goal of disarming the Black Panthers, who at the time were “copwatching” in Oakland, which were armed patrols monitoring police, documenting brutality, & protecting Black residents.