Know Your Rights

Copwatch invites you to a public forum:

Know Your Rights: What to Say and Do If You Are Stopped by Law Enforcement

Tuesday, June 24 - 7:00 p.m.
El Mercado (413 Main St., Holyoke)

Free on-site childcare provided.

Do you know your rights if you are stopped by the police?  If a police officer asks you for identity, do you have to give it to him?  Can he take a photo of you?  Can he search your car without permission?

This forum will inform people of their legal rights and give them a sense of the “big picture” when it comes to police harassment. Local attorneys will be present to explain individuals’ rights in relation to law enforcement.  A representative from Western Mass. Copwatch will also speak.

Download the flyer here: in Engish or in Spanish [PDF]


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One Comment

  1. RobinRobin
    Posted June 23, 2008 at 1:50 am | Permalink

    What about the rights of the Cops, Fire and EMS? Should they have to worry about being injuried by someone who thinks it is funny or a sport to aim at those in uniform? IF someone takes a unprevoked swing at another doesn’t that person have a right to protect themsleves?

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