In a year of violent police encounters, a 25-year-old movement to document law enforcement has new urgency. This is the story of Copwatch as told by Michael Brown’s neighbor and Freddie Gray’s friend.

Camilla Hall’s debut documentary, “Copwatch,” wants viewers to know these names: Dave Whitt. Ramsey Orta. Kevin Moore. Not because these men of color have been lost to police violence but because they ...

Camilla Hall tells some intimate personal stories, but loses the bigger picture around the efforts to change policing by filming cops Camilla Hall tells some intimate personal stories, but loses the ...

A version of this story originally appeared in the September issue of VICE magazine. Jose LaSalle always told his stepson Alvin: “Watch the cops.” So when three undercover NYPD officers stopped Alvin ...

I was recently invited to participate in a new attempt to start a Copwatch grouping in Philadelphia. This is far from the first attempt in Philadelphia at forming a Copwatch group, and all attempts to ...

There’s Jacob Crawford (co-founder) from Oakland, Calif., David Whitt (co-founder) from Ferguson, Mo., and Kevin Moore from Baltimore, Md., who captured Freddie Gray’s abuse by the police, and Ramsey ...

This one was worth the wait. Check out our highlights from 'Before the World Blows.' 19 days ago But then a video was published. Cell phone camera footage from the scene of Scott's death told a ...

There’s a moment late in Camilla Hall’s Copwatch when a rare officer of color from the Ferguson Police Department engages a group of copwatchers, a term used for local, autonomous groups who document ...

Reporting from FERGUSON, Mo. — Romana Williams was out patrolling this week with a thumb-size video camera clipped to the collar of her white T-shirt. As the short, gray-haired woman approached the ...

The founder of Orlando’s CopWatch was arrested recently after he simulated sexual acts on an Orlando police car on Church Street. Officers arrested John Kurtz, 27, on a disorderly conduct charge after ...