The film revolves around a daily path and tasks for 'police watchers' who devote their efforts to educating their community and exposing police brutality everywhere. Over time, they try to document these incidents of police harassment while they record every arrest, but they often find things getting messy.
It's uplifting and emotional, and there's a glimmer of possibility in an interaction with an officer near its end that turns both thoughtful and productive.
Community activism is charged by action, otherwise it'd be community passivity, but Copwatch does best when going back to the source of activism's power.
More of a stream of consciousness film than an eye-opening piece filled with revelations about police behavior and citizens rights, Copwatch left me wanting more.
