Reference & Resource Docs for Rights Fights… instructive manuals & usable forms, easy downloads to be informed and equipped for effective legal observer and case support work. To protect civil rights, you have to get the Facts and do it right:::
KEY FORMS —
Access the necessary forms for creating and handling legal documentation, with instructions on how they work — downloadable in PDF format suitable for hand-written info on the ground, and in RTF format to adapt as needed.
• Affidavit on an ‘Official Contact’__ [ PDF ] [ RTF ]
Affidavit form for written statements on contacts and incidents involving public officials, with brief instructions. This is not a questionnaire, but requires a simple personal account of the full facts… properly done, it is immediately usable for legal purposes.
• Affidavit to Authenticate a Record__ [ PDF ] [ RTF ]
Form for ‘authenticating’ photos, videos, and audio records of incidents — to identify such items and affirm their authenticity — to be completed by the maker so such items can be used as evidence.
• Investigator Acceptance & Affirmation__ [ PDF ] [ RTF ]
Use this to transfer documentation between cooperating observers & paralegals, as a means of working together as a team and pooling evidence safely. The items are identified and the recipient acknowledges receipt with the “provider’s” consent, to protect confidentiality in a proper chain of possession.
This ‘OIG-Rainbow’ Statement Form was provided during the investigation on official incidents & policy actions at 2008 Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming, for witness statements to the USDA Office of Inspector General (Case# KC899-0025):
• ‘OIG-Rainbow’ Statement Form, ja09__ [ RTF ]
This downloadable form is set up as a formal outline for preparing and presenting witness accounts, usable elsewhere as well — in ‘RTF’ format, easily adapted as a clean final document, with instructions included.
Further topics TBD:::
Gathering Resource Package, Civil Rights Crisis Response, Sources for Legal Observers, Affidavits & Court Forms… Investigating and Documenting…