Police Public Safety
Community Demand for Stronger Police Discipline
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein A coalition of police accountability activists is considering its next steps,…
Seven Years After His Death, Chauncey Bailey’s Legacy Still Lives
Posted in Media, Police-Public Safety By Post Staff Post Editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down August 2, 2007 in downtown…
Attorneys Burris and Chanin Meet with Community to “Sustain” Police Accountability
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein Two leading local civil rights attorneys, John Burris and Jim…
Teachers Accuse School Officials of Censorship for Shutting Down Website
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Media, Police-Public Safety Craig Gordon Teachers, community members and students are complaining that the Oakland Unified…
Disputes Continue Over Police Accountability, City Ballot Measures
By Ken A. Epstein. Community members continue to express anger and frustration toward the Oakland City Council…
Two More Measures on November Ballot? Why Not Police Accountability?
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein When a community coalition sought the city council…
Council Members Kill Police Accountability Measure
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Politics By Ken A. Epstein A push by a community coalition asking the Oakland City…
Councilmember Noel Gallo Takes Heat for Backing Police Accountability Measure
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein City Councilmember Noel Gallo is coming under a lot of pressure for…
OPD Close to Full Compliance on Court-ordered Reforms
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety But the department still has much work to do to “institutionalize” progress By Ken…
Larry Moore’s Three-Decade Fight for Justice
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety “This adversity has made a stronger individual out of me, and I continue fighting…