Police Public Safety
New Report: 62 Percent of Those Stopped by OPD Are Black
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein and Ashley Chambers The City of Oakland has released new police…
States Turn Away from Mass Incarceration
Posted in Police-Public Safety “No state holds more of its prisoners for longer periods of time than California” By…
No Justice in Trial of Killing of 17-Year-Old Jordan Davis
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Tasion Kwamilele In the wake of the killings of Oscar Grant in Oakland…
Legislators Call for Reform of Conditions Facing Inmates in Solitary Confinement
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein A hearing was held Tuesday by legislators to push for…
Judge Henderson Fires Oakland Police Overseer
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein Federal Judge Thelton Henderson has fired the compliance director who has…
Burris Educates Teachers on Race Bias that Youth Face in Criminal Justice System
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein Well-known Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris, who has gained a…
Half of Black Males, 40 Percent of White Males Arrested by Age 23
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Spencer Whitney Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males…
Proposed Youth Curfew Fails for Lack of Support
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken A. Epstein A proposal for a youth curfew in Oakland died this…
Noel Gallo Wants Youth Curfew
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Post Staff Oakland City Councilmember Noel Gallo is preparing to introduce an ordinance…
Report: 75 Percent of Juvenile Arrests in Oakland Are Black Males
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Spencer Whitney Nearly three quarters of juvenile arrests in Oakland are African American…