Police Public Safety

Ken A. Epstein

Anger Grows in Wake of Police Killing of Mario Woods

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling Video reveals six officers shot man with knife up against the wall By…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Steps Out for Faith with a Joyful Noise

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, History and remembering, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling On Saturday, Nov. 7, churches and community…

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Ken A. Epstein

Racist Threat at Berkeley High School Sparks Outage, Students Walk Out

Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Uncategorized Berkeley High School students walked out of classes and rallied at UC…

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Ken A. Epstein

The National Lawyers Guild Honors Local Attorney Walter Riley

Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling The National Lawyers Guild honored Oakland civil rights attorney Walter Riley at its…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”

Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Petition: Neighbors Should Not Be Racially Profiling Neighbors

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling By Ken Epstein Oakland community activist Ann Nomura and her family have begun…

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Ken A. Epstein

Is Oakland a “Sanctuary City” for Its Sanctuaries?

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Uncategorized Gentrifiers cause the city to use police and fines…

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Ken A. Epstein

California’s New Racial Profiling Law Seen as First Step Toward Police Accountability

Posted in Mass incarceration, Police-Public Safety California Highway Patrol officer stands outside the office of Gov. Jerry Brown as protestors…

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Ken A. Epstein

Landmark Victory Curbs Long-term Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

Posted in Mass incarceration, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated Family members of prisoners, demonstrators and lawyers celebrated last week’s landmark settlement reducing…

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Ken A. Epstein

St. Paul Tabernacle Baptist Church in Bayview Targeted by Hate Crime

Posted in Community, Police-Public Safety, San Francisco By Anh Le St. Paul Tabernacle Baptist Church in San Francisco’s Bayview District is…

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