Police Public Safety
Oakland Youth Make Their Voices Heard on Police Reform
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Police-Public Safety By Tulio Ospina The City of Oakland’s Youth Advisory Commission, which serves as a liaison…
Lawsuits Challenge Solitary Confinement in State Prisons as “Inhumane and Degrading”
Posted in Police-Public Safety The “solitary confinement regime…will bring you to the edge of madness,” says Justice Kennedy By…
Judge Thelton Henderson Will Monitor Investigations of Three OPD Shootings in 2015
Posted in Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety Judge will also review Mayor Schaaf’s nighttime protest restrictions Oakland protesters, May 23….
Community Wants Attorney General Kamala Harris to Investigate Officer-involved Killing
Posted in Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety Family Demands Answers By Ashley Chambers and Ken Epstein Community members and the…
Residents Want City to Keep an Eye on Police Surveillance
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers Oakland residents are strongly advocating for a citywide privacy policy that would…
Council Decision Could Mean a Step Forward on Police Accountability
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers The City Council took a first step this week to enact a…
Mothers Alleges Her Son Was Beaten by Five Officers in Santa Rita
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Post staff In an interview with the Post, Mary Cook said her son…
School District Places Security Officers on Leave After Video Shows Student Was Punched and Choked
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety “What happened in this… incident is absolutely unacceptable,” said Supt. Antwan Wilson By Post…
Protesters Shut Down Council Meeting , Demand Affordable Housing Not Luxury Apartments
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Oakland City Council chambers became ground zero for…
Commentary: Oakland Needs a Department to Address Institutionalized Injustice
Posted in Commentary, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Kitty Kelly Epstein Two-thirds of the people…