Police Public Safety

Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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….

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Kitty-Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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