Oakland Police Detain Over 50 People at #BreakTheCurfew Protest
Oakland, CA– Oaklanders challenged Mayor Shaaf’s protest curfew Saturday, resulting in multiple arrests and 52 people being detained and cited for
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National Day of Action for Andy Lopez – Oakland, CA
This post was shared via CopBlock.org’s submit page, anonymously. On November the 9th, 2013 in Oakland, California, citizens and activists
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Police Lie Under Oath; Their Testimony Shouldn’t Be Trusted More Than Any Other Witness
By Michelle Alexander Thousands of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they know that
Read moreOakland police justified in killing unarmed man
Actually it turns out that Derrick Jones wasn’t totally unarmed: he did have marijuana and a scale in his hand.
Read more“Arbitrating Your Safety Away” by David Packman
Dr. Q recently wrote about BART officer Marysol Domenici, who was present when Oscar Grant was murdered by Officer Mesherle
Read moreOne of Mehserle’s accomplices gets her job back
Here’s the latest episode in the never ending saga of the 2009 BART police shooting. Marysol Domenici, one of the
Read moreOakland Police Fatally Shoot Another Unarmed Man
It looks like the police in Oakland California are at it again, this time killing an unarmed shop owner who
Read moreJohannes Mehserle receives lightest sentence possible for killing Oscar Grant
On November 5th, former BART transit officer Johannes Mehserle was finally sentenced for killing Oscar Grant in an infamous incident
Read moreWhy Mehserle should have been convicted of murder
I hear a lot of irrelevant considerations in the discussion regarding the Oscar Grant shooting. Some of these reasons include
Read moreOakland PD threatens public to avoid layoffs
Earlier last week, Oakland’s chief of police directed a thinly veiled threat to the public regarding the layoffs of 80
Read moreBrad Spangler on the Oscar Grant murder
Yesterday, Brad Spangler, Director of the Center for a Stateless Society, tagged me in a Facebook note about the murder
Read moreJury deliberates on BART officer shooting
Jurors in the trial of Johannes Mehserle resumed their deliberations today. Meheserle was an Oakland transit police officer who shot
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