Posts Tagged ‘Cephus Johnson’
Advocates skeptical new police use of force law will save lives
Some Oakland experts wonder if AB 392, a new law that will limit police use of lethal force, can actually save lives.
Read MoreCephus Johnson and the men of Black Lives Matter
Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson got the call in the afternoon. “You better get your butt down here,” Patrisse Cullors told him. She was standing on a corner of Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza with five activists from London, each of whom had lost a family member to police violence. They were jetlagged and wearing matching T-shirts.…
Read MoreOscar Grant family reaches out to mother of Kenneth Harding
On a Saturday afternoon in July, 2011, Kenneth Harding Jr., 19, lay stomach down in his own blood, fighting for his life on the corner of 3rd Street and Palou Avenue in the heart of the Bay View Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco. Some say San Francisco police officers shot Harding after he allegedly evaded…
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