Posts Tagged ‘police brutality’
Organizing for change: How some activists are responding to police violence
At a boarded up Oakland City Hall, 20-year-old Mara Coleman sits with paint, brushes, markers and white poster board. With a steady hand and careful strokes, Coleman concentrates as she paints the name Breonna Taylor in red paint. This is the location where Coleman met with fellow youth organizers from Abolitionist Movement SF to paint…
Read MoreOakland’s Nigerian community uses technology to mobilize during #EndSARS protests
At least 100 Bay Area residents from the Nigerian community met at Lake Merritt on Saturday, October 24, 2020 to raise awareness for #EndSARS, a campaign led by youth in Nigeria to demand the end to police brutality. For decades, Nigerian citizens have accused the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit that was founded…
Read MoreAnti-Urban Shield activists want alternatives to militarized police
Members of the Stop Urban Shield coalition met to discuss ways to carry momentum forward after a day of activism earlier this month.
Read MoreUrban Shield disaster training program draws protestors
The 10th annual Urban Shield training and equipment expo sparks a major debate about the militarization of first responders in Oakland.
Read MoreActivist gathering promotes “MobileJusticeCA” app
Activists are promoting Mobile Justice CA, an app created by the ACLU of California which enables users to record and report police actions in their community.
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…
Read MoreTwelve years after the Riders, a long legal process is reaching its final stage
Twelve years ago, the arrest of four police officers known as the “Riders” who were accused of planting evidence and making false arrests, shocked Oakland residents and prompted a civil lawsuit against the city. Now, the long legal process that the case set in motion is reaching its final stages.
Read MoreOccupy Oakland march against police brutality ends peacefully
Heated confrontations between Oakland police and over 500 Occupy Oakland demonstrators during a march against police brutality on Saturday night threatened to turn into a repeat of Tuesday night’s violence, but the tension dissipated as the march moved away from OPD headquarters and into West Oakland. The night ended peacefully and without arrests.
Read MoreLawyers guild investigating excessive force accusations
Wearing a white tank top spotted with blood, Susan Harman, a 69-year-old former school principal and resident of Oakland, told a crowd of reporters that she was a victim of police aggression during the protests following the July 8 Johannes Mehserle verdict. The tank top she was wearing was the same one she had on that night when, she said, while peacefully protesting she was pushed down, hit on the head with a baton and arrested.
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