The direct action on February 13 is the result of organizing that began last fall, when about a dozen Peralta Village residents started meeting with each...
"For too long we’ve allowed a narrow, cramped view of the promise of this nation to fester," Biden said in a speech ahead of the signings...
The Oscar Grant Family and attorneys will announce results of today’s meeting with D.A. Nancy O’Malley in the murder case of Oscar Grant. The attorneys will present...
According to the New York Times, O’Malley released a report saying that Pirone, who was removed from the BART police force in 2010, will not be...
“We are running to end the double standards in the policing and prosecution of women and people of color,” said Price. “It’s going to take collaboration...
On December 15, the Oakland Police Media Unit sent out a press release using inflammatory language to spread what the chief said she “hoped” would be...
As I sit here in prison, in the pit of unfathomable misery, I contemplate the need to speak and write about what is and has been...
The Vallejo Police Dept. (VPD) recently received a $24,800 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to streamline department processes for collecting and reporting...
The Oakland Police Commission and Mayor Libby Schaaf held a virtual candidates’ forum last week to allow the public to meet the four finalists for Chief...
Measure S1, which gives the voter-approved Police Commission more teeth, is passing with 81 percent of the vote. According to the League of Women Voters of...
In the wake of recent calls to shift responsibility for non-violent intervention away from police departments, lawmakers and community advocates around California are calling on Gov....
During a press conference held on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer announced that the city had agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed...
Before George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others were killed by police this year, Joshua Pawlik was killed by the Oakland Police Department (OPD) on March...
Former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick officially filed a lawsuit Aug. 19, alleging she was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for numerous whistleblower complaints regarding corruption and...
The California Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 11 that Los Angeles County had to pay $8 million to the family of Darren Burley, an unarmed Black...
In a virtual press conference on Aug. 6, legislators announced Assembly Bill 767, which will make it easier for victims of violence, including by police, to...
Oprah Winfrey, “O: The Oprah Magazine” and UntilFreedom.com have installed 26 billboards in Louisville, Kentucky to “demand that the police involved in killing Breonna Taylor be...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed course on her refusal to allow Pres. Donald Trump to send federal police to Chicago, saying that she was welcoming the...
State and local leaders responded to Pres. Donald Trump’s threat this week to send federal troops to Oakland, Chicago, and other cities run by...
A program to be named after Frederick Leon Marcus, the first Black deputy sheriff in Marin County, is being protested by members of the Marin City...
On July 7, 2020, Supervisor Shamman Walton introduced an ordinance to amend the San Francisco Police Code known as the Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN)...
Oakland, CA — The City has seen a recent spike in homicides, between June 24 to July 2nd, seven lives have been lost to violence. The Oakland...
Breonna Taylor’s shooting death in Kentucky was the consequence of a Louisville Police Dept. operation intended to clear out a block in western Louisville key to...
Several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled “Stop Killing Us” on July...
In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the...