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Dysfunction Plagues Oakland’s Top Cop Search While Crime Rates Rise
Though she has already allocated funds to pay for the search, Mayor Thao said in her KTVU interview that the…
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‘Should We Knock?’: D.C. Cop Charged with Murder for Unloading Gun into Black Man Who Fell Asleep in Car
A Washington, D.C., police sergeant was charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of a Black man who fell…
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Mississippi Sentenced to 42 Months In Prison For Burning Cross to Scare Black Family
A Gulfport, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to 42 months in prison, three years post-release supervision, and ordered to pay $7,810 in…
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Community Leaders Respond to the Firing of Chief LeRonne Armstrong: MAYOR SHENG THAO IS WRONG
The Oakland NAACP and Community leaders are livid about Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's dismissal of Chief of Police LeRonne Armstrong.…
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Mayor Fires Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced this week that she has fired Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, who had been on paid…
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Lawmakers Push Bill to Grant Prisoners Right to Vote
Last week, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4…
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COMMENTARY: Divisions Set in Concrete and Pavement
The racial divisions that have split our country for centuries don’t just live in people’s hearts and heads. Some of…
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Once Again, Community Demands Reinstatement of OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong
Armstrong says there’s a sense of fairness that should be considered due to his track record. “This is not a…
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Black Parents Whose 9-Month-Old Died at Florida Daycare Center Win $5M Settlement
The parents of Tayvon Tomlin, a 9-month-old baby who died after he was found unresponsive at Lincoln-Marti daycare center in Miami, Florida,…
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‘You Might Be Going to Jail’: Video Shows Florida Cops Snatch Black Veteran from Car Because He Drove Further to Find A ‘Safe Spot’ For Both Their Safety
A disabled Florida veteran said he was illegally detained and searched after police yanked him out of his car during…
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