ABC7 helped set up the conversation in which [Samuel] Getachew delves into topics affecting his hometown of Oakland with [Cat] Brooks, to learn and gain insight about specific ways that the community can get involved to create sustainable change.
Read MoreThe tragic death of George Floyd had just occurred and protests were being held all over the U.S in support of BLM, including our city of San Francisco. Since racial justice is such an important matter, we felt as though we needed to do something. No matter how little that something was, we needed to take action. We brainstormed lots of ideas. We chose to walk a marathon because we thought it would be an effective way to raise money.
Read MoreIn the wake of renewed international attention to the murders of Black men, woman, children, and most notably the recent tortuous killing of George Floyd — who was killed beneath the knee of Officer Derek Chauvin, using the same technique that was used on Oscar Grant minutes before he was shot to death by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle — the family of Oscar Grant and the community that supports them demand that the District Attorney of Alameda County, Nancy O’Malley, reopen the case of the murder of Oscar Grant.
Read MorePublished on The Appeal on September 29, 2020
Read MoreThe Anti Police-Terror Project sends our deepest condolences to the family of Breonna Taylor. And we send our love and hearts to the millions of Black people who were once again told today that their lives do not matter.
Breonna Taylor was murdered and yet her neighbor’s walls got more justice than Breonna Taylor herself. The Grand Jury returned with an indictment of one single officer with three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting into neighboring apartments -- and no charges for the murder of Breonna Taylor.
Read MoreThe same police unions who defended their rank and file members responsible for the killings of Mario Woods, Jessica Williams, Anthony Nuñez, Ezell Ford, Kenney Watkins, and Grechario Mack now claim they have a quick fix for the protests that have swept that nation after George Floyd’s murder — “Invest in Better Policing”.
Read MoreWith widespread public demand to remove abusive police from our streets, elected officials turned their backs on California communities. By refusing to bring SB 731 up for a vote, Assembly leadership failed Californians, and they failed justice.
Read MoreToday, the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) launched MH First Oakland (Mental Health First), a new model for non-police response to mental health crises. The service will provide a police-free emergency support service to folks in Oakland experiencing a mental health crisis.
Read MoreCollective liberation is a long, hard-fought, ongoing dream that we’re now starting to realize, thanks to the sea of voices and righteous anger of thousands of people, from Oakland and beyond, that is washing over our entrenched institutions and saying “enough is enough, defund, reallocate, reimagine and dream.”
Read MoreThe people of Oakland moved one step closer to realizing the goal of refunding resources to the community. After weeks of sustained protest and direct action, City Council unanimously approved a resolution last night to create an official task force to determine how to cut the Oakland Police Department’s budget by 50% next year.
Read MoreTuesday night, Oakland City Council had the historic opportunity to address the decades-long budget inequity that has left police with the lion’s share of our tax dollars and many residents without healthcare, housing, and critical social services during the pandemic.
Read MoreSurvey conducted by #DefundthePolice Coalition finds strong support for Councilmember Bas’s proposal to reallocate another $11.4M from OPD’s budget this year and form a Task Force of impacted community members to plan next year’s $150 million cut to the Department.
Read MoreA broad coalition of community organizations held a massive car caravan from the Port of Oakland to the mayor’s and city councilmembers’ houses in response to the pro-police, anti-community budget they adopted last week, over the cries of thousands demanding they defund the police and invest in community services.
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