Today, the FBI shot and killed a person in East Oakland. We know that Libby Schaaf has recently brought in the FBI, the ATF, and the CHP into Oakland. We have expressed concern about increased contact between our communities and these law enforcement agencies.
Read MoreLast week, in a Pinteresque public safety plot twist, the case was made that the Oakland Police Department should be granted early exit from the federal oversight they have been under for about two decades.
Not “early” because they finished the 51 required tasks needed to exit oversight ahead of schedule. Nope, that would have meant completion before 2008. “Early” because they would be allowed to exit without having finished at all. OPD remains uncompliant with five tasks relating to use-of-force investigations, internal affairs complaint procedures and investigation timelines, tracking stop data, and discipline consistency.
Read MoreScandal-ridden OPD still involved in ongoing litigation for tear-gassing children during protests last year
Read MoreI am a gun owner. As a Black woman in America, I think it is asinine not to be prepared to defend myself and my family in a country that places a target on my back.
But my belief in the right to arm myself for the purposes of self-defense is not absolute.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, when Mayor Libby Schaaf let Oaklanders know that she worked out a deal with California’s governor to deploy the California Highway Patrol to conduct traffic stops on city streets, many people scratched their heads while the rest of us banged them into walls.
Read MoreWe all want safe streets. I am raising a teenage daughter in this city. I want to not be terrified every time that she walks out the door. Which I am. Bullets fly with abandon on Oakland streets.
But if we are not safe with a police budget of $350 million a year, what is the magic number that will make a militarized police department and violent carceral state work to create safe communities?
Read MoreThe Alameda County Sheriff’s Office became a global punchline in the aftermath of a viral video, but the department’s consistently egregious behavior is no laughing matter. And efforts like Shelby’s to avoid public scrutiny are hardly the worst of it.
Read MoreHave you heard? Oakland “defunded” the police. And starting July 1, all hell is going to break loose. The only problem? That isn’t true.
Read MoreSince the murder of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station, the Anti Police-Terror Project has fought to redefine public safety in the City of Oakland. Today’s vote in support of Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’s budget to cut police spending and fund crucial social services shows Oakland’s commitment as a progressive city to support policies that actually keep us safe.
Read MoreWe seem destined and determined to keep repeating the same failed public safety policies and rinsing our hands of the responsibility for the failure.
Read MoreOakland is currently leading the nation in the Divest conversation. This is not the time to turn back.
Read MoreThe Anti Police-Terror Project doesn’t just stand in solidarity with Palestine. We stand in solidarity with Palestinian resistance!
Read MoreToday Mayor Libby Schaaf released her proposed Oakland city budget for 2021-2023. Unfortunately, after tens of thousands of Oaklanders demanded the mayor reduce police spending and instead invest in community services, Mayor Schaaf has chosen to increase the police budget yet again.
Read MoreGeorge Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin on 03/25/2020. Despite great effort on the part of Chauvin’s attorney to assassinate George’s character and blame him for his own murder, Chauvin was rightfully found GUILTY.
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