Neighborhood. Reporter photo show what had been written on the car on sunday morning, tacked with big black letters that read, expletive, you, the nword. Another photo shows more derogatory graffiti on the other side. The car windows had been written cardboard signs that read black lives matter blm. One sign was found ripped up and the front windshield smashed. To feel the negativity of someone vandalizing my property, and letting their voice be heard in that type of manner, it kind of scared me at first. Reporter the mayor heard about the incident from the police chief. I was outraged. I have lived in this town my entire life. Hearing this, at this point in time when the entire nation is talking about racial injustice, for this to happen here is just outrageous. Reporter the crime was done sometime overnight on saturday. A Police Officer personally help the victim wipe away the hateful words according to the police spokesman. He felt that was something that nobody should have to go th
Explaining a troubling trend as covid19 cases spiked to new levels how california is trying to maintain a balancing act of reopening the economy safely. Plus protesters pounding the pavement calling for change an antioch after controversial comments from the president. The police union there. Good evening, everybody im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 oclock the oakland board of educators will vote tonight on whether or not the citys School District will eliminate its Police Department, a Virtual Meeting is being held right now kron fours gayle ong joins us live with whats been discussed so far gayle. Ken and pam i just listened and right before the show and it looks like theres some of both going on about amendments to the resolution were about to hear about and this package, but earlier in the meeting a lot of parents and teachers called in for Public Comment calling for the process to be sped up. This is a historic moment, letting go of the issue
Us year go ahead with your story. Can board of voted to dismantle its Police Department tonight, a long way for the group who initiated this resolution. Wednesday night a celebration moments after the Oakland Unified School District Voted to eliminate its Police Department this has been a i or humanity. A fight to value black and brown students just a black is when black organizing project the organization has been calling to remove police from oakland schools for the last decade, this is very historic for members and for the people of oat bran. And we are really hoping that we can set a or what. Remove Police Free Schools looks like throughout the country wednesday night board of educators approved the george floyd resolution calling to eliminate the districts Police Department in the wake of George Floyds death districts are looking to join the Police Free Schools Movement District proposed a resolution earlier this month. The resolution calls for redirecting money spent on police in
A term we have heard talking about essential frontline federal employees. Give us an idea of who some of those employees are. What are their jobs . Guest some of those employees would be tsa. Some of our Veterans Administration workers. Would be some of our prison workers. Some of those would be essential personnel. Guest what are you hearing from those frontline workers during the crisis . Guest more than anything is , protection. They feel that they are inadequately protected. While they have to and they want to do their job, just want to be protected. Our main concern is making sure that those employees that we represent are protected. Host do you have any idea of how many of your members have contracted covid19 . Guest i dont really have an accurate number. I do know that within the tsa is about 170 so far and in the Veterans Administration, i think the last count i had was about 189. Can i give you a little background of why we feel so strongly about the fact we need the protectio
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