Muni drivers are sparring with SFMTA officials over a raise package that would take effect over the next three years. A potential strike is on the line.
Oakland Police officers dressed in riot gear. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
(CN) Five former Oakland police officers who shot and killed an armed homeless man in an alleyway in 2018 say they were fired despite several reviews and investigations that found their actions justified. On Monday, they told a Ninth Circuit panel their terminations by a court-appointed federal monitor did not comply with the city charter.
Oakland police officers fired 22 rounds at 31-year-old Joshua Pawlik, found sleeping with a gun at his side in a West Oakland alley on March 11, 2018. Video from the shooting disputed the officers’ claims that Pawlik was alert and aggressive when they fired on him from behind an armored vehicle. But then-police chief Anne Kirkpatrick determined the officers’ actions were appropriate.