Attention to grand jury decisions in missouri and new york not to prosecute White Police Officers for the deaths of unarmed black men. Next on American History tvs weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 krontv documentary about Police Brutality in the community and various strategies to reform the Police Department. Almost from the day it was founded in 1848, the folks across the bay in San Francisco have been making jokes about oakland. Theres no there, the poet tryst is supposed to have said. Oakland is no other that faceless other city across the bay. Today californias fourth large es city is a booming center of art and culture. But oaklands new glom more and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the population are nonwhite and many are poor. They dont use the coliseum or the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Most of oakla
Cant understand them, we cant police them. We dont like feeling, at least i dont like feeling like a hostile soldier walking down the street. If Something Like this can remedy it or help it, i think we should go ahead and help it. If it means involving some might say are radical in the power project. Feeding of actually want you. The term that we make up our minds as the training neared its end, evaluation proved different results for each man, but for each, a common goal, the support of the community. To reach that goal, to gain that trust, each would come to know himself, to know the law and the community he has pledged to serve. Got to help the situation. Mentioned how we were looked upon years back, wondered how we are looked upon now. Next on reel america, the pilot district project Community Action is a 13minute film commissioned by the office of Economic Opportunity. To document a variety of its Community Programs in the district of columbia. Small Business Owners meet with poli
Brown citizens came here from the south during word war i irk lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. After the war, the shipyards closed and many factories moved to the suburbs leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put more worker tons unemployment and welfare lines where they were joined by farmers and farm workers forced off the land by the growth of agri business. During the 50s oakland became a stagnant getto surrounded by the white hills of alameda county. Oaklands all White Police Department earned a reputation for headknocking brutality that left a wellremembered legacy of bitterness in the minds and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. I was growing up in the late 30s and early 40s. At that time the Police Department was perceived as blue and for the most part there was extreme fear in the people at that time when the police came in the community. I remember one specific situation where several you
News for wednesday, august 26th, 2015. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A new day and a new adversary for donald trump. The talk this morning is of another very public confrontation in the republican president ial campaign. Trump going head to head with yien vision anchor jorge ramos during a News Conference in iowa tuesday. Excuse me. Sit down. You werent called. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Go ahead. No, you dont. You havent been called. Go back to univision. Ramos was escorted out of the room while questioning trump on his immigration policy. He dman yals is in new york with more on trums latest battle with the media. Good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Jorge ramos was eventually allowed back in the News Conference where he continued to engage with donald trump. All of this happened on the same day trump continued to trade barbs with personalities at fox news channel. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Reporter the temperature turned up on Donald Trumps simmerin
Bay bridge toll plaza. The posey tube was shut down and lots of construction on 580 through livermore, pleasanton and oakland. More coming up. A tourist just wanted to take a picture near a San Francisco landmark. He was robbed and shot instead. It happened just after noon yesterday near the famously crooked section of lombard street. Anne makovec joins us live from russian hill with more on the man who traveled thousands of miles to visit the bay area and ended up as a victim. Good morning. Reporter its a real embarrassment for the city. This happened in broad daylight around noon in this busy area. This man was walking up the hill here on lombard street toward the crooked part of the street. Thats when a robber suddenly ran up behind him and grabbed his camera. The tourist took off after the robber and ended up shot. This is cell phone video of the tourist on the ground. He is okay. He was shot after another man pulled up in a dark car and one of two suspects shot the tourist during