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Bobbing for bad apples: True accountability still elusive in the SFPD slaying of Keita OâNeil
July 28, 2021
by Jeremy Miller
On Dec. 1, 2017, Keita âIckyâ OâNeil was shot to death by former rookie police officer Christopher Samayoa, who was only four days on the job at the time of the killing. Icky was a suspect in the carjacking of a California state lottery van, a vehicle which he had just recently abandoned when he was gunned down.
Six days later, on Dec. 7, 2017, a customary SFPD townhall meeting revealed damning details, including the shooterâs own unintentionally recorded body cam footage, leading to public outcry and demands for accountability. It was underscored that Icky was unarmed at the time of his death.
DA Boudin Files New Charges In Six-Year-Old Alley-Beating Case Involving Alameda County Cops
Almost six years on from a brutal case of police brutality that was caught on surveillance video and witnessed by multiple people, the two former Alameda County sheriff s deputies are once again facing charges in San Francisco.
The beating happened in a Mission District alley in November 2015, and it followed a pursuit across the Bay Bridge that began in a hotel parking lot in San Leandro. The suspect, Stanislav Petrov, was believed to be driving a stolen Mercedes, and he allegedly crashed into two police cars and injured a sheriff s deputy before trying to escape to San Francisco.
A look at the Bay Area officers charged with assault, excessive force, death since Oscar Grant
By Lisa Fernandez
Johannes Mehserle is seen during his booking on January 13, 2009.
OAKLAND, Calif. - A lot has changed in the world since BART Officer Johannes Mehserle was charged with the death of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale station in 2009.
At the time, the charges against the former officer were extremely rare. A jury found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
In the last 12 years, district attorneys in the Bay Area have charged about a dozen officers for the deaths or assaults on other people, although they have mostly found that the officers actions in other deadly shootings were justified.