Speakers painted a devastating picture of the housing crisis in Oakland: an estimated 4,000 people unhoused, a quarter of whom are children and almost three quarters of whom are Black. A 24% increase in homelessness and 800 deaths on the streets in the past three years. And the so-called “CARE courts” proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom to address homelessness only threaten to restrict the rights of the unhoused even further, say these activists. | APTP Activist Slams Gov. Newsom’s ‘CARE Courts’ Plan By Maria Schindler On Saturday, several local organizations kicked off their plan to end the growing housing and homelessness crisis in Oakland. Gathering in Oscar Grant Plaza, in front of the new art installation that calls out police murders of Black people, the groups sought to mobilize
By Post Staff On an overcast day with moments of sunlight, family members and supporters of the late Oscar Grant III gathered in front of Oakland City Hall on Saturday, February 26 to celebrate his life and legacy. Grant was shot at the Fruitvale Station platform on Jan. 1, 2009, by BART officer Johannes Mehserle, | By Post Staff On an overcast day with moments of sunlight, family members and supporters of the late Oscar Grant III gathered in front of Oakland City Hall on Saturday, February 26 to celebrate his life and legacy. Grant was shot at the Fruitvale Station platform on Jan. 1, 2009, by BART officer Johannes Mehserle,
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) closely watched Black-led organizations and anti-racist groups for years while ignoring the growing far-right threat, according to Hatewatch’s review of leaked documents. Experts say this is in line with broader law enforcement attitudes toward such groups.
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President Joe Biden might say Democrats don’t support defunding the police, but out in deep-blue Oakland, California, the defund the police movement is alive and well and in control of the city council.