historic referendum on whether britain should stay in the european union. for aave been campaigning remain vote in the european union because i think we have to work with like-minded people across europe who want to deal with tax havens and tax avoidance, who want to protect one inironment, but also solidarity with people rather than sing them all as enemies. amy: then we go to oakland, california, where a third police chief has resigned in just over a week amid a massive sex-crimes scandal involving an under-aged teenage girl. >> as the mayor of oakland, i am here to run a police department, not a frat house. amy: then to oaxaca, mexico, where a deadly police crackdown against teachers has left at least eight people dead and more than 100 wounded. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. senate has failed to pass four separate measures aimed at curbing access to guns just eight days after a gunman massacred 49 people at a gay nightclub in orlando, florida. as families of people killed by gun violence watched from the senate chamber, lawmakers voted down measures to block people on the federal terrorism watch list from buying guns and to close background check loopholes. connecticut democratic senator chris murphy, who staged a 15-hour filibuster last week to demand gun reform in the wake of the orlando massacre, denounced the inaction. >> and i believe for all of the scarring, psychological harm that comes with louvered -- losing a loved one or neighbor, more harm is piled on when you find out that the people that you elected to run your country just don't care. it hurts something awful when you lose someone, but it gets worse when your leaders are silent -- totally silent in the face of your personal horror. amy: not one of the four failed the measures would have reinstated an assault weapons ban that would have prevented, made it much more difficult for the government to get the gun he got in florida like the gun that was used in sandy hook hook or the gun that was used in the aurora movie house in colorado years ago. fbi has released partial transcripts of conversations between the orlando shooter and authorities during the attack. the transcripts show mateen pledging allegiance to isis and calling for the united states to stop bombing iraq and syria. the fbi initially rejected the name of isis and its leader abu bakr al-baghdadi, saying it "did not want to provide the killer or terrorist organizations with a publicity platform for hateful propaganda." but it added the names after a public outcry. presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump has fired his campaign manager dave -- manager and is entering the general election campaign with what the "new york times" calls the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any major party nominee in recent history. at the beginning of the month, trump had just $1.3 million cash on hand, more than $41 million less than democratic candidate hillary clinton. clinton has nearly 700 staff members. trump has about 70. since may when he secured the delegates needed to clinch the nomination, trump's campaign has not aired a single tv ad, nor has it booked any advertising for the summer or fall. clinton and her supporters have spent nearly $26 million on advertising this month alone. trump fired campaign manager corey lewandowski amid reports monday of tensions between lewandowski and trump's family and concerns over whether he could run a competitive race. lewandowski was charged with battery in march after surveillance footage showed him grabbing reporter michelle fields. fields said lewandowski left bruises on her arm. the charges were later dropped. lewandowski spoke after news of his firing on monday. >> it has been clear from the get-go my strategy has been at some level a successful, let trump be trump. you get a person who has completely changed the way politics is viewed in this country for the better. he is been a thoroughbred. a person like donald trump who has had his heart and finger on the pulse of the american people for a long time. i like to say i'm a person who has been able to implement some of h his ideas. amy: trump parted ways with another high-level staff monday. michael caputo, who was set to serve as the campaign's communications director at the republican convention tweeted, "ding dong the witch is dead!" following news of lewandowski's ouster. caputo later resigned, acknowledging -- "in hindsight, that was too exuberant a reaction to this personnel move." apple has become the latest corporation to distance itself from donald trump, saying it will not provide any funding or resources to the republican convention next month due to trump's comments on muslims, immigrants and women. , among the other companies to curb or eliminate support are hp, coca-cola, and microsoft. a british man has been arrested for attempting to grab a police officer's gun at a trump rally in order to shoot donald trump. michael steven sandford was arrested saturday at the rally in las vegas and later told police he wanted to kill trump. he had practice shooting a gun for the first time a day earlier. donald trump, meanwhile, has backed away from his statement the victims of the orlando massacre should have had guns. a day after the attack, trump told radio host howie carr -- "it's too bad that some of the young people that were killed over the weekend didn't have guns, you know, attached to their hips am a where bullets could have flown in the opposite direction. it would have been a much different deal." even officials with the national rifle association distanced themselves from trump to remarks. lobbyist chris cox told abc -- "no one thinks that people should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms." on monday, trump tweeted he was "obviously talking about additional guards or employees." attacks on mosques in the united states have reached a record high. the council on american-islamic relations and uc berkeley recorded 78 attacks on mosques last year, the highest since monitoring began in 2009. cair's corey saylor outlined the findings. >> the last time with a really intense cycle of anti-mosque incidents was in 2010 during the national controversy over part 51, the grounds are omar -- mosque. this time around, it has a much more violent tenant to it and was a lot more acts of intimidation targeting mosques. of those 70 incidents, 34 occurred in november and december of last year, which many of us considered to be one of the worst periods of the anti-islam sentiment. amy: the new report also names 74 groups that contribute to islamophobia, including 33 core groups that had access to nearly $206 million in funding between 2008 and 2013. three new york city police commanders and a businessman have been arrested on federal corruption charges linked to an investigation into campaign fundraising for mayor bill de blasio. deputy chief michael harrington and deputy inspector james grant were accused of taking lavish gifts in exchange for political favors. u.s. attorney for manhattan preet bharara said sergeant david villanueva was charged in a scheme involving gun licenses. villanueva, we allege, took bribes for years from out of extends line, a so-called of spud later in exchange for closing through. lichtenstein charged clancy wanted gun licenses from upwards of $18,000 and in turn gave david r-illinois the thousands of dollars. amy: in the southwestern united states, record-setting heat has killed at least four people, fueled more than a dozen .ildfires in los angeles, thousands lost power monday as air conditioners overwhelmed the power grid. outside los angeles two massive , wildfires blazed through at least 4500 acres in the san gabriel mountains, forcing at least 750 people to evacuate. it was 118 degrees fahrenheit in phoenix, arizona, on sunday -- a daily record. last month was the hottest may ever recorded, the 13th straight month to set a new record amid human-caused climate change. federal and mississippi state officials have closed the investigation into the 1964 killings of three civil rights volunteers by the ku klux klan 52 years ago today. james chaney, andrew goodman, and mickey schwerner had traveled to mississippi to register black voters. they disappeared while investigating the burning of a black church. there -- their bodies were found 44 days later in an earthen dam. while several people were convicted of civil rights violations in 1967, it took more than four decades to bring the lead perpetrator in their murderers to justice. edgar ray killen, the only suspect ever tried for murder in the case, was convicted in 2005 and is serving a 60-year sentence. a justice department report released monday names two men who may still be culpable in the murders, but the state said evidence has been degraded by memory and the case is closed. the supreme court has ruled evidence of a crime can still be used in some cases even if police obtained it illegally. while the 5-to-3 ruling deals a blow to civil rights in favor of police powers, it is likely to be remembered largely for the powerful dissent penned by justice sonia sotomayor, the first latina justice on the court. in a ruling that cited michelle alexander, james baldwin and ta-nehisi coates, sotomayor wrote "it is no secret that people of color are disproportionate victims of police searches." she concluded her argument -- "by legitimizing the conduct that produces this double consciousness, this case tells everyone, white and black, guilty and innocent, that an officer can verify your legal status at any time. it says that your body is subject to invasion while courts excuse the violation of your rights. it implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state, just waiting to be cataloged. she went on to write -- "we must not pretend that the countless people who are routinely targeted by police are 'isolated.' they are the canaries in the coal mine whose deaths, civil and literal, warn us that no one can breathe in this atmosphere. they are the ones who recognize that unlawful police stops corrode all our civil liberties and threaten all our lives. until their voices matter too, our justice system will continue to be anything but. i dissent." those the words of justice sonia sotomayor. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. britain is continuing to mourn the murder of british labour mp jo cox who was stabbed and shot to death thursday after she met constituents in her district. cox's death came just a week before the major brexit vote when british voters will decide whether the country should stay -- exit from the european union. in a special session of parliament on monday, lawmakers convened to pay tribute to their slain colleague. the session was led by prime minister david cameron and opposition leader jeremy corbyn, head of the labour party, who praised cox for her work to help syrian refugees. >> jo cox did not just believe in loving her neighbor. she believed in loving her neighbor's neighbor. she saw a world of neighbors. she believed every life counted equally. and in her tragic death, we can come together to change our politics, to tolerate a little more and condemn a little. amy: jo cox's murderer, thomas mair, reportedly yelled out "britain first" during the attack. it was a reference to the far-right, anti-immigrant political party of the same name which is pushing for britain to leave the eu. the southern poverty law center in the united states revealed mair is a longtime supporter of the neo-nazi national alliance and that he attended a 2000 meeting of british white supremacists organized by a man who was actually an fbi informant. in court on friday, mair gave his name as "death to traitors, freedom for britain." jo cox was a 41-year-old mother of two who worked at oxfam before being elected as a labour mp last year. she was known for her passionate support for syrian refugees and was a member of labour friends of palestine. cox was a vocal advocate for britain to stay in the eu. on thursday, british voters will go to the polls in a historic brexit referendum to decide whether to leave or remain in the eu. well late yesterday on monday, i had a chance to speak with opposition leader jeremy corbyn shortly after he led a tribute to cox in parliament. i asked him to talk about jo cox. >> jo cox was a labour member of the british parliament. she represented a working-class community in the north of england in yorkshire. she was elected a year ago. she comes from that area. also in her life, she had worked for anti-slavery campaigns for oxfam and she had been active on human rights issues in many countries. and she was shot and stabbed in the street. rush --d miner tried to he, too, was stabbed. he appears to be making recovery in hospital. jo died a short time later. everybody is shocked and an morning. i want to the town the following day and people were just incomplete grief and shock. because they had lost their mp, but also because it is an attack on democracy itself. if you murder and elected representative of the people doing their job -- in fact, you're saying, we're going to stop them from doing that job because we're going to kill them. so today there was a special session of parliament called in remember a should of jo cox. every member came nothing could he well every -- it was very well crowded. iny brought a white rose memory of her because that is the flower of yorkshire, her part of the country, the white rose of yorkshire. we paid our tributes to her. but we also, many of us, and our contributions, said the language of hatred being used by the far migrants, attacks on the attacks on refugees is a contributory factor to this atmosphere. so we have mourned her, remember her. we are very sad for her children and husband and her parents and her sister, but we're also very determined that we will not allow our society to become divided. what was impressive on friday was the people from all in withies joining people whose ancestry is completely british for a very longtime. and on friday evening, there were ceremonies at mosques and churches and chapels and streets and so on. they have been held all weekend in this country. it is been a very interesting response of people expressing her total shock at what has happened, but also a determination to get a sense of unity. i will give an answer -- example. and myself,g mp whether discussion on saturday morning and said, we have got to do something locally. we invited people to come to our town hall last night, sunday night. hundreds and hundreds turned up just to show respect and also show determination. that's good. if there is any good coming out of this horror, it has to be that. amy: we are speaking on the eve of the brexit vote. for most people in this country, including the presumptive republican nominee donald trump, people do not know that term "brexit" and what it means. can you talk about why you're supporting britain staying in the european union and what this term "brexit" means." >> this thursday, there will be a special vote taking place for us to hold the country on whether we remain members of the european union or leave the european union. and that campaign has become very poisonous. the leaders of the right wing parts of the campaign to leave have been using terrible imagery. for example, a leader produced enormous poster which was a picture of syrian refugees -- actually, i believe taken in turkey on the border with greece, rather, on the border of must own the a. as though isis some sort of threat to our way of life. these are desperate people who are trying to get to a place of safety. it is that kind of appalling imagery which has been passed off the whole campaign. campaigning for a remain vote in the european union because i think we have to work with like-minded people across europe who want to deal with tax havens and tax avoidance, who want to protect the environment and encourage others to protect the environment, but also one that is in solidarity with people rather than seeing them all as enemies. the background issue is many, one of which is tax havens and tax avoidance, which i want to try to be chasing them down, close them down. but also the discussions of the transatlantic investment and trade. i just had a question and answer session with a group of young people, and i brought the issue of ttip into enter the parallel with the north atlantic free trade association, which has been so damaging to working-class interests in the usa and mexico. and so beneficial to a number of very big corporations -- i suspect,ttip will be the same because it will impose on both sides of the atlantic the worst aspects of deregulation from both economies and the opposition to ttip, i know it is big in the united states, also very big in europe from trade unions, but also from environmental groups and many other social justice groups. we are campaigning for remain vote. it is not an unconditional remain vote. it is a remain vote in order to try to reform the european union. at the moment we have some working conditions, such as maternity leave and paternity leave, four-week vacation, antidiscrimination legislation -- all of which are very important. i think they should go further, eliminate zero contracts, which some of the signs up to work for a company but there's no guarantee if they're getting any pay at all from one week to the other until the employer needs them and brings them and, maybe they get some good money for a week and then they get none for a few weeks. it is a terrible way of doing things. there are a lot of reforms. but i fear those who are leading the leave campaign from the right are those that would tear up all of those regulations. amy: you have been very critical of the european union over the years. your longtime friend tariq ali said you're completely opposed to the eu and you would be campaigning for a vote to leave if you were not the opposition leader, the labour party leader in parliament. can you respond to what he has to say and talk about the left demand for leaving the european union? >> there's a left position on leaving, which is you leave the european union and you will then be ok on your own and you can fight for all of these things on your own. i understand the position. my problem with it is that half of our economy is very much tied to the european union. we have, because of the campaigning work of the labor movements all over europe, achieved quite significant improvements in working conditions across europe. if we leave, we then are stuck in a position -- where do we sell goods to? and secondly, would we then sign up with the equivalent of ttip soley between britain and the usa? look at all of the damage that does. i think there is a strong case on the left to work together with people in europe. does it mean i am uncritical of the european union? absolutely not. i made some of those criticisms in a debate i have been doing and will continue to do. the objectives we are putting forward our improving work conditions across europe, making sure we do have the power to bring our away systems totally in a public ownership -- railway systems totally into a public ownership, and the ttip. there are environment issues that are very important. european union has been quite good at improving environmental conditions across europe. habitat directives protect natural habitats as well as giving anybody in the community much more power to force their own councils, local authorities, to recycle goods and behave in a much more environmentally responsible way. you can't deal with environmental pollution and issues inside national laws, particularly when you have got 27 member states of the european union. another number of states not in the european union. all sharing the same water and same air. you have got tour together to improve and permanent conditions. i would also say in trade, the european union must be much stronger in enforcing its human rights clauses on its trade agreements and also environmental causes in trade agreements and we don't end up exporting pollution to china, india, or somewhere else. that we actually move into a global approach to reducing levels of pollution for the atmosphere because, as you well know, if you put polluted water into the sea, it ends up somewhere else. the fukushima disaster in japan does affect the west coast of the united states. plastic off the coast of colombia ends up somewhere else, the other side of the pacific. pollution knows no bounds. amy: jeremy corbyn, we are speaking on world refugee day. theirn. has announced something like 65 million refugees in the world. that is more than any time in history. you recently told the bbc that there cannot be an upper limit migrants,ber of eu european union migrants, who can come into britain. you said the focus should be instead on defending the standard of living. can you elaborate on this? >> british immigration law at of quite tough restrictions on non-european nationals coming to britain. most that come in are either me.ents or -- excuse or on family reunion. in some cases, people with special skills. in europe, there is a free movement of labor across the continent, which is part and parcel of the single market. there are arguments that many european workers come in and work in britain and undercut wages here. the reality is rather different. there are 48,000 european nationals working in hospitals and health service. there are many others working and transport industries and many others. there are also some, particularly eastern european migrants, re-task we exploited by ruthless employers who bring the in, pay them lowest wages they can in order to undercut of local agreements on wages regular factories or industries. i am campaigning with many others to enforce something directive workers which would stop that degree of undercutting and also stop the practice of some companies bringing in privatizing only low-paid interest -- eastern economies jobs in britain which then creates the most appalling tensions in committed to. also suggesting should be reintroduction of the migrant impact which was set up by previous government to give extra support to local authorities where there has been an arrival of a lot of people, children and so on, who need school places and doctors and all of the things we all need. in other words, stop blaming the people that are being exploited. start pointing the finger and blame at those that are doing the exploiting. solidarity of working people isoss national frontiers something i certainly believe in and i'm sure a lot of other people do believe in. amy: britain first, the group that jo cox's murder was a part of, has voiced support for donald trump, the republican presumptive presidential nominee. toe they voiced -- according the having to post, britain first told supporters to vote for trump on facebook. here in the u.s., david duke has expressed his support for donald trump, the white supremacist klan leader. your response? >> britain first is a very right-wing am a very racist organization. it is obsessed with what it sees as the islamization of britain. it is utter nonsense. there are millions of people who others wholam and practice christianity and others who practice judaism. peoplee trying to divide when we should be uniting people. i say to britain first, your racist rhetoric, the way you behave in the way you conduct yourselves, is making society worse for all of us will stop hatred won't build a house. hatred won't educate a child. it is only people coming together that you defeat that kind of thing. anall he people coming together you gain better conditions, better living standards, a better opportunities for all of us. when i leave here tonight, i'm going to a mosque in my constituency to join in at sunset this evening. there will be people there with me who are christians, hindus, jews, and every other faith you have thought of. they will be there celebrating this special ramadan as we celebrate everybody else's festivals. it is a joyous occasion that brings people together. that is my message to britain first. amy: you were propelled into leadership by the same type of people in the united states who opposed the establishment and establishment politics that propelled bernie sanders forward. can you leave a message for those who support bernie sanders , making a decision right now on what to do if in fact hillary clinton is the presumptive nominee? >> it is not up to me to tell people how to vote, but i would say i'm very full of admiration for bernie sanders and the campaign he conducted will step in the millions of people who voted and supported him. i want to see the anti-austerity movement in europe, the radical political movement in europe, which is about a different continent, which is about opposing austerity, linking up with people on the other side of the atlantic who are doing exactly the same. there is a wonderful rebirth of radical politics on both sides of the atlantic. it is our demand, our pressure, our activity which will change things. and that is why i am delighted at the progress that has been made look forward to working with those people and working with the labor movement in the usa. thank you ever so much for having me this evening. amy: british opposition leader jeremy corbyn has the labour party. he was speaking to us from london. coming up, we go to oakland where three police chiefs have resigned in just over a week amidst a massive sex crimes scandal involving an underaged girl. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: "london calling" by the clash. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in oakland, california, a third police chief has resigned in just over a week amid a massive scandal in which multiple oakland police officers are facing allegations of statutory rape and human trafficking after allegedly having sex with an underage girl. on friday, interim police chief paul figueroa resigned from his post for undisclosed reasons after just two days on the job. his predecessor lasted just six days on the job. the string of resignations began when police chief sean whent resigned on june 9. on friday, oakland mayor libby schaaf announced she would not appoint another acting chief, instead putting the oakland police department under civilian control. >> as the mayoof oakland, i am here to run a police dartment, noa frat house. is is an appropriate time to place civilian oversight over this police departmenand to se a very clear message about w serious a of not tolerating misconduct, unethical behavi, and to root out what is clearly a toxic, macho culture. i want to aure the citizens of oakland that we are hell-bent on rooting out ts disgusting culture and holding those accountable. responsible for their misdeeds. amy: that was oakland mayor libby schaaf. the associated press reports that of the 14 oakland police officers involved in the sex-crimes scandal, two have resigned and three others are on paid leave. the discovery of the officers' alleged rape of an underage trafficking victim happened after oakland police officer brendan o'brien left a suicide note mentioning details of a sex trafficking scandal. on friday afternoon, protesters demonstrated outside the oakland police department headquarters, wrapping red danger tape outside the department and posting megan's law warnings to alert the community that their are -- there are statutory rapists in their vicinity. meanwhile, a separate investigation is underway into a string of racist text messages sent by officers within the oakland police department. mayor schaaf addressed the controvey in her friday news conference. >> we're close to theend of an investigation of a racist text messages we do think it is relevant to share that the text messages were sent by african-american officers, but they are wholly inappropriate and not acceptable from anyone who wears the badge of the oakland police department. amy: local broadcaster nbc bay area reported the messages contained racial slurs and images of the ku klux klan. four -- for more we're joined , now by three guests. in san francisco, california, we're joined by cat brooks. she is an oakland-based black lives matter activist and co-founder of the anti police-terror project. brooks helped organize friday's protest against the oakland police department. in berkeley we're joined by two , reporters who helped break the oakland police department sex-crimes story. darwin bond-graham and ali winston are journalists with the east bay express. we welcome you all to democracy now! darwin, let's begin with you. explain for people who were not in oakland, not in california, who have not been following this story. in nine days, you have three police chiefs who resign amidst a sex scandal. --lain the mashonaland, then been pharrell, figaro a. what was their involvement? >> the police chief resigned partly because there appears to have been a wide range cover-up of the sex crime scandal and misconduct. it was discovered when police emitted suicide last year. he named other officers in a suicide note. an internal affairs investigation into the sex crimes was open, but then it appeared to have been questioned some point in time. it is unclear who in the department covered up his investigation, but the cover-up implicates chief went, so he resigned. the appointment of farro lasted briefly because it appears it is difficult in the bay area to find a police leader who does not have some sort of background -- troubling background involving similar kinds of allegations. so farro left. then we had acting chief paul figueroa for a brief period of time. at this point, the actual details of what occurred are still not known. there's a lot of reporting that still needs to be done. us whoi winston, tell brendan o'brien was, the man who committed suicide found a suicide note revealing this. what happened to him, what was his involvement, and who the young woman is that we are talking about. >> he was a san francisco native , grew up in a family that had ties to law enforcement in the area. he was about 30 years old when he killed himself in september 2015. he has served overseas. he was a military veteran, had a diagnosed history of ptsd and depression. somed his wife had had previous trouble. they had a very quick, brief marriage, which ended when she killed herself, allegedly, in june 2014. her death -- she died from two gun shots to the head -- was initially investigated as a homicide by the oakland police department. that was a main reason why we started looking into the story months ago. wasle told us her death extremely suspicious and was probably not being investigated appropriately. it still remains unclear whether she was or wasn't murdered. sheriff's department rolled it is suicide, but we have asked for the full case file. we're still waiting -- amy: her family members are alleging that brendan o'brien may have killed her? >> that's right. they're have a suspicious of it. they believe the police department did not conduct a thorough investigation. they believe her death was brushed under the rug. he -- allegedly after his wife died, some point in february, he met the young woman at the center of this whole scandal. she was underage at the time. she was 17. she was on used 14th street, a stretch in oakland known for prostitution. she was running away from her pimp and brendan contacted her. the girl told us that he saved her. they struck -- exchanged numbers. she saw him again after another arrestee made on the same stretch of east oakland. in her words, they began dating, which is problematic for him because as a police officer in oakland, they have extensive training on how to deal with what is called sexually exploited minors, underaged sex workers are oftentimes coerced into that line of work. brendan never reported her -- you never detail her, never turned her over to social services as he is required to do for his training. instead, they began a sexual relationship. brendan introduced her to other members of his squad out of the eastmont station. she slept with them as well while she was underage. in some cases, she would receive information about undercover sting operations, prostitution stings, from some of these officers who would tell her, look, it is going to be hot on the stretch of east oakland. stay off the roads from this time to this time. which is a very dangerous thing to do for both officers safety and the safety of people out there in the public during these operations. amy: her name that you referred to her by is celeste, but that is not her real name? >> yeah, that is not her real name. we have made a purposeful effort not to disclose her real name or actually focus too much of the story on her this point, because we believe the story mainly is about the police officers and the leadership in the police department, and perhaps other officers who had knowledge that this was occurring who may having gauged in the cover-up. friday,an interview on 5 talked to the young woman at the center of a sex scandal that has roiled the oakland police department. >> i have no negative feelings toward them. i thought, oh, well, they care about me. they came back, yeah, -- looking back, i do see myself as a victim. because i just feel i was taken advantage of. , whatarwin bondgraham happened next? how has this broken wide open and now the police department will no longer be headed by police, but by civilians? >> well, oakland mayor libby schaaf announced that the police chief sean went was leaving. this was a very abrupt announcement. we asked heard about sean went ring fired before the announcement was made. we decided that it was important to get the full story out there, so we told our full story the evening that sean went was fired. we put out an article that basically explained to our readers what actually happened because mayor libby schaaf claimed he was leaving the department, that it was his personal choice to leave the department, and very few details about the sex, investigation were released so we decided to explain to the public what really happened, which is the independent monitor who is an official appointed by federal court to oversee the oakland police department -- the oakland police department has been under a federal reform effort for .bout her teen years now so this monitor who is in charge of that 13-year-old effort, becauselly fired chief he really knew his wife had contacted celeste back in june 2015 and have learned that this girl was "dating" and oakland police officer. there was some question to what chief new. was upset.onitor after the chief was fired, we cycle through two other police chiefs. the most recent thing here is that the city administrator was appointed to run the police department. there were some question as to whether or not a city administrator can actually run a police department, whether you to be a sworn officer to oversee the police -- it does appear that is ok because open is a charter city and its own laws say the city administrator runs the department, that she can do this, but right now oakland essentially has no police chief. the police chief in oakland is david downing who until recently -- >> he left oakland pd of years ago and went to concord. got drummed out of that department because of a ticket fixing scandal. essentially, the situation in oakland is there is dirt on a must everybody in the command structure. >> you really can't appoint anyone from the oakland police leadership who doesn't have some baggage. and a lot of people in the police department right now are coming forward with those secrets. you know, we likened it to "game of thrones," because a lot of people -- amy: i want to turn to another clip of oakland mayor libby schaaf speaking at a news conference fridayvening. >> i will not be appointing another acting chief. instead, the command staff of the oakland police department will be reporting to the city administrator sabrina landreth. i feel thi is an appropriate time to place civilian oversight over this police department and to send a very clear message about how serious we are of not tolerating misconduct, unethical behavior, and to root out what is clearly a toxic, macho culture. amy: that was the mayor of oakland. your cofounder of anti-police terror project. you helped organize a protest outside of the oakland police on friday were you wrapped crime tape around the police department. are you satisfied with the actions that have taken place and can you respond to this astounding story of one police chief after another being forced to resign in the midst of the sex scandal? >> we're not at all astounded. this is just a continuation of scandal and predatory and criminal culture of the oakland police deparent that has plagued the department for years and years. on the part of libby schaaf, it too little too late. why did it finally take this to wh oustent when in 2015 seven black men were killed by the police department? she stood by their side every single time including the murder of a man who was asleep in his car. the oakland committed is no surprise this is happening with the oakland police department. we of been calling them criminals for years and years. libby, instead of responding to committed, has double down on her support of the police department until now. it is too little and it is too late. amy: talk about what your demands are and what you did on friday and what you understand this scandal to be that is bringing down the entire leadership. what happened to this young woman who is being called celeste? >> from our perspective, celeste was raped and trafficked by sworn oakland police officers and other agencies, right? richmond, the sheriff, and the chb i think have all been indicated. in response, we did a mini shutdown of the oakland police to permit to raise awareness for the community about what was happening in the open police department. we dropped a banner that had a young woman with hands over her mouth doesn't "opd guilty as charged." while we were out there, two women came by and broke down and said, where were you when this happened to me? they are not women that wanted but it wasified, astounding to me. in the middle of the day, randomly, women walked by and had similar stories to tell. we really see this as an opportunity for those of us who have been on the frontlines or engaged in pushing back against the police terror that is in oakland, to get some solid domains that could make some changes for the people about how police engage. one of those is around our police -- civilian police commission. there a measure moving through aty council that would create police commission. right now is a city council and the mayor would appoint peoe to sit on a commission. we are pretty clear thmayor and city council have shown their ineptitude of being able to appoint anybody to hold these rogue officers accountable. we really think this is the time to push for true civilian control of that police commission that would allow community members to have the power to hire, fire, discipline, etc. to the want a challenge policeman's bill of rights, which is at is protecting these officers. that is why we don't know the names of the predators on our streets. we believe we have the right to know who they are and oakland needs to push forward and release the nas of those officers. the ird real demand is around our police budget. 60% of the city budget goes to the oakland police department, rather than two programs of policies that research shows impact crime rates. we're asking for have that budget to be redirected to mental-health services, you programming, and we have a major housing crisis in oakland and so the moneys that will go to stemming the tide of black and brown residents that are being y'shed out of our city libb practices. board,e civilian review how do you want it to be constituted? >> we wanted to be constituted that the people that sit on that board are dignity members that are selected by oakland community members. as opposed to city council and the mayor appointing the people within a point the people. we see, like an san francisco, for instance, the police commission out there that has a model where elected officials get to appoint folks. you see a lot of cronyism happening. some is sitting on their is married to police officer, etc. we do not feel that is enough account ability for the oakland police department. amy: what you want to see happen to mayor schaaf? >> we do want to see arrests of those involved. if i were you committed statutory rape, we would be arrested. there are many of us that feel it is time for libby schaaf to go. we see her pushing this off on the oakland police department, but she is responsible. this is her police department. the bug dobbs with her. playswn a company am i am are running amok at the end of the day it is on me and we believe it is on. this is an extension of the and around the black committee. amy: cat brooks, darwin bondgraham, and ali winston, thank you for joining us. when we come back, we go to oaxaca. we go to mexico. we believe eight people have been killed, 100 wounded by the police in mexico. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "son de la barricada" by raices oaxaca. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end our show in the southern mexican state of oaxaca, where a deadly police crackdown against teachers has left at least eight people dead and more than 100 wounded. on sunday, police descended on teachers in the community of nochixtlan, where they had set up blockades to protest against neoliberal education reform and the arrests of two teachers' union leaders last week on what protesters say are trumped-up charges. democracy now! correspondent andalusia knoll traveled to the area and interviewed survivors of sunday's deadly attack. this is a teacher, who did not give her name for her safety. as soon as they arrived, they began to attack and we were a few, very few. then we started running, but they began to attack right away, instantly. at no time did they give warning tolear the area. they ben to attack right away. the evidence caused by the media who said they did not shoot their weapons, we just went to corrobate abouthere they fired at us from. we guarded our front side. we still don't know how they fired at us. and so we guarded our fron side, but weealized if they wereositioned like this, tn there were hourly hunting us fromfar. now we understood why. the dead were killed from over there and not exactly from the front. we're going to stay here until the government is willing to talk. if tomorrow the gornment is open to dialogue, the new conflict es. reform.rnor wants we wandialogue. the kind that meettheir needs. if you go tour communities, there are many needs. how are the kids doi? the children can't go school. all they think about is eating because they don't eat. no one can learn if they don't sleep we. if they lked many miles to go to school. so the government should go and see what happens first-hand. until there is a dialue, we will notend our protest. who will revive our dead? the dialogue won't bring our dead back to life and those o are imprisoned, their aren't just five or 10, there are thousands. amy: for more, we're joined by gustavo esteva the founder of , the universidad de la tierra in oaxaca and author of many books including, "new forms of revolution." gustavo has also been a columnist for la jornada. in this last two minutes that we have, please explain what happened this week. >> first, we had a very bloody battle. until now, we had a report of nine executed or assassinated. at least 21 arrested, many disappeared. 45 in the hospital. more than 100 injured. it was an unannounced apple. it was the beginning of work. we are amazed that authorities are following the script of 10 years ago. literally the script of 10 years ago. this is a very complex war. it did not start in oaxaca. the teacher struggle, it is a global struggle. it started in colombia and brazilnd chile in the u.s. -- everywhere. to this are saying no kind of education, useless instruction. no to theing so-called shock shall reforms -- shrek shall reforms. they are showing our land. the people are resisting. we are resisting with them to oppose this kind of operation. this is a very complex war against us. , i: gustavo esteva understand the governor ordered the police, said they could open fire. he was at a wedding party in another state? >> yes. he was in a party. he asked the intervention of the federal police. those killing people, the federal police, not just the state police. it was in operation combined by the federal and state police. amy: we just have 20 seconds. what is happening right now? curfew. now we have a at this moment we don't have any specific activities, but we're waiting for the next scene of the battle. the battle has just started. amy: we will continue this conversation in post it online at democracynow.org. gustavo esteva, founder of the university of the land in oaxaca and author of many books, speaking to us from oaxaca. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to [email protected] or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. 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