The city has become the state’s most watched police department with both a federal monitor and strong civilian oversight. After a scandal exposed abuses, Oakland’s civilians have the power to overrule the police department.
A 22-year-old scandal exposing abuses by Oakland police resulted in a higher rate of complaints sustained against officers, and many are leaving the department amid the heightened scrutiny. Story from @CalMatters.
. new tonight, three white then convicted of federal hate crimes in the killing of ahmaud aubrey. they were found guilty of interference of right, which is a federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping. they now could face life in prison in addition to the life sentences they received from their state trial. it could be significant, to, if those sentences are cut in anyway, they still get life because of these charges so this is crucial. attorney general merritt garland growing emotional today while he addressed the verdict. no one should fear that if they go out for a run, they will be targeted and killed because of the color of their skin. i cannot imagine the pain that a mother feels to have her son run down and then gunned down while taking a jog on a public street.
they thought it was great to run them down and film it, themselves, that lets you know the depraved set of mind or mindset is so important for the federal government to step in and ensure civilian rights are protected for everyone. so that s the point i mentioned in the introduction. the federal conviction makes it certain they will face incredibly long prison sentence, even if state convictions are proud or overturned, this ensures the punishment and here is ahmaud aubrey s mother reacting. what we got today, we would have gotten today if it wasn t for the fight that the family had fought. we got a victory today. but if so many families out there who don t get victories, because of people that we have fighting for us. how significant is the ruling? has anything changed? i think what s significant is
especially in the person portion. he s got some domestic politics that are involved in this. he s got to be careful with what he says, because there is pa lot of folks sniping about his handling of this. it s a tough position to be in. it doesn t surprise me he is trying to downplay it to say there is military in the face of a much, much larger russian force. yeah. thank you both. also, one other thing stand out here, it is amazing, people believe in their military. they do it s very old. they do believe in it. thank you both so much. next, the wealthy russian targeted by the united states, only actually three of them are. the rest, the ones that would need to be on the next list. wait nul see how they live, the yacht, the mansion, the luxury bank account. this could bring it all down. who are they? what do they stand to lose? plus, three investigators for three white men accused of chasing down and killing ahmaud