City College Police Chief Floats Arming Officers with Tasers
City College Police Chief Mario Vasquez would not be the first to turn his back on the campus due to frustrations over empty holsters.
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Ferguson shooting, nothing new
By Matthew Patton The Guardsman Ferguson is all over the place. Let’s just get that out there, front and center…
Oscar Grant family friend believes Mehserle should go to jail for life
A protest against the release of Johannes Mehserle marched from Fruitvale to Oakland on Sunday. Ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle shot and killed Oscar Grant and was convicted of manslaughter in 2009. He was released after only two years.
Atmosphere at Mehserle protest subdued despite history of citizens violent outrage
The early release of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, who was convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter for killing unarmed passenger Oscar Grant, drew a relatively subdued reaction on the streets of Oakland Jan. 12.
The Implications of Johannes Mehserle’s Release
The wounds of a community shaken to its core by a single gun shot, fired into the back of an unarmed, face-down BART passenger on Jan. 1, 2009, will likely be ripped open again with Johannes Mehserle’s release from prison on June 13.
Oakland holds hearing on police violence
The People’s Hearing on Racism and Police Violence, a two-day event for the families and friends of those killed by police officers to tell their stories to a panel of jurists, was held Feb. 19 and 20 at Edna Brewer Middle School in Oakland.
Opinion: Grant: a victim of racism?
In the early hours of New Year’s day, a 22-year-old man was shot by a BART police officer at Oakland’s Fruitvale BART Station.