Oakland Police Department

Actions confront cops for man’s death

Oakland, Calif. -- Over 500 people came out to the Lakeshore Shopping District here on June 12 to angrily mourn…

June 21, 2015

Protesters demand videotapes of police killing

A large crowd gathered in Oakland, Calif., on April 12 at the site where ­Yuvette Henderson was killed. They were…

April 19, 2015

Hannibal Shakur, Trayvon Two activist, tells WW about charges being dropped

Hannibal Abdul Shakur and Tanzeen Doha were arrested during protests during the summer of 2013 in downtown Oakland, Calif., after…

October 20, 2014

Jeralynn Blueford: ‘The community is grieving’

Oakland, Calif. -- Two and a half years after the death of her son by the gun of Oakland Police…

October 16, 2014

Barbecue honors Bobby Hutton

The “Lil’ Bobby Hutton BBQ for the People” was held in Oakland, Calif., on April 6, with about 75 people…

April 10, 2014

Community BBQ highlights Alan Blueford case

East Oakland, Calif. — The Justice for Alan Blueford Coalition held a free barbecue in Oakland’s Arroyo Viejo Park on April…

April 16, 2013

Community speaks out to stop hiring of stop-and-frisk ‘super-cop’

Oakland, Calif. — Hundreds of people packed an Oakland City Council Safety Committee public hearing Jan. 15 to protest a…

January 24, 2013

San Francisco Labor Council calls for prosecution of police who killed Alan Blueford

The San Francisco Labor Council, a powerful assembly of labor union delegates, passed a resolution Jan. 14 in support of…

January 18, 2013