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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

Black leader Jabari Shaw targeted

Oakland, Calif. -- A combined task force of Oakland Police Department officers, FBI and U.S. marshals on March 9 chased…

March 30, 2015

Protests against police brutality continue coast to coast

Demonstrations to protest racist police killings and to assert “Black Lives Matter” have continued strong throughout the United States since…

December 21, 2014

New revelations challenge non-prosecution of cop who killed Alan Blueford

In a letter written to Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan on Oct. 3, 2012, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley…

October 17, 2013

Rally demands Oakland, Calif., police officer be charged with Alan Blueford’s murder

Oakland, Calif. — Shouting “Alan did not have to die; Masso has to do the time!” and “Masso, Masso, you can’t…

March 11, 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