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A night of police mayhem vs. Occupy Oakland

10-25-11The protest which lasted late into the night started with about 500 people who met at the steps of the Main Library to protest the early morning police raid and destruction of Occupy Oakland's camp. The...

Massive police attack on Occupy Oakland & planned protest of assault

Flash---At 4 am this morning, hundreds of riot-clad police from many cities completely cleared and destroyed the Occupy Oakland encampment. Neighbors who lived in the lofts and apartments nearby said they were woken from sleep by the sounds...

Protests in Oakland & at Pelican Bay State Prison as hunger strike spreads

On Thursday, September 29, supporters of the thousands of hunger striking prisoners held a vigil in downtown Oakland. Protesters hope that others will support the prisoners and "amplify" the voices of the men in the "control units...

Pelican Bay State Prison at epicenter of prisoner hunger strike in California

There are 6000 prisoners currently on hunger strike in California. This is the third day of the strike which is being joined by inmates in jails as well as in prisons. The action was initiated by men inside Pelican Bay...

Mehserle murder hearing: cop's version of killing comes apart on witness stand

Today former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle's attorney got to do something quite unusual, present defense witnesses at a preliminary hearing. Usually only the district attorney gets to call witnesses at a preliminary hearing. But attorney Michael Rains wants...

Berkeley Law School graduates challenged to take a stand against torture...at their graduation

On Saturday, May 16, 2009 people in black hoods and orange suits lined the walkways and entrances to the Greek Theater as hundreds of students and their families poured in to mark graduation from Berkeley Law, (Boalt) of UC...

Forensic pathologist and another BART rider finish Monday's testimony in Mehserle murder prelim

Dr. Thomas Rogers was the second witness to testify on Monday, the first day of Johannes Mehserle’s preliminary hearing. Rogers is the forensic pathologist who had performed the autopsy on Oscar Grant after he was shot and...

First day of testimony at Johannes Mehserle hearing: report from courtroom, Oscar Grant case

Report from the courtroom: Karina Vargas testifies the first day of the hearing of Johannes Mehserle, the BART officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant. Today Johannes Mehserle, the Bay Area Transit (BART) police officer who shot and killed...

Obama reverses his promise to publish torture photos, Bay Area protests planned

Yesterday President Barack Obama reneged on his promise to publish the photos that document abuses of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and 6 other prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. Flashback:I was out on the streets of Oakland on election...

Ex-police officer facing murder charges in the Oscar Grant case to go back to court May 18

As ex-police officer Drew Peterson is arrested for murder in Illinois, across the country another ex-officer, Johannes Mehserle, faces a murder charge in the San Francisco Bay Area. When we hear of cops being tried for a...

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