City of Oakland Encourages Oakland Residents To Apply for Measure LL Police Commission – Updated UPDATE: Application Deadline Extended to June 30, 2020 Oakland – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Selection Panel for the Oakland Police Commission today announced the opening of the application process to serve on the Oakland Police Commission. The Police … Read more
Oakland – At a rally Sunday afternoon Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their support for defunding the Minneapolis Police Department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. The councilmembers and some community activists committed to ending the Minneapolis Police Department through the budget process. The group also announced its intention … Read more
CHP Cops Shoot Unarmed Black Man 40 Times, Pregnant Girlfriend Wounded, For Car Theft During Looting ONN – CHP (California Highway Patrol) Cops Shoot Unarmed Black Man 40 Times, Pregnant Girlfriend Wounded, For Car Theft During Looting Received a call from a friend reporting this news and then received an email from the City of … Read more
Oakland City Auditor Must Outline Oakland Police Department Reform In Next Report ONN – Oakland City Auditor Must Outline Oakland Police Department Reform In Next Report Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an experimental Zennie62Media , Inc. mobile media … Read more
Two Oakland George Floyd Murder Protest Demonstrations End Peacefully Oakland, CA – This evening, Oakland was the site of two peaceful demonstrations that exemplified our city’s long tradition of raising community voices in protest without violence, destruction or mayhem. “Tonight the Oakland Police Department chose not to enact the curfew order as the demonstrators were … Read more
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan must put aside their differences and collaborate to save our City of Oakland. Word is they have not spoken in weeks – what a shame two smart progressive Democrats that can’t have a conversation if that doesn’t size up the problem with our country … Read more
Mayor Of Oakland, City Of Oakland Message On Planned George Floyd Murder Protests ONN – Mayor Of Oakland, City Of Oakland Message On Planned George Floyd Murder Protests Dear Oakland Community, Starting today, Oakland – like many cities across the country – will likely see planned and spontaneous demonstrations in response to the officer-involved killing … Read more
Amy Cooper Calls Police On Black Man Who Asked Her To Leash Her Dog In NYC ONN – Amy Cooper Calls Police On Black Man Who Asked Her To Leash Her Dog In NYC. Amy Cooper is a VP of Investment Solutions for Franklin Templeton in New York City. Her racist behavior done to an … Read more
Oakland – Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Selection Panel for the Police Commission today announced the opening of the application process to serve on the Oakland Police Commission. The Police Commission was established in October 2017 after voters approved Measure LL with over 83% support on the November 8, 2016 ballot. HIGHLIGHT: Tom Hanks 2020 … Read more
Oakland, CA – City of Oakland news. To encourage physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic and in alignment with the Alameda County Public Health Order in effect through the end of May, the City of Oakland is implementing the following measures at City parks, starting on Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 31: · To … Read more
The Oakland Police Commission (Measure LL) was created by a vote of 83 percent of Oakland’s residents in 2016 as a way of taking oversight of the Oakland Police Department from a federal district court judge sitting in San Francisco and giving it to the people of our city. But the strong independent Police Commission … Read more
The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce sent out this request, which I have elected to re-post and amplify here at Oakland News Now. Tell Oakland City Council to Not its Abuse of Emergency Powers Friday afternoon the Oakland City Council – led by Council President Rebecca Kaplan – cancelled its regularly scheduled meeting set for … Read more
LeRonne Armstrong Does Want To Be Oakland Police Chief, Wilson Riles ONN – LeRonne Armstrong Does Want To Be Oakland Police Chief, Wilson Riles After this Vlogger blogged that Deputy Chief LeRonne Armstrong should be the next Oakland Police, former Oakland City Councilmember Wilson Riles chimed in on Facebook with “He does not want to … Read more
Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Mayor Libby Schaaf, Police Commission, Livestream ONN – Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Mayor Libby Schaaf, Police Commission, Livestream Zennie62Media’s Oakland News Now was the first to release the rumor that this action was going to be taken, and was done last night. 26 hours later, … Read more
Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf ONN – Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Rumor: Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf UPDATE: • Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick Fired By Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf • LeRonne Armstrong For … Read more
Help Oakland Police Pick Future Officers – Join The Oral Boards ONN – Help Oakland Police Department Pick Future Officers – Join The Oral Boards This is from Oakland Police Officer Damon J. Gilbert, Hello Dedicated community members, Our next round of Police Officer Trainee oral boards is scheduled to take place next month. Please … Read more
UPDATE: Got an email that there’s yet another rumor going around that Mayor Schaaf fired Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick on this February 20th 2020 early morning. Stay tuned. Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick fired by Mayor Schaaf? Yes. Protesters representing the Coalition for Police Accountability and calling for the ouster of Oakland Police Chief … Read more
Oakland, CA – Addressing how we deal with trash, illegal dumping and blight in Oakland — so that we all live in a clean and healthy city — is one of the fundamental tasks of local government. As can be seen by anyone who tours Oakland, the current, complaint-based efforts are failing, and particular neighborhoods … Read more
The City Of Oakland sent the following press release to Zennie62Media. Oakland, CA – Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Selection Panel for the Police Commission today announced the opening of the application process to serve on the Oakland Police Commission. The Police Commission was established in October 2017 after voters approved Measure LL with over … Read more
This is from the Oakland Police Department: The City of Oakland is an exciting venue to host First Fridays’. As a city and as a police department we know thousands of people come from around the Bay Area to experience art, food, live music and the diversity of our great city. The Oakland Police Department … Read more
Stanford Professor Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt has conducted racial bias studies focusing on the Oakland Police Department since 2014. According to Stanford University News, “racial disparities in how Oakland Police Department officers treated African Americans on routine traffic and pedestrian stops.” Moreover, her work revealed what may be shocking to white folks in Oakland, but black … Read more
The common Oakland Police Officer image is that of a man, white, arresting and harassing someone, black, or Latino, and male. The negative image also takes in the Celeste Guap sex scandal, the dangerous ICE raid assistance carried out against City of Oakland policy, and the Riders scandal. With all of those examples, and scores … Read more
