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audioSecond (and Last?) Truly Public BART Meeting on Police Oversight, 5/15/09: audio (audio/mpeg 13.9MB) by dave id
Two weeks after holding its first public meeting related to police oversight, BART held a second and perhaps its last truly public meeting on oversight of the BART police on Friday, May 15th. While the BART Board of Directors' BART Police Department Review Committee has held a few meetings attended by concerned members of the public and likely will hold more to further shape BART police oversight, those meetings are generally held on Mondays at 10am which makes them difficult for most workin...
Posted: Sun, May 17, 2009 9:27pm PDT
audioPublic response to draft proposal, BART's reaction to public, and conclusion of meeting (Attachment On: Second (and Last?) Truly Public BART Meeting on Police Oversight, 5/15/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 32.7MB) by dave id
(audio 1:35:16) A number of arguments were made against the police oversight proposal as outlined. In addition to the feedback on the proposal, Diana Da...
Posted: Sun, May 17, 2009 9:27pm PDT
audioFirst Public BART Meeting on Police Oversight, 5/2/09: audio (audio/mpeg 38.2MB) by dave id
After months of pressure, BART held its first public meeting on police oversight on Saturday, May 2nd in Oakland. Several Bay Area models for police oversight were presented by representatives of the San Francisco Police Commission and Office of Citizens' Complaints, the Richmond Confidential Investigative and Appeals Office, the Sacramento Office of Public Safety Accountability, the Oakland Citizen's Review Board, the Berkeley Police Review Commission, and the ACLU of Northern California. ...
Posted: Sun, May 17, 2009 5:56pm PDT
audioU.C. Berkeley one day strike (audio/mpeg 24.8MB) by Rubble
Sue Bainbridge. a U.C. Berkley worker, discusses a recent one-day strike at the campus. The strike is an early public action in upcoming contract negotiations. Givebacks/takeaways are disasterous, because workers are already very undercompensated compared to similar workers in the private sector, while higher management workers are very overcompensated and continue to grant themselves generous increases. The action will most likeley be part of wider labor actions througout the statewide U....
Posted: Sat, May 16, 2009 10:18am PDT
audioOrdinary Heroes: Dykes Respond to Rapes in Richmond (audio/mpeg 5.7MB) by kpfawomensmagazine
Kate Raphael interviews Elicia Holland, Kiki Poe and Aileen Cancino, who stepped up to organize community responses to the brutal gang rape of a young lesbian in Richmond. Aired January 12, 2009 on KPFA Women's Magazine. Audio 12.5 minutes....
Posted: Mon, May 4, 2009 11:49pm PDT
audioYoung African American Women Activists Discuss Dr. King and the Obamas (audio/mpeg 6.8MB) by kpfawomensmagazine
KPFA Women's Magazine's Eryn Matthewson hosts Sadiyah Seraaj and Jenna Burton, cofounders of the health and environmental movement Red, Bike and Green, as they discuss Dr. King and Malcolm X, the role of women in contemporary civil rights and environmental struggles, and the Obamas' relationship dynamics....
Posted: Mon, May 4, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioVictory for Civilian Oversight of Citizen Complaints Against Oakland Police 4/28/09: audio (audio/mpeg 41.6MB) by dave id
A big victory was won tonight for those in favor of civilian police review in Oakland. After last minute police resistance, the City Council Public Safety Committee agreed that it would be in the best interest of Oakland to have civilians rather than the Oakland Police Internal Affairs Department overseeing all citizen complaints against the OPD. Despite the fact that the Oakland police department had previously worked with the Mayor's Task Force on Police Issues in coming up with the ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 1:08am PDT
audioTown Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio (audio/mpeg 19.4MB) by dave id
The Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant met again on Saturday, April 25th and discussed keeping the pressure on state legislators to vote AB212 out of committee before the bill becomes a "two-year bill." The upcoming Saturday, May 2nd public meeting BART is holding to present possible civilian police review models was also discussed. The featured speaker this week was Rashidah Grinage of People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO) who highlighted the possibility that budget cuts m...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioRashidah Grinage (Attachment On: Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 8.7MB) by dave id
(audio 25:20) For more info on the "Civilianization" of the Oakland Police Internal Affairs Department, see http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/27/18591...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioDiana Davis-Marks (Attachment On: Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 4.1MB) by dave id
(audio 12:02)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioJack Bryson (Attachment On: Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 2.0MB) by dave id
(audio 5:48)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioKrystof of No Justice No BART (NJNB) (Attachment On: Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 2.4MB) by dave id
(audio 7:04) Krystof speaks about the upcoming meeting on May 2nd when BART will present possible civilian review models, BART's recent hiring of the Nation...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioAnnouncements and Reverend Daniel Buford of Allen Temple Baptist Church (Attachment On: Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 2.3MB) by dave id
(audio 6:37) Announcements are made about the May Day event at Fruitvale BART on May 1st (http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/22/18590777.php) and a Dea...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
audioNOBLE Honors Rashidah Grinage and PUEBLO at Awards Dinner, Oakland, 4/24/09: audio (audio/mpeg 4.9MB) by dave id
The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) held a 3-day training conference with various workshops at the Oakland Airport Hilton hotel. The theme of the conference -- "An injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere" -- is from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail, written on April 16, 1963, while King was being imprisoned for his part in a civil disobedience protest against racial segregation. ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 25, 2009 2:40pm PDT
audioRashida Grinage of PUEBLO speaks of the need for a movement for police accountability (Attachment On: NOBLE Honors Rashidah Grinage and PUEBLO at Awards Dinner, Oakland, 4/24/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 3.3MB) by dave id
(audio 9:31) Rashidah was introduced by Lt. Johnny Davis, OPD, after Joseph McMillan spoke in first audio clip posted above (at 9 minutes 40 seconds in). ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 25, 2009 2:40pm PDT
audioKeynote speaker Alameda Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte (Attachment On: NOBLE Honors Rashidah Grinage and PUEBLO at Awards Dinner, Oakland, 4/24/09: audio) (audio/mpeg 6.5MB) by dave id
(audio 18:59) Alameda Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte speaks about what is means to be an African American law enforcement officer and assuring equa...
Posted: Sat, Apr 25, 2009 2:40pm PDT
audioRashidah Grinage, Oakland Citizen's Police Review Board, 4/23/09: pdfs, photo, and audio (audio/mpeg 9.7MB) by dave id
On March 23rd, the Oakland Citizen's Police Review Board (CPRB) held its monthly public meeting in Council's Chamber at City Hall. Sadly, besides the Board members and investigators themselves, in attendance were only a CPRB intern, one complainant, his legal representative, Sanjiv Handa of the East Bay News Service, Rashidah Grinage of PUEBLO, and yours truly. Importantly, though, Rashidah Grinage discussed the proposal she has worked on with Mayor Ron Dellums' Task Force on Police Issue...
Posted: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 11:13pm PDT
audioContentious and Conversational BART Police Review Committee Public Meeting, 4/20/09: audio (audio/mpeg 62.7MB) by dave id
BART's ad hoc Police Department Review Committee held a public meeting on April 20th in the BART Board room without having made a public announcement about it. Those invested in participating in the process of BART's creation of a citizens' police review commission found out about the meeting via word of mouth after it was mentioned in a legislative hearing in Sacramento on April 14th. BART board members and staff claimed that notice had been posted to the www.bart.gov website but no one at...
Posted: Tue, Apr 21, 2009 12:55am PDT
audioTown Hall for Justice on AB312, BART, Orloff Recall, and Caravan for Justice III, Oakland, 4/18/09: audio (audio/mpeg 6.0MB) by dave id
Town Halls for Justice for Oscar Grant continue after the recent Caravan for Justice II in Sacramento on April 8th. After an opening prayer by Reverend Henry Williams in the first piece of audio here, Minister Keith Muhammad speaks about the ongoing effort to recall Alameda DA Tom Orloff. While registered Alameda County voters in attendance sign the latest version of the petition to recall Orloff, Minister Keith reads the petition which specifies the reasons for the recall and will serve...
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2009 10:17pm PDT
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