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DESCRIPTION:This is a meeting to express concerns directly to the Berkeley police 
 review commission.  The public can demand a thorough investigation into 
 policing strategy during the #BlackLivesMatter protests in Berkeley.  
 Public comment is at the start of the meeting, and a second time for public 
 comment is at the end of the meeting.  The police review process doesn't 
 work if the public doesn't speak.\n\nThis a meeting for the general public, 
 but there is a special interest into surveillance research, investigative 
 journalism and police militarization.\n\nThe review commission cannot make 
 effective recommendations to changing police procedure, if the review 
 commission doesn't have a full understanding of what the police did in 
 suppressing the protests.\n\nIn December of 2014, a series of protests took 
 place in Berkeley and Oakland against systematic racism in policing.  
 \n\n1. How did police agencies use undercover operatives in the 
 #BlackLivesMatter protests? \n\nOn the night of Wednesday December 10th, an 
 undercover cop pulled a gun on press photographers and protesters, after 
 being exposed.  The officer, who was trying to entice people into breaking 
 windows, was confronted by protesters who were trying to keep the focus on 
 the march.   
 (http://www.dailydot.com/politics/oakland-black-lives-matter-undercover-cop/)\n\n2. 
 How did the FBI use surveillance technology? On December 8th, a low flying 
 plane flew over Berkeley at low altitudes, circling over Berkeley.  This 
 summer, information about the FBI's "secret airforce" was revealed.  The 
 FBI owns and operates a fleet of light aircraft under the guise of dummy 
 companies.  These aircraft can be used for cellphone surveillance.  
 (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/02/fbi-surveillance-government-planes-cities) 
  (https://bgr.com/2015/06/03/fbi-dirtbox-stingray-spy-plane-program/)\n\n3. 
 How did police agencies coordinate operational conduct ad information 
 sharing?\n\nPolice from the University of California, Hayward, Pleasanton, 
 Oakland, and other agencies were present at the protests.  Yet only 
 representatives from Berkeley police have appeared at Police Review 
 Commission meetings.  Was there a command structure that set operational 
 standards between the different departments, or were the departments acting 
 independently with their own different standards of conduct?  As outside 
 police agencies gathered information about the protest, did those agencies 
 give their data to Berkeley police, or did each police department keep 
 their own data?\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/21/18775156.php
SUMMARY:#BlackLivesMatter, Surveillance, Berkeley Police and the FBI
LOCATION:South Berkeley Senior Center\n2939 Ellis St Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/21/18775156.php
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