Community activists are demanding that the Oakland Police Department fire Lt. Mike Yoell and Officer Joseph McGuinn, both notorious for being abusive in the Black community. Lt. Yoell has a long history of abuse, excessive force and falsification of reports. He is well known in the community and in the police department as a problem officer. But, despite numerous community complaints against him, Lt. Yoell has remained a high-ranking official in OPD. Joseph McGuinn also has a long history of brutality. In 2001, he was one of six cops involved in the brutal killing of Jamil Wheatfall, a 36 year-old black man who was literally beaten to death by OPD officers.
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