Justice for Demouria Hogg

There are no plausible circumstances under which a man sleeping in a car should be rousted and then killed. We know it, OPD knows it, and the City of Oakland knows it. In fact, last month in West Oakland, another man was found sleeping in a car with a gun and was apprehended safely. The failure of OPD's imagination in how to deal with the situation at Lake Merritt without loss of life is in and off itself a crime, and those responsible should be fired for gross negligence and prosecuted for wrongful death.

If the Mayor of Oakland, the Oakland Police and the City of Oakland wish to have us believe there is any shred of accountability within, they must

1. Immediately release the name or names of the officer or officers involved in the shooting, as required by the 5/29/14 California Supreme Court decision, Long Beach Police Officers Association v City of Long Beach.

2. Immediately make public all body camera video, dashcam video and any surveillance video of the entire event.

3. Release the coroners report and the police report to the family.

4. Immediately request that the Attorney General appoint a special investigations team for this officer involved shooting. No one in any police department, let along the Oakland police department, can be trusted to investigate their own, nor is the District Attorney capable of an impartial or robust investigation of an OPD officer, as evidenced by their sham report clearing Miguel Masso of the death of Alan Blueford three years ago.

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On Saturday, June 6, the Oakland Police Department shot and killed Demouria Hogg who was sleeping in his car at the corner of Lakeshore and Lake Park. According to the dispatch tapes, he was awake less than a minute before they killed him.

On Friday, June 12, we will be hosting a vigil to honor his life and mourn our stolen lives. The vigil will begin at 6:00 pm at 3200 Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland.