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In Oakland, Fighting Police Abuse Alone Is An Uphill Battle - Oakland Police Beat
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In Oakland, Fighting Police Abuse Alone Is An Uphill Battle. Apr 15, 2014 Investigations. Rene C. Davidson Courthouse photo by Wally Gobetz/Flickr. Illustration by Oakland Police Beat. In the last 20 years, few Oakland Police Department officers have been charged with criminal misconduct, even when unarmed citizens are shot and killed. Criminal charges in Oakland is a misnomer, said John Burris. In about half the cases reviewed, the plaintiffs won - an unusual outcome for citizens representing themselves...