Is This Contentious Policy Spreading?
Random pat-downs may be coming to a city near you.
Former NYC police commissioner Bill Bratton is an unapologetic advocate of the NYPD’s controversial ‘stop-and-frisk’ policy, which permits police to conduct random pat-downs of those they deem suspicious.
And this week, he was appointed as a consultant to Oakland, California in a 7-1 city council vote, after Oakland Mayor Jean Quan proposed hiring him to help develop a public safety plan in the city that may well include this practice.
Read more about what this might mean for Oakland here.
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Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes
guardian.co.uk
Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons
*FUCKING PISSED! I hate OPD! Share with everyone you know, this is BULLSHIT. Kayvan a good friend of the tattoo shop, war vet, business owner beaten by Oakland Police. Why is a paper from the UK only covering this? SHARE.
Oakland Ranks #5 On New York Times’ List Of Places To Visit In 2012
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
No seriously. Why would anyone think, “Wow, I sure need a vacation. Let me book a flight to Oakland!” And San Francisco isn’t even on the list!
