From the Tribune: “The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday night to pay $6.5 million in two search warrant cases from 2008 that claimed...

An important message from a brave woman who was tortured by police at the G20 in Toronto.

From Alternet: “In 1980, 2,884 SWAT deployments were recorded nationwide; the number today is estimated by experts at 50,000 annually or...

From the Chronicle: “Oakland and BART police officers shot and killed a man Saturday morning near the Fruitvale BART Station when,...

From the NYT: “The details of the shootings on the bridge that began to emerge, and which were elaborated on in the indictment unsealed...

From the Chronicle: “At first glance, former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle appears to be facing a stiff mandatory sentence for...

The following are links to helpful sites if you are trying to follow the coverage from Oakland. We’ll try to have updates from the ground...