Oakland police may face sanctions over handling of Occupy protests
Source: Reuters
Oakland police may face sanctions over handling of Occupy protests
02 May 2012 04:21
Source: reuters // Reuters
By Mary Slosson
May 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the city of Oakland and its police department to submit a plan within a week to address a backlog of complaints stemming from their handling of Occupy protests, threatening sanctions if they fail to do so.
The mandate by U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson follows the release of a report by an outside monitor that said Oakland police used "an overwhelming military-type response" to the demonstrations.
The report also confirmed, for the first time from an official source, that an Oakland police SWAT team member fired a beanbag round at an Iraq war veteran during clashes in October.
Former U.S. Marine Scott Olsen was critically wounded by what protesters said at the time was a tear gas canister fired by police.
Read more: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/oakland-police-may-face-sanctions-over-handling-of-occupy-protests
FreeBC
(403 posts)I'm sure that worries them. /sarcasm
Maraya1969
(22,474 posts)starroute
(12,977 posts)I think he's recovered otherwise, but I'm not absolutely sure.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)...from "strongly-worded letter."
And there's always the possibility that someone could lose vacation days...
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)I guess anything to protect the bourgeoisie.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)lovuian
(19,362 posts)and Sanctions means a tap on the wrist
Protesters will try to do things peacefully but then the reality will set in
I don't think the corporations know what they are in far
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)why protesters in the Bay Area always choose either Oakland or San Francisco to protest in. There are plenty of suburbs here to protest in, such as Livermore and Sonoma. Those towns are where the more affluent people live, not so much Oakland and San Francisco. Maybe I'm wrong on this, but wouldn't it make more sense for the Occupiers to protest somewhere else instead?
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Sonoma is more than 40 miles North of San Francisco and more than 45 miles North of Oakland.
Livermore is about 35 miles East of Oakland and more than 40 miles East of San Francisco.
What do Sonoma and Livermore have in common? Neither of them are near the Bay Area Rapid Transit facilities nor other public transportation. Neither of them are near the news outlet centers. Neither of them are particularly near the quantity of medical faciliites in Oakland and San Francisco, although both have some. Etc.
Choosing Sonoma or Livermore may make sense to a non-protestor, but apparently not to those who are actually protesting. If you're not a protestor, why should you offer rules for those who are? Would you change your mind about being a non-protestor if they protested in Sonoma or Livermore instead of Oakland or San Francisco?