Judge signals OK for Oakland gang injunction

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(05-27) 18:09 PDT OAKLAND -- An Alameda County judge signaled Thursday that he will approve Oakland's first gang injunction, a legal order that would prohibit 15 alleged gang members from gathering in a neighborhood that police say is overrun by violence.

Judge Robert Freedman told attorneys at a Superior Court hearing that the city had met its threshold for proving that the named defendants were affiliated with gangs in North Oakland, and that he was satisfied with the process the city is proposing to determine whether the injunction is effective. He did not say when he would issue a final ruling.

Deputy City Attorney Rocio Fierro said the injunction would create a "safety zone" in a 100-square-block area near the city's borders with Emeryville and Berkeley. It would ban the 15 alleged gang members from associating with each other, loitering or possessing guns, and would impose a curfew on them of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

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Opponents of the injunction claim that the injunction might be an excuse for police to conduct racial profiling. The Oakland Tribune article "Oakland's gang injunction will be approved, judge declares" has photos of a protest that took place right outside the Superior Court. Although the police have the suspected gang members' names and photos, you never know what cops can do when they see a young black man dressed in a hooded sweater and jeans...

[SILVER__FOX52]

1. Get Ready,

The Shit is going to hit the fan, now.  Good luck Oakland.

[NBachers]

2. I'm in Oakland right now

What shit is going to hit what fan?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. Right...

They have been doing this for twenty years with no ill effects in LA.

It keeps shitheads indoors and ordinary people out of the line of fire.