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Death Row inmate who may be exonerated talks about his story

Dennis J. Bernstein - June 30, 2021

Kevin Cooper was three hours away from execution. Now he may be freed. He talks about racism, criminal justice, and his nearly 30-year fight to prove his innocence.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Black Film Festival lifts off—and other stratospheric releases

Dennis Harvey - June 17, 2021

The best of the new, from the surveilling of surveillance in 'All Light, Everywhere' to 'Les Norte' and its discomfiting coming-of-age twists

Protest

Oakland leaders decry vindication for cop in Oscar Grant case

Garrett Leahy - January 12, 2021

DA declines to charge second officer, leading to community outrage.

News + Politics

Cops get raises; city gets nothing

Tim Redmond - December 4, 2020

Two letters that purport to show the POA agreeing to reforms amount to 'a complete nothing,' critics say.

Arts Forecast

Supes to vote on cops contract — as new records show history of blocking reform

Tim Redmond - November 16, 2020

Documents reveal a stunning pattern of the POA trying to prevent reforms -- but a deal to give the cops raises with no concessions is still pending approval.

News + Politics

Supes panel rejects Breed’s Police Commission picks

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2020

With the ongoing outrage over police shootings as a backdrop, the Board of Supes Rules Committee today rejected two candidates Mayor London Breed had...

News + Politics

Sunshine panel demands action on Police Commission Taser vote

Haley Keizur - April 10, 2019

As Sunshine Task Force Chair Bruce Wolfe said the final “aye” at the April 3 meeting, community activist Magick Altman jumped from her seat...

News + Politics

Police commission defies Sunshine Task Force and refuses new vote on Tasers

Haley Keizur - February 26, 2019

“We were literally locked out of City Hall.” That’s how community activist Magick Altman described the November 3, 2017 San Francisco Police Commission vote to...

News + Politics

Supes reject Farrell’s final Police Commission nominee

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2018

The Board of Supes decided today to reject outgoing Mayor Mark Farrell’s move to renominate Joe Marshall to the Police Commission. Since Farrell’s previous...

News + Politics

Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers

Sarah Lapidus and Tim Redmond - June 14, 2018

The Police Commission went into closed session to discuss Taser policy as a labor issue Wednesday, just a week after the defeat of Proposition...

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Death Row inmate who may be exonerated talks about his story

Screen Grabs: Black Film Festival lifts off—and other stratospheric releases

Oakland leaders decry vindication for cop in Oscar Grant case

Cops get raises; city gets nothing

Supes to vote on cops contract — as new records show history of blocking reform

Supes panel rejects Breed’s Police Commission picks

Sunshine panel demands action on Police Commission Taser vote

Police commission defies Sunshine Task Force and refuses new vote on Tasers

Supes reject Farrell’s final Police Commission nominee

Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers

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