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$4.5 Million Settlement Reached in Scott Olsen case
Rachel Lederman, Jim Chanin and Julie Houk are announcing a major settlement today in Scott Olsen’s lawsuit against the City of Oakland. An Oakland Police officer shot 24 year veteran Scott Olsen in the head with a “less lethal” munition on October 25, 2011, during …
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Rachel Lederman and Jacob Crawford’s article on police body cameras
PDRDs – Quick Fix for Police Misconduct or Counter-Surveillance Tool? As with Tasers, which were marketed as a high tech method of reducing Officer Involved Shooting deaths, PDRDs are a mixed bag and not an easy solution to what are actually much broader issues of …
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Anti-displacement activists block Google bus in SF!
Anti-displacement activists block Google bus protesting impact of tech capital in SF!
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Chronicle on $645,000 Sabeghi settlement
Chronicle on $645,000 Sabeghi settlement The City of Oakland has tentatively authorized paying Army veteran Kayvan Sabeghi $645,000 to resolve his lawsuit over his beating by OPD “Tango Team” Officer Frank Uu during an Occupy Oakland demonstration on November 2, 2011. Rachel Lederman, Dennis Cunningham …
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SF Weekly on Sabeghi settlement
Occupy Oakland: Police Brutality Tab Reaches Nearly $2.9M
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Rachel interviewed on the ongoing struggle to reform OPD’s crowd control practices
Read this in depth article by Kate Conger in the SF Weekly on the long term struggle to stop OPD abuses against protesters.
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Million Dollar Settlements Bolster Bay Area Protesters’ Rights
Million Dollar Settlements Bolster Bay Area Protesters’ Rights Article by Brad Thomson on the recent victories in the Spalding and Campbell lawsuits.
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NLG Obtains $1.17M, OPD Reforms for Occupy Oakland Protesters and Journalists
Read all about it here.
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Rachel in the UK Guardian on Occupy settlement
Rachel in the UK Guardian on Occupy settlement
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SF Weekly on second $1m+ settlement
SF Weekly on second $1m+ settlement
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