Chair Jackson starts with a statement about the Kenosha murder and solidarity with the NBA/WNBA #oakmtg
Comm Anderson pushes AB 767 for victim compensation against use of excessive force #oakmtg
I appreciate Hazzard, but holy crap. He sure can hold up a meeting. #oakmtg #zerofivezeroone
Hazzard complains about Comm Cobb on the selection committee re: Ginale Harris' firing. This is potentially beating a dead horse/not the right forum. I totally agree with what he's saying, though. #oakmtg
He then compares the selection committee with Republicans lying at the convention. That's a hair too far.
Speaker Saleem Bey says Harris was fired because she is investigating IAD 131062. #oakmtg
I'm now realizing I don't know what was said at the RNC about Oakland because I'm avoiding anything more than high-level analysis of that nightmare of an event like the plague.
Lorelei Bosserman, on the commission selection committee, is speaking. She says it's not the commission's job to go over crime statistics in Manheimer's report. Does not address multiple complaints about firing Ginale. #oakmtg
Linking Megan's tweet as it's better than my summary would have been:
John Bey is speaking, refers to IAD 131062 again. I did read up on this at some point recently but my brain feels like mush already and it's only 7:15 😬 #oakmtg
@jtu asks about generous OPD pensions, speaks to how most OPD officers are commuters so the money from their pay stimulates the economies of other cities, not Oakland. #oakmtg
Jim Channin is speaking. VP Pence spoke about Officer Underwood who was shot & killed during the riots (implication: BLM killed him). They mentioned it 5x, never mentioned anti-gov't extremists affiliated with Boogaloo. #oakmtg
Harris speaks about the use of force ad-hoc. 1. redesigned project webpage, 2. include multiple ways to provide input (email), 3. form for comments, 4. raheem launched survey #oakmtg
They weren't able to organize virtual town halls, couldn't with limited resources & no staff. Community groups can host them and they will promote them. #oakmtg
Sept 25th is the deadline for public comment. There will be a special meeting to walk PolComm through changes. They intend to bring the final draft to vote early Oct. #oakmtg
Brandon Anderson gives an update from Raheem. Survey launched 8/19, in 5 languages, about 10-12 mins long. If you haven't done it yet, the survey is here: raheem.ai/en/ca/oakland/… #oakmtg
Oh wow! 446 people have responded so far! Good job team! #oakmtg
There are 8 advisory committees, including: APTP, east oak collective, ella baker, courage, missy, Centro de la raza, I missed 2 more. Chairs are James Birch (APTP) and Alyssa Victory (ACLU). #oakmtg
10 canvassers will go around with N95 masks and tablets to record survey responses. Target audiences for survey: 1. those impacted by pol violence, 2. transfolk, 3. folks with disabilities, 4. the unsheltered #oakmtg
You can email them at hello@raheem.org #oakmtg
Saleem Bey calls out the hypocrisy of firing Harris after appreciating her. He's mad that he got pushed out of Oakland and can't comment on use of force after what sounds like negative interactions with OPD. #oakmtg
Assata Olugbata says she doesn't want to fill out a survey, she just wants action to be taken. #oakmtg
Good points brought up about people leaving Oakland in part due to safety concerns. Better questions requested. Privacy and confidentiality around sensitive questions asked, e.g. birthday, phone number, etc. #oakmtg
Manheimer's report. Says every time there is police violence, they are all painted by that broad brush. "A painful moment that we absorb and understand." She denounces this and all incidents of police brutality. #oakmtg
Crime stats--"we continue to be plagued by gun violence." In August 14 people were killed. Says there are different strategies to lessen their footprint. Talks about OPD Cares. #oakmtg
She says OPD Cares will portray them in a different light. What about this bizarre tweet from the other day? #oakmtg
WHAT Manheimer was supposed to talk about the demonstrations last night but she said she wouldn't because "It's a late night already." Girl, it is only 8 PM. We are here to dissect your BS. Was there tear gas or not? #oakmtg
Manheimer talks about the Department of Violence Prevention. They are growing, taking on MACRO, she thinks he should give a presentation on a Police Commission meeting. Chief Jackson says they should be serving on the front lines already, asks Manheimer to facilitate. #oakmtg
This is what I asked:
Sorry guys, I spaced out and needed to eat some pizza for a while and have missed the entirety of agenda item 4. #oakmtg
I haven't seen anyone comment on this yet, but Chair Jackson's Zoom profile pic is pretty great #oakmtg
Back to the action... I need to thread people's observations so I can follow wtf is going on later when I use this as my notes. #ADHDlife #oakmtg
Anyone know where this PPT is in the agenda? When I opened the attachment it was a normal Word doc converted to PDF. #oakmtg
I'm just gonna copy and paste the slides then. #oakmtg
Chair Jackson asks who Manheimer gets directives on using force. "So you don't report out 'we're going to use tear gas or use mutual aid'", you just do it and then say later that you did it?" Says in consultation with City Administrator and the Mayor. #oakmtg
Jackson says she will recommend once again an external party to analyze OPD's actions in protests. Manheimer says all the reporting comes from multiple sources including thousands of hours of bodycam footage, and there will be a drill-down analysis on all of it. #oakmtg
"That will be coming but will take more time" Jackson is lost, who is the external-internal investigator? There's an internal investigator for individual officer incidents. Since this is department-wide, she will bring in an outside investigator parallel to CPRA #oakmtg
Jackson: Who is that? We hire an independent external investigator. Sounds like she said Rick Brazil? #oakmtg, let's do our thing and figure out who this dude is lol
Got him. sacbee.com/news/local/cri… #oakmtg
More updates -- Manheimer is arguing with Jim Channin. #oakmtg
UGH we are going to miss @GinaleHarris. Paraphrasing, "This is why the fox shouldn't oversee the henhouse." We need to make sure he's not in bed with the City of Oakland or the police department. We don't know enough about this man. What will we do when she leaves? #oakmtg
Manheimer gives her sob story about not being able to receive mutual aid. Dorado: OPD will need to make do with what it's got then. "The price is that we don't have the brutality... that's just what you've got to do." #oakmtg
The Judge asks for clarification as to whether mutual aid comes from the Sheriff's office or other jurisdictions. For those who don't know, it's both, coordinated through the Sheriff's office. Says they want to "maim and injure" and we hear an audible gasp from Manheimer. #oakmtg
Judge describes other police departments as throwing hissy fits for not being allowed to use tear gas. Manheimer says the other depts feel bad they can't come to our aid and also that we can't go to them because they want our help. #oakmtg
@meganasteffen asks why we can't get help from Berkeley, MH says they don't feel comfortable coming and they are trying to get tear gas back for themselves. Wtf. #oakmtg
Crashing so hard right now, team. Jasmine is asking a great series of questions about why police pushed protestors into residential areas. #oakmtg
"We were trying to contain them, they decided to run into the residential area." Claims these were very different tactics this time, and they will review them and apply different strategy for tonight/tomorrow. #oakmtg
Commission votes to reject Manheimer's report. #oakmtg
Apparently Council Members Taylor and Bas have been on this entire time. I am falling asleep. #oakmtg
Comm Jordan gives us some much-needed character development and exposition about his past: formerly incarcerated, comes from a family of incarcerated people, lives in D6, is a caseworker. Not sure why he is pitching himself but it's helpful color as he rarely speaks #oakmtg
Well crew, the meeting has been extended but my bedtime has not. Good night! #oakmtg
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