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"At 4:45PM on September 20th, a police officer shot and killed a man on the street in North Oakland. Gary King, Jr., age 20, had just exited a store on the corner of 54th street and MLK. Apparently an Oakland police sergeant approached him for questioning. The details of what happened next are unclear, but it seems that it involved the officer using a taser. King pulled away and it appears that during his attempt to flee, the officer shot him twice in the back.
A swarm of police cars (including helicopters) arrived on the scene very quickly, but it was a number of minutes before an ambulance arrived. In the meantime, one officer appeared to be performing CPR. Gary King reportedly died at the hospital a short time later. Police on the scene dealt somewhat roughly with bystanders, including relatives of Mr King.
Someone spray-painted "Police did this" on one of the BART support columns on MLK at 54th. A memorial with candles and personal items is set up at the place where the shooting occurred. On Monday, September 24th, over 100 family, friends, neighbors and other concerned people protested at Oakland City Hall against the murder of Gary King. Gary's family is determined to continue to fight for Justice for Gary. There will a protest every Thursday at 12 noon at Oakland City Hall.
This is the third time this year that the Oakland police have fatally shot someone. The Oakland police sergeant who shot Gary King was involved in two previous shootings in recent years, one of them fatal."
There's at least a dozen other examples I could pull up from the last 3 years but its too depressing... the amount of incompetency in the OPD is as criminal as anything that happens on International Blvd or San Pablo Ave at 2 in the morning.
worse police got to be in long branch, new jersey. with 7 murders in 5 days, its got to be the worse. police do not do there jobs at all. just don't care. good luck if you live in jeresy
Lol, I can't speak on Long Branh's police force- Bbut 7 murders in 5 days!?...... Long Branch!?!?! HAHAHHAH
"At 4:45PM on September 20th, a police officer shot and killed a man on the street in North Oakland. Gary King, Jr., age 20, had just exited a store on the corner of 54th street and MLK. Apparently an Oakland police sergeant approached him for questioning. The details of what happened next are unclear, but it seems that it involved the officer using a taser. King pulled away and it appears that during his attempt to flee, the officer shot him twice in the back.
A swarm of police cars (including helicopters) arrived on the scene very quickly, but it was a number of minutes before an ambulance arrived. In the meantime, one officer appeared to be performing CPR. Gary King reportedly died at the hospital a short time later. Police on the scene dealt somewhat roughly with bystanders, including relatives of Mr King.
Someone spray-painted "Police did this" on one of the BART support columns on MLK at 54th. A memorial with candles and personal items is set up at the place where the shooting occurred. On Monday, September 24th, over 100 family, friends, neighbors and other concerned people protested at Oakland City Hall against the murder of Gary King. Gary's family is determined to continue to fight for Justice for Gary. There will a protest every Thursday at 12 noon at Oakland City Hall.
This is the third time this year that the Oakland police have fatally shot someone. The Oakland police sergeant who shot Gary King was involved in two previous shootings in recent years, one of them fatal."
There's at least a dozen other examples I could pull up from the last 3 years but its too depressing... the amount of incompetency in the OPD is as criminal as anything that happens on International Blvd or San Pablo Ave at 2 in the morning.
Black people shoot black people for sport, in Oakland.
Oakland is a thugtastic city, it's no surprise there are lots of police shootings. That's like saying the police in Woodside aren't racist, 'cause they never shoot black people!
California's police are probably some of the best in the country, most rigorous training, and higher standards.
Clearly y'all haven't been down south, where starting pay for a cop can be 13 bucks an hour... Oh, and no unions, when the new sheriff comes in, he can bring in his buddies.
LAPD is actually pretty impressive, they have one of the smallest police forces per capita in the nation. 11 cops covering areas the size of Boston sometimes.
Black people shoot black people for sport, in Oakland.
Oakland is a thugtastic city, it's no surprise there are lots of police shootings. That's like saying the police in Woodside aren't racist, 'cause they never shoot black people!
Talk about pissing on the victims of OPD violence's graves... neither Oscar Grant, nor Gary King, nor Derrik Jones were "armed and dangerous". These police are shooting these black men for the hell of it...
the worst police in usa its The Detroit Police Department when you need them you call thay say thay ganna send some body but no body show not just one time every time you call but if its about ticket thay show on same time cus its about money thay dont care about ppl thay get killed iused to live in detroit idid take my family and move to warren thay has the best cops when you call thay be there in one minute ifeel sorry for who live in detroit all the detroit police thay should get laid off from there job cus thay get pay for nothing where is the law.
NOPD, most murders go unsolved. Most crimes go unsolved. Probably about 50% of cops are dirty.
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