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We Demand the Truth: OPD Killed Again @ OPD HQ

Jul 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

On Monday, July 13, Oakland police killed another man in East Oakland. This was the third killing by OPD this year, and right now there are more questions than answers.

OPD’s story has already shifted. First, officials said the man lunged at officers. Then they said he attacked officers. Now OPD is saying the man had a bladed object. But they also said no officers or bystanders were injured. The public has still not been told whether this man posed an immediate deadly threat that justified police killing him.

This screams cover-up.

Initial reporting also says the encounter began with a California Highway Patrol pursuit before OPD was called in. That raises urgent questions: Why is CHP still chasing people through Oakland streets after the CHP pursuit that killed Dr. Marvin Boomer? Why was CHP near an unhoused encampment? Were they called in, or were they targeting and harassing unhoused community members? Was MACRO or any non-police crisis response called to de-escalate?

Oakland deserves answers. The family deserves the truth. And our communities deserve more than vague police statements and carefully crafted talking points.

We are calling on our base, partners, and community members to join us this Friday.

Press Conference & Rally: We Demand the Truth
Friday, July 17, 2026
10:00 AM
Oakland Police Department Headquarters
455 7th St., Oakland, CA 94607

We demand the immediate release of:

The full timeline
Body-worn camera footage
Dispatch audio
All information related to what led to this man’s death

OPD has been under federal monitoring for more than 20 years because of a documented history of brutality, corruption, and scandal. Now that federal oversight is scheduled to end, OPD has killed another person in our community. That is not accountability. That is not a department ready to police itself.

We need all hands on deck. Bring your people. Bring signs. Show up for the family, for the community, and for the truth.

Transparency, not cover-ups.

Accountability, not business as usual.

In Solidarity,

Cat Brooks and the APTP Crew

www.antipoliceterrorproject.org

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About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.