Social rights activists and attorneys announced a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday, calling on the city to ban the use of tear gas, flash-bang grenades, wooden and rubber bullets and other weapons, but also calls upon the city to defund the police.
The lawsuit specifically focuses on the Black Lives Matter protest from May 29 and June 3 and in particular the use-of-force that police used targeted at peaceful students who marched into downtown Oakland last week. Do you agree with this lawsuit? Read more here.
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