Oakland Police Department has been a bad legend for many years. And has been under a court ordered monitor for many years (since 2003).
We like to think that our police department is made up of heroes. That when we need them they will be there to protect and defend us. But the Black community and the Latino communities know very well there is a dark side. DWB (Driving while black) has been a justifiable reason for cops to stop a car and search it. And cops are arrogant and hostile to those within those communities.
I live in a mixed neighborhood. I firmly believe that cops carry a bag of dope around with them so that they can plant it on people they don't like. I firmly believe that they stop and detain and even arrest blacks every day with very little reason and do so with impunity. I see them do it. My cops are angels compared to OPD.
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