On today’s program we speak with Alicia one of the protesters from the Bay Area Bridge shut down. And later we hear from organizers gathered at the homes of Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf, Police Chief Sean Whent and San Francisco’s Police Chief Greg Suhr to protest the accelerated expulsion of Black and Brown people from … Continued
This weekend the radical legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King is inspiring actions across the country in honor of Dr. King’s birthday. We talk with Bill Fletcher Jr. ALSO: Planned Parenthood is suing the makers of the heavily-edited videos that have fueled the most recent attempts to kill the organization. PLUS: a young Bay Area … Continued
Thursday, December 24th, at 11am, the Justice For Mario Woods Coalition held a press conference to demand that San Francisco Mayor Lee fire Chief Suhr and hold officers involved in the execution of Mario Woods accountable. Mr. Woods was a 26 year-old Black man executed by SFPD on December 2, 2015 in San Francisco’s Bayview … Continued
OPD Shooting Nathaniel Wilks. That’s the name of the 24-year-old black man who was shot and killed by Oakland Police Officers this Wednesday at the intersection of 27th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland. The shooting took place after police chased him across town by car. Wilks crashed his car, and from there … Continued
