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Oakland Police Department federal oversight ends after 23 years

Oakland Police Department federal oversight ends after 23 years
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After 23 years, federal court oversight of the Oakland Police Department has come to an end. Civil rights attorney John Burris, one of the plaintiffs who filed the landmark lawsuit in 2000, said that “although the department did not fully comply with every required task, he supports the judge’s d...

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