A federal judge has ordered Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker to turn over documents to a court-appointed official who is investigating why the city is losing many arbitration cases filed by officers who have been disciplined for alleged wrongdoing.

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In 2003, Henderson approved the settlement of a police misconduct lawsuit that requires Oakland police to implement 51 reforms in a variety of areas.

The suit was filed by 119 Oakland citizens who alleged that four officers known as the “Riders” beat them, made false arrests and planted evidence on them in 2000 while they were part of a police operation that was trying to crack down on drug dealers in West Oakland.

Criminal charges were filed against three of the officers but they weren’t convicted of any charges in two lengthy and highly-publicized trials. The fourth officer fled the country before he could be prosecuted.

The court-mandated reforms include improved investigation of citizen complaints, better training of officers and increased field supervision.

In August, Henderson ordered an investigation into why independent arbitrators have often overturned discipline that been imposed against Oakland police officers, saying, “Any reversal of appropriate discipline undermines the very objectives” of the reform program.

Henderson said those objectives including promoting police integrity, preventing police conduct that deprives people of their rights and having the best available police practices and procedures.

Warshaw said in a report in July that Oakland was closer than ever to completing the court-mandated reforms.

An auxiliary officer with the Fairview Park Police Department, who had written that black people should be “exterminated,” resigned from the force last week.

The Cleveland Scene first reported that Aaron McNamara had a position as a volunteer officer as he finished his college degree and prepared for a full-time job on the force. But those plans were derailed when comments he had made on the Internet over the last two years came to light.

According to the Scene, McNamara like to hang out in the YouTube comment area, where he was caught “regularly dropping racial and gay slurs, unambiguously expressing hatred towards minorities and anyone who dare not comply with what police say.”

An auxiliary officer with the Fairview Park Police Department, who had written that black people should be “exterminated,” resigned from the force last week.

The Cleveland Scene first reported that Aaron McNamara had a position as a volunteer officer as he finished his college degree and prepared for a full-time job on the force. But those plans were derailed when comments he had made on the Internet over the last two years came to light.

According to the Scene, McNamara like to hang out in the YouTube comment area, where he was caught “regularly dropping racial and gay slurs, unambiguously expressing hatred towards minorities and anyone who dare not comply with what police say.”


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“Abolishing slavery was the worst thing we could have done,” McNamara opined. “These people should be exterminated.. Unbelievable.”

They went to the 35th District where my neighbor is being held. He was released without any charges against him.

In April of 2012, officers shot 35-year-old Danny Gonzales. Antioch police claimed Gonzales fired first. ABC7 New has obtained police video and internal reports that show Gonzales never fired a shot.

There's no argument that Danny Gonzales was heavily intoxicated when he called a friend and threatened to kill police. What's being disputed now that police helicopter video has emerged is how it all happened.

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She hired an attorney who obtained police helicopter video of Danny Gonzales walking out of his home holding a handgun. He was already surrounded by Antioch SWAT officers. It's not clear what startled him, but police believed he fired first. They returned fire with nearly 60 rounds that killed Danny Gonzales. He was shot in the back twice.

"One of the officers was overly excited and fired a shot as soon as he came out and that led other officers to believe shots were fired and it was just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom," said Rob Cartwright, the plaintiff's attorney.

Attorneys for Gonzales' widow say a video proves he never fired a shot. A forensic analysis found that his gun was still on safety.

As GeekWire reports, about 80 people—including developers, community members, and law enforcement agents—attended the Seattle Police hackathon. The goal was to work on techniques for redacting things captured in streamed dashboard or body cam video such as people's faces or license plate numbers. The hackathon was specifically looking to address these topics as they relate to Washington’s privacy laws, but the work could be relevant all over the country.

Chicago Police beat two men and cover up the attack at Arturo's Tacos, February 7, 2010. Matthew Clark and Gregory Malandrucco, two friends from University of Chicago doctorate programs, are violently assaulted in a vicious, calculated attack at the hands of plainclothes police officers. Uniformed Chicago police officers arrive during the assault, beat one of the assault victims, join in the attack with plainclothes assailants, cover up the attack, allow the assailants to leave the scene, and then proceed themselves to leave the assault victims concussed and bleeding at the scene.

The uniformed Chicago officers who arrive on the scene are alleged to have a personal relationship with the three plainclothes police officers. Uniformed officers walk the plainclothes officers to their car, where together they have a conversation lasting a minute. Uniformed officers then usher the plainclothes officers to their car and let them leave the scene of their crime.

Clark and Malandrucco plead with the uniformed officers -- Brian Postrelko, Michael Torres, and Nelson Crespo -- to make arrests and call for an ambulance. Instead, the uniformed officers say, "Just go home and forget it ever happened." Uniformed officers then drive off, leaving Clark and Malandrucco concussed and covered in blood in the Arturo's parking lot.

There is a $10,000 REWARD for information that leads to the naming of the plainclothes police officers in the Federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago. Individuals with information should call the tip-line:

1-800-621-3908

Anderson worked in the Queens and Brooklyn South narcotics squads and was called to the stand at Arbeeny's bench trial to show the illegal conduct wasn't limited to a single squad.

"Did you observe with some frequency this ... practice which is taking someone who was seemingly not guilty of a crime and laying the drugs on them?" Justice Gustin Reichbach asked Anderson.

"Yes, multiple times," he replied.