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Based in Arlington, Virginia, the nonprofit group cites the district’s Latino men and boys program, a Latinx mentoring and achievement program, professional development to help preschool teachers support the development of boys of color, and various other programs designed to support students of color. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group, founded in 2021 to fight what it sees a “political bias” in the nation’s public schools and backed by major conservative philanthropies, is asking the Department of Education to open a civil rights investigation into OUSD for violating Title VI, which prohibits racial discrimination; Title IX, prohibiting sex discrimination; and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Castlemont High School in Oakland on Dec. 5, 2025. 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Based in Arlington, Virginia, the nonprofit group cites the district’s Latino men and boys program, a Latinx mentoring and achievement program, professional development to help preschool teachers support the development of boys of color, and various other programs designed to support students of color. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group, founded in 2021 to fight what it sees a “political bias” in the nation’s public schools and backed by major conservative philanthropies, is asking the Department of Education to open a civil rights investigation into OUSD for violating Title VI, which prohibits racial discrimination; Title IX, prohibiting sex discrimination; and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-OUSDVIOLENCEINTERRUPTER-37-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Castlemont High School in Oakland on Dec. 5, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In a ham-fisted attempt to guarantee student ‘equity’ outcomes, Oakland USD has sponsored a multitude of programs geared toward only one race or sex in violation of federal law,” Sarah Parshall Perry, Defending Education’s vice president and senior legal fellow, said in a statement. “Cash stipends, tutoring assistance, wellness programs and food and housing benefits for only one group of students, to the exclusion of others, are just the tip of the iceberg in one of California’s largest school districts.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>OUSD did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In Oakland Unified, about 33% of students meet grade level standards in reading and 27% in math. For Latino students, that number is far lower — 22% are proficient in reading and 15% in math — as is it for Black students — at 21% and 13%, respectively, according to state standardized tests. 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The Latinx mentoring program grew out of the Latino men and boys program, which expanded to include girls and nonbinary youth in 2019. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Unity Council declined to comment on the complaint.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Those programs and others are hallmarks of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/equity\">OUSD’s Office of Equity\u003c/a>, which was established in 2016 to address persistent racial inequities in academic achievement in Oakland schools. The office has programs supporting African American, Arab American, Pacific Islander and Latino students. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Race-neutral approaches are not sufficient to repair the damage that’s come as a result of a long history of race-based discrimination, exclusion and miseducation — in our nation as well as inside of Oakland Unified School District,” a \u003ca href=\"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1756410916/ousdorg/fhzostizel2h0hkk1zcs/OUSD-Office-of-Equity-ImpactReport-WEB.pdf\">2025 report\u003c/a> from the Office of Equity found. “In order to heal past harms and close gaps in access and opportunity — which lead to gaps in academic outcomes — we must take intentional, tailored, targeted measures.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The programs have shown extraordinary impact. In January 2024, for example, 78% of students in OUSD’s \u003ca href=\"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1736276490/ousdorg/nlioddpcvbcqtunukugr/OUSDOfficeofEquity-FactSheet-LSA.pdf\">Latino student achievement programs\u003c/a> had attendance rates of 95% or higher, compared with 39% of Latino students overall. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12042892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Oakland Unified School District Board listens to public comment during a meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland, California, on Dec. 11, 2024. 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That’s really been sitting with me throughout this case,” said Renee Coe, who filmed police in riot gear breaking up the June block party when she was arrested. “It’s not really about these individual charges against us, but just the fact that the city is choosing to attack queer people during Pride weekend, while [it] advertises itself as a sanctuary.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12099746\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05-1536x1042.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Patrons of The Stud Bar mingle outside. 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That’s really been sitting with me throughout this case,” said Renee Coe, who filmed police in riot gear breaking up the June block party when she was arrested. “It’s not really about these individual charges against us, but just the fact that the city is choosing to attack queer people during Pride weekend, while [it] advertises itself as a sanctuary.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12099746\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/160719_The-Stud-Bar_bhs05-1536x1042.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Patrons of The Stud Bar mingle outside. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>The family of Tammy Annette Manzanilla, a woman who died after recently being held in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/marin-county\">Marin County\u003c/a> Jail, said they’re proceeding with a wrongful death lawsuit against the county. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The lawsuit will be filed,” said Manzanilla’s sister Amy Barry of Oakhurst, addressing the county’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “You’ll be hearing a lot from me.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Barry isn’t hopeful she’ll hear back from the county’s counsel, who she said has not addressed the tort claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — that an attorney filed on behalf of her family in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On April 8, the Central Marin Police Authority arrested Manzanilla and booked her into the Marin County Jail. Her family claimed she was held for 19 hours in a sobering cell while jail staff ignored her worsening health condition and only released her to a nearby hospital to avoid the public reporting and accountability that comes following an in-custody death. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Because they quickly released her, technically, she was not in their custody,” Barry said in an interview with KQED. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098692\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tammy Manzanilla’s sister, Amy Barry, right, and son, Angel Miniaci, second from right, sit with family members who also lost a loved one after they were in police custody during the Sept. 8, 2026, meeting of the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Barry told supervisors her family plans to file a formal lawsuit regarding Manzanilla’s April 11, 2026, death. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Manzanilla was in her mid-50s when she died. Her family said she struggled with addiction and had been homeless in Marin County for the last 15 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Barry believes that the sheriff’s office chose to cite and release Manzanilla to a hospital only after they realized she was dying to avoid having to classify it as an in-custody death. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In California, law enforcement agencies have to disclose certain information about in-custody deaths, such as the time and place of the incident and the person’s age and race. (For example, Marin County did that for an in-custody death of a 66-year-old white man on June 12, but not in Manzanilla’s case.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Barry was joined at the meeting by family members whose loved ones died under similar circumstances in Bay Area jails and interactions with law enforcement agencies. They say they’re “part of the club that no one wants to be a part of” as they seek justice for their families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“What happened to Tammy is similar in so many ways because basic respect and basic policies were not followed,” said Robert Collins, the father of Angelo Quinto, who was killed by Antioch police in December 2020, during the news conference outside the jail on Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In Quinto’s case, officers responded to a mental health call and knelt on Quinto’s neck for nearly five minutes, according to a civil rights lawsuit his family filed after his death. Quinto died at a hospital three days later. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Antioch did not make a public statement following Quinto’s death, as required by state law for in-custody deaths. The city of Antioch \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986351/family-of-man-suffocated-by-antioch-police-restraint-to-get-7-5-million-settlement\">settled the Quinto family’s lawsuit\u003c/a> for $7.5 million in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Marin County has not publicly released any information regarding Manzanilla’s death. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Responding to a request from KQED, Roger Fielding, chief deputy of Marin County’s coroner division, said the county’s counsel would review what could be shared publicly “due to the sensitive nature of this death investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to a redacted incident report obtained by KQED, Manzanilla was booked into the Marin County Jail at 1:30 p.m. on April 8 on suspicion of public intoxication and other misdemeanors. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Deputy Keira Oliver noted in her report that the inmate — whom the family said is Manzanilla — was “very intoxicated” and placed into a cell for observation where she “had been yelling and making nonsensical statements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The next day at 8:15 a.m., Oliver and Deputy Taylor Del Santo got Manzanilla out of her cell. According to the report, she was able to walk out of the cell on her own, but soon had difficulty standing on her own during the fingerprinting and mugshot process. Deputies noted she “dropped her weight and fell to the floor” and needed a wheelchair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098691\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Family members of Tammy Manzanilla held a press conference outside the Marin County Civic Center on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. They were joined by family members of other Bay Area residents who have died after being in police custody. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Within 15 minutes, a nurse checked Manzanilla’s eyes and indicated that she needed medical attention, according to the report. It goes on to show that deputies placed her on the ground on her side and gave her oxygen while waiting for the fire department to respond and address her medical issues. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“She was sitting in that jail cell, dying,” Barry said. “There was a cascade of events occurring inside of her body that there was no coming back from. It was that point of no return by the time she got to the hospital.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The report states that Manzanilla was cited and released to MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae at 8:30 a.m. on April 9. Her family said that Manzanilla died on April 11 after her liver and her kidneys shut down.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Court records show that the Marin County District Attorney’s Office filed charges of disorderly conduct, possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation against Manzanilla four days after she died. A judge dismissed her case on May 1. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Like most of California’s counties, Marin County’s elected sheriff is also its coroner. This system has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/04/608511061/in-california-critics-say-sheriff-coroner-gig-is-a-conflict-of-interest\">been under scrutiny for years\u003c/a>, especially with in-custody or officer-involved deaths, as the sheriff operates the jails and then oversees investigations into those deaths. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In this case, Marin County did the investigation, which is definitely a conflict of interest, because I don’t feel like they’re doing an honest job,” Barry said. “They can say whatever. They said her death was accidental.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>County leaders have previously offered condolences to the family but have said they won’t comment on anticipated litigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I just want them to say, ‘Hey, yeah, we screwed up. 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Her family claimed she was held for 19 hours in a sobering cell while jail staff ignored her worsening health condition and only released her to a nearby hospital to avoid the public reporting and accountability that comes following an in-custody death. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Because they quickly released her, technically, she was not in their custody,” Barry said in an interview with KQED. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098692\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla5-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tammy Manzanilla’s sister, Amy Barry, right, and son, Angel Miniaci, second from right, sit with family members who also lost a loved one after they were in police custody during the Sept. 8, 2026, meeting of the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Barry told supervisors her family plans to file a formal lawsuit regarding Manzanilla’s April 11, 2026, death. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Manzanilla was in her mid-50s when she died. Her family said she struggled with addiction and had been homeless in Marin County for the last 15 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Barry believes that the sheriff’s office chose to cite and release Manzanilla to a hospital only after they realized she was dying to avoid having to classify it as an in-custody death. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In California, law enforcement agencies have to disclose certain information about in-custody deaths, such as the time and place of the incident and the person’s age and race. 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Quinto died at a hospital three days later. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Antioch did not make a public statement following Quinto’s death, as required by state law for in-custody deaths. The city of Antioch \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986351/family-of-man-suffocated-by-antioch-police-restraint-to-get-7-5-million-settlement\">settled the Quinto family’s lawsuit\u003c/a> for $7.5 million in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Marin County has not publicly released any information regarding Manzanilla’s death. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Responding to a request from KQED, Roger Fielding, chief deputy of Marin County’s coroner division, said the county’s counsel would review what could be shared publicly “due to the sensitive nature of this death investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to a redacted incident report obtained by KQED, Manzanilla was booked into the Marin County Jail at 1:30 p.m. on April 8 on suspicion of public intoxication and other misdemeanors. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Deputy Keira Oliver noted in her report that the inmate — whom the family said is Manzanilla — was “very intoxicated” and placed into a cell for observation where she “had been yelling and making nonsensical statements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The next day at 8:15 a.m., Oliver and Deputy Taylor Del Santo got Manzanilla out of her cell. According to the report, she was able to walk out of the cell on her own, but soon had difficulty standing on her own during the fingerprinting and mugshot process. Deputies noted she “dropped her weight and fell to the floor” and needed a wheelchair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098691\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/TammyManzanilla3-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Family members of Tammy Manzanilla held a press conference outside the Marin County Civic Center on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. They were joined by family members of other Bay Area residents who have died after being in police custody. 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Clothes found with Perillo at the time of his arrest also matched the outfit of the person on the yellow bike, Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Having joined the case in July after a previous lawyer declared a conflict of interest, Taylor said she pointed out these issues in a meeting with Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Edward Vieira-Ducey. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prosecutors in return offered Perillo a plea deal of felony assault and credit for time served, Taylor said, meaning his incarceration could end if he pleaded guilty to a less severe charge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It would only make sense for them to make that kind of offer if they had a clue that they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office repeated their offer numerous times, Taylor said, including on Aug. 31 — the day that both sides were in court to begin scheduling the trial. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor declined, and they dismissed the case the same day, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, district attorney’s offices are like a dog with a bone,” Taylor said. “Even if the bone is rotten and poisonous, they hang onto the bone because they don’t know anything else. … They’re still banking on getting something from an innocent person to wrap up a case.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was released from Santa Rita Jail that same night, two years and a day after Perez’s death. 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(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White spoke to KQED on Perillo’s behalf, citing his mental illness challenges and recent hardships. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was assaulted numerous times while in jail. She recalled visiting him and seeing bruises and cuts around his face or blood coming out of his ear. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In June of 2025, he asked me to no longer come to visit him because I would sit there and cry the entire time because I saw what was happening to him physically,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Desperate for help, White reached out to Brandon Owen, a friend and Republican candidate for state Assembly with a law enforcement background as a game warden for the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As part of an independent investigation, Owen and two others traveled to Oakland in June 2026 to talk to people near the encampment where Perillo stayed. 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In a press release the family says they are considering legal action. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Perillo’s mother, Christy White, said the period of incarceration traumatized her 47-year-old son, who was unhoused and struggling with mental illness at the time of his arrest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I cannot tell you the relief that I had,” White said. “All the trauma that my son has gone through, and that he stuck with it, and I always knew he was innocent.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oakland police arrested Perillo in September 2024, alleging that he was one of two people who chased Perez and then beat him to death with a bike and a mallet. Police told \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/09/11/oakland-man-charged-in-fatal-beating-where-bicycle-was-used-as-a-weapon/\">local news outlets\u003c/a> at the time that surveillance footage and eyewitnesses helped them identify Perillo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01516-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy White shows a photo of her son Michael Perillo, at Castle Oaks Club House in Ione, California, on Sept. 5, 2026. Perillo was released from jail last week, two years after he was charged with a murder in Oakland’s Chinatown. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Perillo’s lawyer, Tamani Taylor, said the prosecution’s case rested largely on the testimony of one man, Earl Pratt. Pratt, who was a part of the same unhoused community as Perillo, identified him to police using stills from the surveillance video. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During a February preliminary hearing, Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Stevens noted Pratt was “all over the map,” as the witness went off on tangents and gave confusing answers on the stand, records show. Pratt also provided conflicting information when asked to identify photos from the crime. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“To me, he made absolutely no sense at all, and he lacked all credibility,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor suggested that the same footage could have cleared Perillo: A man in completely different clothes from the attackers could be seen on a yellow bike, which Perillo was known to ride, minutes before and after the attack on nearby streets. Clothes found with Perillo at the time of his arrest also matched the outfit of the person on the yellow bike, Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Having joined the case in July after a previous lawyer declared a conflict of interest, Taylor said she pointed out these issues in a meeting with Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Edward Vieira-Ducey. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prosecutors in return offered Perillo a plea deal of felony assault and credit for time served, Taylor said, meaning his incarceration could end if he pleaded guilty to a less severe charge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It would only make sense for them to make that kind of offer if they had a clue that they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Taylor said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office repeated their offer numerous times, Taylor said, including on Aug. 31 — the day that both sides were in court to begin scheduling the trial. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Taylor declined, and they dismissed the case the same day, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, district attorney’s offices are like a dog with a bone,” Taylor said. “Even if the bone is rotten and poisonous, they hang onto the bone because they don’t know anything else. … They’re still banking on getting something from an innocent person to wrap up a case.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>White said her son was released from Santa Rita Jail that same night, two years and a day after Perez’s death. He went home with his parents to their home in Ione, in Amador County.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The first night he slept out on our patio; he just felt like he couldn’t be in a bedroom,” White said. “It made me really sad because he’s been traumatized. He wanted to be out and breathe fresh air.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260905-insufficientevidence-TV01498-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christy White (left), Michael Perillo’s mother, and Brandon Owen (right), a friend of the family, pose for a portrait together at Castle Oaks Club House in Ione, California, on Sept. 5, 2026. 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Within three hours, they met and spoke with several residents, including Pratt, the key witness for the prosecution who had identified Perillo in the footage. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098299\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/20250319_AlamedaCourthouse_GC-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland, California, on March 19, 2025. 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