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"content": "\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area has a long history of protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you plan on attending a rally yourself, on any cause, how can you stay safe? What \u003cem>are\u003c/em> your rights as a protester?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#start\">Tips on what to have ready before going to a protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If this is the first time you or your friends have gone to a protest, make sure to bookmark this guide, as our team frequently updates it with new information. We also have a \u003ca href=\"#immigrantrights\">new section on what your rights are if you are a not a U.S. citizen and plan to attend to a protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: If you’re unable to join a rally or protest in person for whatever reason but want to make your stance on an issue known, you always have the option to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">contact your elected officials to express your opinions\u003c/a>. For more information on what “call your reps” actually means, how to do it, and what to expect as a result, read our explainer: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">How Can I Call My Representative? A Step-by-Step Guide to the Process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013354\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd gathers for a candlelight vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2024, organized by the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club for the community to come together post-election. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"start\">\u003c/a>Have a plan — and then a backup plan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s a lot you can do before a protest in terms of logistics and planning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Travel with friends\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choose a meeting place beforehand in the event you get separated. You may also want to designate a friend who is not at the protest as someone you can check in with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charge your phone. However, some activist groups also recommend taking digital security measures, such as disabling the fingerprint unlock feature to prevent a police officer from forcing you to unlock the phone. Others also recommend turning off text preview on messages and using a more secure messaging app, such as Signal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, make sure that you can function without a phone. Consider writing down important phone numbers and keeping them with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Research the intended protest route if possible\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This may be confusing since there’s not always a clearly stated route (a protest is, of course, not a parade), but some rallies do have preplanned routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By knowing where the protest is headed, you will be able to plan how you might \u003ca href=\"https://netpol.org/guide-to-kettles/\">avoid being caught in a “kettle”\u003c/a> or other containment method — and be able to leave when you are ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11965032\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11965032 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman stands in front of a high school building. She looks away from the camera and has the Palestinian flag painted on her rigth cheek.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deena, a high school student, participates in a walkout to demand a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know who is organizing the protest\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s worth doing some research on the people and groups behind any protest you plan to attend to make sure it’s in alignment with your values and objectives. During certain Black Lives Matter protests in San Diego in June 2020, for instance, organizers warned demonstrators to avoid specific events they said likely had been surreptitiously coordinated by white nationalist groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pack a small bag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring only essentials such as water, snacks, hand sanitizer and an extra phone charger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The active component in tear gas adheres to moisture on your face. So it’s also a good idea to pack an extra N95, surgical mask or face covering in case you are exposed to tear gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people \u003ca href=\"https://lifehacker.com/how-to-protest-safely-and-legally-5859590\">recommend bringing basic medical supplies and a bandana soaked in vinegar\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/tear-gas-guide/\">in water in a sealed plastic bag\u003c/a> in case there is tear gas. Others recommend a small bottle of water — or even better, a squirt bottle — to pour on your face and eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you get tear-gassed, it is often recommended to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Close your eyes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hold your breath.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Get out of the area as soon as possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rinse your eyes when possible (ideally using what you have packed with you).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Know your rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You are entitled to free speech and freedom of assembly. However, your rights can be unclear during curfews and shelter-in-place orders. The American Civil Liberties Union has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights/#i-want-to-take-pictures-or-shoot-video-at-a-protest\">detailed guide to your rights as a protester or a protest organizer\u003c/a>. Notably, when police issue an order to disperse, it is meant to be the last resort for law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If officers issue a dispersal order, they must provide a reasonable opportunity to comply, including sufficient time and a clear, unobstructed exit path,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights/#i-want-to-take-pictures-or-shoot-video-at-a-protest\">according to the ACLU\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">Read our guide to your rights as a spectator.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are photographing others, it is recommended to respect privacy, as some may not want to have videos or photos taken. This may also depend on context, location and time of day. In some cases journalists, or those documenting events, have been the target of tear gas and rubber bullets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The First Amendment gives you the right to film police who are actively performing their duties, and bystander videos can provide important counternarratives to official accounts. Read our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">guide to filming encounters with the police safely and ethically\u003c/a> and where to share your footage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional information can be found from the ACLU and the National Lawyers Guild — the NLG has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlg.org/know-your-rights/\">pocket-sized know-your-rights guides\u003c/a> in multiple languages. Writing the number for the NLG hotline (and other important numbers such as emergency contacts) on your arm in case you lose your phone or have it confiscated is another suggested way to ensure you have it — should you need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11958935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd with signs gathers in front of a large stone building. A line of police officers stands nearby.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters, counter-protesters, and SFPD are seen at a rally in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The court is hearing arguments for the city’s appeal of an injunction filed by the Coalition on Homelessness, which has temporarily kept city workers from removing encampments on the streets. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be aware of your surroundings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first few days of George Floyd protests in the Bay Area in June 2020, there were fireworks, fires, rubber bullets, tear gas, flash-bangs and even some gunshots. Being aware of your surroundings includes having an understanding of what possible actions may occur around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Know the possible law enforcement ramifications of attending a protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In April 2024, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">she was considering charging a group of pro-Palestinian protesters\u003c/a> with a felony for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">blocking Bay Area freeways\u003c/a>. People who were stuck in traffic on the bridge, Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">wrote on X\u003c/a>, “may be entitled to restitution + have other victim rights guaranteed under Marsy’s law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/sf-judge-dismisses-majority-charges-pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-back-april/15582777/\">a judge dismissed most of the charges later that year\u003c/a>, and the agency that operates the Golden Gate Bridge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063531/golden-gate-bridge-agency-drops-163k-restitution-claim-against-pro-palestinian-protesters\">withdrew its nearly $163,000 restitution claim\u003c/a> against the activists in November 2025, several of them still face more serious charges including felony conspiracy.[aside postID=news_11984807 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACLU Northern California’s legal director, Shilpi Agarwal said she found the move by Jenkins had the potential to cast a “chilling effect” on speech in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lawful protests are, by design, meant to be visible and inconvenient,” Agarwal said. And while the government can place “reasonable limits on protest” in what is called \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">a “time, place, and manner restriction\u003c/a>” — meaning authorities can call for certain parameters of protest for safety or other people using the space — the government may \u003ci>not \u003c/i>tell people they cannot protest. And in public spaces, Agarwal said, “people are allowed to protest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What kinds of law enforcement charges could protesters face, however? Agarwal said while \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights\">charges for protests can be nuanced\u003c/a>, at a basic level, if you are engaged in a protest and encounter police officers who then determine for “some reason” you have violated the “parameters” of the protest, there are usually three charging options available to officers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>An infraction: typically a ticket where you show your ID, get a citation and may have to appear in court. Usually, an infraction is just a fine to pay.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A misdemeanor: for which “you rarely serve” jail time for low-level offenses, Agarwal said.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A felony: A more serious criminal charge that usually brings jail time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Agarwal said the “vast majority of offenses that are commonly charged at protests, when the police do get involved, are typically infractions or misdemeanors.” Common provisions for protesters have been something like resisting arrest, disrupting a public meeting, and failing to disperse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center for Protest Law and Litigation’s senior counsel, Rachel Lederman, said restitution is common in criminal cases, adding that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">pro-Palestinian protesters who previously blocked the Bay Bridge\u003c/a> in November 2023 are currently paying “a very small amount of restitution to one person who had a specific medical bill, that they attributed to the traffic blockage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2024, California State Assemblymember Kate Sanchez introduced \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/california-bill-would-create-new-infraction-for-protesters-who-block-highways/\">a bill before the Assembly Transportation Committee\u003c/a> that would create a new infraction for those who obstruct a highway during a protest that affects an emergency vehicle. AB 2742 proposed a fine of between $200 and $500 for the first offense, $300 and $1000 for the second offense and $500 to $1000 for additional offenses, but\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab2742\"> ultimately stalled in the California legislature.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Reminder: Your rights are at their highest in a public forum\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When considering your rights, take into account the location where a protest may take place — it could be a campus, a city council meeting, or a usually busy road. And Agarwal said that while the law is complicated and can vary in different situations, First Amendment rights are generally “at their highest when something is a public forum” — that is, a place like a sidewalk or a public plaza.[aside postID='news_11984807,news_11967439,news_11955465,news_11871364,news_11827832' label='Related Guides From KQED']Aside from the \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">time, place, and manner restriction\u003c/a>, “when you have a public forum, there is very, very little that the government can do to regulate your speech,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conversely, First Amendment rights are at their lowest at places like private homes, Agarwal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t mean that you have no rights, but it does mean that whenever and wherever you are on something that is not a public forum, the strength of your First Amendment rights starts to wane,” she said. “And the government can do more to regulate what you can and cannot say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984807/know-your-rights-california-protesters-legal-standing-under-the-first-amendment\">Read more about your First Amendment rights at a protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"immigrantrights\">\u003c/a>Attending a protest when you’re not a U.S. citizen\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One question that KQED has gotten over the years is: “I’m not a U.S. citizen. Can I even be part of a protest?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question that’s only become more pressing against the backdrop of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">high profile activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents\u003c/a> in the last year, spurred by President Trump’s promises to conduct mass deportations in his second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>technical\u003c/em> answer is: yes, you can attend a protest as a non-citizen. “As a general rule, people who are not citizens have the same First Amendment rights as citizens,” said attorney Carl Takei, the community safety program director at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: a civil rights organization based in San Francisco that offers services to low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is meant to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984807/know-your-rights-california-protesters-legal-standing-under-the-first-amendment\">protect five basic rights\u003c/a>: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, peaceful assembly and petitioning the government. Whether you have a green card or no permanent legal status, you are still protected by the Constitution, and that includes your right to be part of a peaceful assembly, like a march or rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028351/what-happens-if-the-president-disobeys-the-courts-a-constitutional-crisis-experts-say\">judges have argued that many of the Trump administrations plans and actions right now flatly go against the Constitution\u003c/a>. And legal scholars and immigration advocates have warned that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042492/what-is-due-process-habeas-corpus-definition-courts-push-back-trump-moves-limit-this-right\">the president is testing his ability to challenge due process in the area of immigration particularly.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind also that there are limitations to First Amendment protections. For example, they do not protect speech that can be considered true threats, incitement, fighting words or harassment. The First Amendment also does not protect against “violent or unlawful conduct, even if the person engaging in it intends to express an idea.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984807/know-your-rights-california-protesters-legal-standing-under-the-first-amendment\">KQED has a complete guide on how First Amendment protections apply in protests.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you’re a non-citizen who’s determined to attend a protest right now? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014436/undocumented-what-to-know-before-a-second-trump-term\">Undocumented people and green card holders have always faced additional risks\u003c/a> at a protest that citizens don’t, warned Takei — especially when law enforcement gets involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065885/ice-immigration-us-citizens-detained-carry-passports-documentation-green-card\">A green card holder is required under federal law to carry\u003c/a> evidence of their permanent resident status,” he explained. He adds that carrying a fake green card or identification and presenting that to law enforcement could make the situation a lot more difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re stopped by the police, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20under%20arrest,are%20not%20allowed%20to%20listen.\">you have the same rights as anyone else\u003c/a>,” Takei said. “You don’t need to consent to a search, answer questions or sign anything.” Even if the situation seems intimidating, Takei explains,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\"> you have the right to remain silent and not share personal information with law enforcement.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re asked a question about your immigration status and debating whether to share false information or remain silent, “it’s better to remain silent,” said Takei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But ultimately, if you’re set on protesting as a non-citizen, the most important thing you can do to protect yourself is to make a safety plan for yourself before going to a protest, he recommended. “Write out the contact information for resources, including an attorney or legal organization, and make sure that you’ve talked with friends or family about what to do if you are arrested or if anything goes wrong,” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remember there are many ways to protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the disability community continues to remind others, there are many ways to show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can participate in many meaningful ways that don’t include attending an in-person protest or rally. This could include educating yourself, voting, talking to your community and supporting grassroots organizations, as outlined in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881199/5-ways-to-show-up-for-racial-justice-today\">this 2020 guide from KQED’s Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">contact your elected officials to express your opinions\u003c/a>. For more information on what “call your reps” actually means, read our explainer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">How Can I Call My Representative? A Step-by-Step Guide to the Process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>COVID is still with us: What to know about your possible risks attending a protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The good news: Your risks of getting COVID-19 outdoors remain far lower than your risks indoors — about 20 times less, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, being vaccinated and boosted will greatly reduce your risks of getting very sick, being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you should still think about your risks of getting (or spreading) COVID-19 at a big event full of people, even when you’re outdoors. As with so many decisions against the backdrop of COVID-19, a lot comes down to your personal risks and circumstances — not just to protect yourself but others, too. “I think it requires people to be thoughtful about who they are, who they live with, and what happens when they leave the protest and go back home,” Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider bringing a mask along regardless\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not only the number of people you’ll encounter at a protest — it’s what they might be \u003cem>doing\u003c/em>. Even outside, screaming, chanting, coughing and singing all expel more of the particles that can spread COVID-19 than regular activity does, and you may decide to keep your mask on during a protest if it’s a super-crowded space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might also find that some protest organizers explicitly request you wear a mask and maintain social distancing at the event, especially if the event is being attended by groups or communities at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also the possibility that you might not \u003cem>stay\u003c/em> outside the whole time. “Whenever you have a protest, nobody just stays necessarily outdoors,” Chin-Hong said, giving pre-protest gatherings and meetings or post-protest dinners as examples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These may be done in people’s homes. I think it’s the stuff that goes around the actual outdoor protest that I’m more worried about,” Chin-Hong said. He recommends that people “think about carrying a mask with them, like they carry an umbrella. So that they just bring out the ‘umbrella’ when it’s potentially ‘raining with COVID\u003ci>.\u003c/i>‘”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11965077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11965077\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS43804_GettyImages-1244191840-1-qut-1020x680-1.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowed with signs crowds around a building that has been fenced off. Many are pushing against the fence and others are carrying signs. Almost all are wearing facemasks.\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS43804_GettyImages-1244191840-1-qut-1020x680-1.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS43804_GettyImages-1244191840-1-qut-1020x680-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS43804_GettyImages-1244191840-1-qut-1020x680-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters take a knee during a demonstration outside of Mission Police Station to honor of George Floyd on June 3, 2020, in San Francisco. Three years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still common to see people wearing facemasks at protests to protect themselves from a possible coronavirus infection.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back in 2021, Chin-Hong told KQED that protests against racist violence and the killing of Black people by police were themselves “a response to a public health threat, if you think about the impact of structural racism and stress on health care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, when it comes to weighing the desire to protest a cause with the risks of getting or spreading COVID-19, “I think the benefits of protesting are even more in favor of protesting now,” Chin-Hong told KQED in 2022. That “risk/benefit calculus,” as he puts it, is even more in favor of attending a rally — “because we have so many tools to keep people safer,” from vaccines and boosters to improved COVID-19 treatment if someone \u003cem>is\u003c/em> hospitalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Lakshmi Sarah, Lisa Pickoff-White, Carly Severn, Nisa Khan and Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí. Beth LaBerge and \u003c/em>\u003cem>Peter Arcuni also contributed. A version of this story originally published on April 23, 2021. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area has a long history of protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you plan on attending a rally yourself, on any cause, how can you stay safe? What \u003cem>are\u003c/em> your rights as a protester?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#start\">Tips on what to have ready before going to a protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If this is the first time you or your friends have gone to a protest, make sure to bookmark this guide, as our team frequently updates it with new information. We also have a \u003ca href=\"#immigrantrights\">new section on what your rights are if you are a not a U.S. citizen and plan to attend to a protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: If you’re unable to join a rally or protest in person for whatever reason but want to make your stance on an issue known, you always have the option to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">contact your elected officials to express your opinions\u003c/a>. For more information on what “call your reps” actually means, how to do it, and what to expect as a result, read our explainer: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">How Can I Call My Representative? A Step-by-Step Guide to the Process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013354\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd gathers for a candlelight vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2024, organized by the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club for the community to come together post-election. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"start\">\u003c/a>Have a plan — and then a backup plan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s a lot you can do before a protest in terms of logistics and planning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Travel with friends\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choose a meeting place beforehand in the event you get separated. You may also want to designate a friend who is not at the protest as someone you can check in with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charge your phone. However, some activist groups also recommend taking digital security measures, such as disabling the fingerprint unlock feature to prevent a police officer from forcing you to unlock the phone. Others also recommend turning off text preview on messages and using a more secure messaging app, such as Signal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, make sure that you can function without a phone. Consider writing down important phone numbers and keeping them with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Research the intended protest route if possible\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This may be confusing since there’s not always a clearly stated route (a protest is, of course, not a parade), but some rallies do have preplanned routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By knowing where the protest is headed, you will be able to plan how you might \u003ca href=\"https://netpol.org/guide-to-kettles/\">avoid being caught in a “kettle”\u003c/a> or other containment method — and be able to leave when you are ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11965032\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11965032 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman stands in front of a high school building. She looks away from the camera and has the Palestinian flag painted on her rigth cheek.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/231018-StudentWalkoutGaza-011-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deena, a high school student, participates in a walkout to demand a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know who is organizing the protest\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s worth doing some research on the people and groups behind any protest you plan to attend to make sure it’s in alignment with your values and objectives. During certain Black Lives Matter protests in San Diego in June 2020, for instance, organizers warned demonstrators to avoid specific events they said likely had been surreptitiously coordinated by white nationalist groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pack a small bag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring only essentials such as water, snacks, hand sanitizer and an extra phone charger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The active component in tear gas adheres to moisture on your face. So it’s also a good idea to pack an extra N95, surgical mask or face covering in case you are exposed to tear gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people \u003ca href=\"https://lifehacker.com/how-to-protest-safely-and-legally-5859590\">recommend bringing basic medical supplies and a bandana soaked in vinegar\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/tear-gas-guide/\">in water in a sealed plastic bag\u003c/a> in case there is tear gas. Others recommend a small bottle of water — or even better, a squirt bottle — to pour on your face and eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you get tear-gassed, it is often recommended to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Close your eyes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hold your breath.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Get out of the area as soon as possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rinse your eyes when possible (ideally using what you have packed with you).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Know your rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You are entitled to free speech and freedom of assembly. However, your rights can be unclear during curfews and shelter-in-place orders. The American Civil Liberties Union has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights/#i-want-to-take-pictures-or-shoot-video-at-a-protest\">detailed guide to your rights as a protester or a protest organizer\u003c/a>. Notably, when police issue an order to disperse, it is meant to be the last resort for law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If officers issue a dispersal order, they must provide a reasonable opportunity to comply, including sufficient time and a clear, unobstructed exit path,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights/#i-want-to-take-pictures-or-shoot-video-at-a-protest\">according to the ACLU\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">Read our guide to your rights as a spectator.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are photographing others, it is recommended to respect privacy, as some may not want to have videos or photos taken. This may also depend on context, location and time of day. In some cases journalists, or those documenting events, have been the target of tear gas and rubber bullets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The First Amendment gives you the right to film police who are actively performing their duties, and bystander videos can provide important counternarratives to official accounts. Read our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">guide to filming encounters with the police safely and ethically\u003c/a> and where to share your footage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional information can be found from the ACLU and the National Lawyers Guild — the NLG has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlg.org/know-your-rights/\">pocket-sized know-your-rights guides\u003c/a> in multiple languages. Writing the number for the NLG hotline (and other important numbers such as emergency contacts) on your arm in case you lose your phone or have it confiscated is another suggested way to ensure you have it — should you need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11958935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd with signs gathers in front of a large stone building. A line of police officers stands nearby.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS68263_20230822-HomelessLawsuit-17-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters, counter-protesters, and SFPD are seen at a rally in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The court is hearing arguments for the city’s appeal of an injunction filed by the Coalition on Homelessness, which has temporarily kept city workers from removing encampments on the streets. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be aware of your surroundings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first few days of George Floyd protests in the Bay Area in June 2020, there were fireworks, fires, rubber bullets, tear gas, flash-bangs and even some gunshots. Being aware of your surroundings includes having an understanding of what possible actions may occur around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Know the possible law enforcement ramifications of attending a protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In April 2024, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">she was considering charging a group of pro-Palestinian protesters\u003c/a> with a felony for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">blocking Bay Area freeways\u003c/a>. People who were stuck in traffic on the bridge, Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">wrote on X\u003c/a>, “may be entitled to restitution + have other victim rights guaranteed under Marsy’s law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/sf-judge-dismisses-majority-charges-pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-back-april/15582777/\">a judge dismissed most of the charges later that year\u003c/a>, and the agency that operates the Golden Gate Bridge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063531/golden-gate-bridge-agency-drops-163k-restitution-claim-against-pro-palestinian-protesters\">withdrew its nearly $163,000 restitution claim\u003c/a> against the activists in November 2025, several of them still face more serious charges including felony conspiracy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Aside from the \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">time, place, and manner restriction\u003c/a>, “when you have a public forum, there is very, very little that the government can do to regulate your speech,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conversely, First Amendment rights are at their lowest at places like private homes, Agarwal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t mean that you have no rights, but it does mean that whenever and wherever you are on something that is not a public forum, the strength of your First Amendment rights starts to wane,” she said. “And the government can do more to regulate what you can and cannot say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984807/know-your-rights-california-protesters-legal-standing-under-the-first-amendment\">Read more about your First Amendment rights at a protest.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"immigrantrights\">\u003c/a>Attending a protest when you’re not a U.S. citizen\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One question that KQED has gotten over the years is: “I’m not a U.S. citizen. Can I even be part of a protest?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question that’s only become more pressing against the backdrop of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">high profile activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents\u003c/a> in the last year, spurred by President Trump’s promises to conduct mass deportations in his second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>technical\u003c/em> answer is: yes, you can attend a protest as a non-citizen. “As a general rule, people who are not citizens have the same First Amendment rights as citizens,” said attorney Carl Takei, the community safety program director at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: a civil rights organization based in San Francisco that offers services to low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is meant to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984807/know-your-rights-california-protesters-legal-standing-under-the-first-amendment\">protect five basic rights\u003c/a>: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, peaceful assembly and petitioning the government. Whether you have a green card or no permanent legal status, you are still protected by the Constitution, and that includes your right to be part of a peaceful assembly, like a march or rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028351/what-happens-if-the-president-disobeys-the-courts-a-constitutional-crisis-experts-say\">judges have argued that many of the Trump administrations plans and actions right now flatly go against the Constitution\u003c/a>. And legal scholars and immigration advocates have warned that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042492/what-is-due-process-habeas-corpus-definition-courts-push-back-trump-moves-limit-this-right\">the president is testing his ability to challenge due process in the area of immigration particularly.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind also that there are limitations to First Amendment protections. For example, they do not protect speech that can be considered true threats, incitement, fighting words or harassment. The First Amendment also does not protect against “violent or unlawful conduct, even if the person engaging in it intends to express an idea.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984807/know-your-rights-california-protesters-legal-standing-under-the-first-amendment\">KQED has a complete guide on how First Amendment protections apply in protests.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you’re a non-citizen who’s determined to attend a protest right now? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014436/undocumented-what-to-know-before-a-second-trump-term\">Undocumented people and green card holders have always faced additional risks\u003c/a> at a protest that citizens don’t, warned Takei — especially when law enforcement gets involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065885/ice-immigration-us-citizens-detained-carry-passports-documentation-green-card\">A green card holder is required under federal law to carry\u003c/a> evidence of their permanent resident status,” he explained. 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This could include educating yourself, voting, talking to your community and supporting grassroots organizations, as outlined in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881199/5-ways-to-show-up-for-racial-justice-today\">this 2020 guide from KQED’s Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">contact your elected officials to express your opinions\u003c/a>. For more information on what “call your reps” actually means, read our explainer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">How Can I Call My Representative? A Step-by-Step Guide to the Process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>COVID is still with us: What to know about your possible risks attending a protest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The good news: Your risks of getting COVID-19 outdoors remain far lower than your risks indoors — about 20 times less, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, being vaccinated and boosted will greatly reduce your risks of getting very sick, being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you should still think about your risks of getting (or spreading) COVID-19 at a big event full of people, even when you’re outdoors. 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That case, which also included four others, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-poised-to-settle-lawsuit-over-2020-police-black-lives-matter-blm-george-floyd-protests/\">settled with the city for more than $3.3 million\u003c/a> in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another group of seven plaintiffs, led by community organizer Derrick Sanderlin, who previously helped train officers about bias, also sued the city and police in 2020 following the protests. Appeals from the city delayed that case, but a federal judges panel \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/04/san-jose-ninth-circuit-rejects-qualified-immunity-for-officer-who-shot-activist-in-groin-at-george-floyd-protests/\">ultimately ruled it could go to trial\u003c/a> late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Marinho, an attorney for Sanderlin, said the trial is currently set to begin in May, though settlement conferences are in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastida couldn’t discuss settlement negotiation details publicly but said Johnson’s case proceeded to trial because, in his view, “the opportunity for the case to settle never really meaningfully came up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated on Friday, Jan. 24 to include a response from the San José city attorney.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson is far from the only person who was injured by police in the major wave of protests and demonstrations against police brutality in the summer of 2020 after Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José’s police response to the actions was heavily criticized for the level of force unleashed by officers, including projectiles like the ones that hit Johnson, as well as tear gas and baton strikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the summer of 2020, the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/police-reform-sj-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-use-of-rubber-bullets-to-control-crowds/\">approved restrictions for how police could use projectile weapons\u003c/a>, allowing officers to use them if they are directly attacked, but not purely for crowd control purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254651732.html\">statewide bill\u003c/a> was also passed to require stricter conditions for police use of projectiles and tear gas or other chemical agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple lawsuits sprung up as a result of the violence, including one signed onto by the NAACP of San Jose/Silicon Valley and led by Michael Acosta, a man who lost an eye as a result of being shot by a police projectile. That case, which also included four others, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-poised-to-settle-lawsuit-over-2020-police-black-lives-matter-blm-george-floyd-protests/\">settled with the city for more than $3.3 million\u003c/a> in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another group of seven plaintiffs, led by community organizer Derrick Sanderlin, who previously helped train officers about bias, also sued the city and police in 2020 following the protests. Appeals from the city delayed that case, but a federal judges panel \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/04/san-jose-ninth-circuit-rejects-qualified-immunity-for-officer-who-shot-activist-in-groin-at-george-floyd-protests/\">ultimately ruled it could go to trial\u003c/a> late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Marinho, an attorney for Sanderlin, said the trial is currently set to begin in May, though settlement conferences are in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastida couldn’t discuss settlement negotiation details publicly but said Johnson’s case proceeded to trial because, in his view, “the opportunity for the case to settle never really meaningfully came up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated on Friday, Jan. 24 to include a response from the San José city attorney.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Four years ago, I was sitting on a bench in downtown Oakland when sign-carrying people began gathering at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza near Oakland City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some, the plaza, symbolically renamed for Oscar Grant during the 2011 Occupy Oakland demonstrations, is a place of resistance. Grant, a Black man who was fatally shot by a BART police officer on the Fruitvale Station platform on Jan. 1, 2009, wasn’t the first Black person brutalized by police officers in a video that played on an inescapable loop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That ignominious distinction belongs to Rodney King, whose vicious beating by baton-swinging Los Angeles police officers was captured by a camcorder and became a nightly presence on the news. Grant was the first of the social media era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987038\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march on Broadway in Oakland on May 29, 2020, during a protest over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 29, 2020, the people came to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man murdered by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The agonizing final minutes of his life, recorded by a bystander and shared on social media, sparked nationwide uprisings not seen in America since 1967 when outrage over racial injustices boiled over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the social unrest was more than a half-century apart, the catalyst was the same: police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the protests began peacefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11987069 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brianna Noble rides her horse, Dapper Dan, alongside demonstrators on Broadway in Oakland on May 29, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Oakland four years ago, the energy was palpable. And that was before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822227/oaklands-protest-rider-on-why-she-took-to-horseback-for-george-floyd\">Brianna Noble showed up in style on a horse\u003c/a>. My colleague, Beth LaBerge, took one of the photos of Noble that went viral as Noble led the march down Broadway. Anchored by LaBerge’s photos, this commentary documents the Oakland protests and examines what resulted from the weeks of racial uprisings that swept the Bay Area, California and America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highways were shut down as peaceful protesters voiced their frustrations. People shouted, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” and “I can’t breathe” as they marched. They demanded a portion of city budgets reserved for policing be instead earmarked for community programs to address systemic issues such as poor schools, income inequality and the lack of opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people wore masks because the pandemic was raging. But get this: the crowds were a representation of America, as Black, white, Latino and Asian people marched shoulder-to-shoulder for racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The response by police — pepper spray, rubber bullets and baton swipes — caused frustration to erupt into vandalism and theft. Storefront windows were broken, and buildings and cars were set on fire. This was the racial reckoning America needed, I thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators on Broadway near the Oakland police headquarters on May 29, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators break the windows of a Walgreens in downtown Oakland on May 29, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1990px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987042\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1990\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL.jpg 1990w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1990px) 100vw, 1990px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A fire burns during protests in downtown Oakland on May 29, 2020. Right: Police clash with protesters in downtown Oakland during a protest over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Instead of reserving ire for looters, I urge you to question the system that’s historically refused to acknowledge human rights violations until property is damaged,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/otisrtaylorjr/article/Angry-about-looters-Redirect-rage-toward-15323248.php\">I wrote in a column\u003c/a> for the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>, my employer then. “Sadly, the brutalization of Black and brown people doesn’t get the same attention as looting does. But when cities burn, elected officials listen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One elected official did more than listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social upheaval from four years ago provided the legislative support for Assembly Bill 3121, which created a task force to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans. It was introduced by then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber in February 2020. The bill was enacted on Sept. 30, 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just knew that we had had enough conversation in the nation about reparations at the federal level that it wasn’t going to happen immediately,” Weber, who was appointed secretary of state in December 2020, told me in 2022. “I didn’t ask permission from anybody. I didn’t coordinate and collaborate. I informed the Black Caucus what I was doing. I didn’t even ask their permission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11948198/examining-reparations-and-the-historical-harms-of-slavery-and-racism-in-california\">The California Reparations Task Force\u003c/a>, the first statewide body to study reparations, wasn’t a performative gesture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the damage has been done,” Weber said. “So I didn’t want to spend my years talking about whether there was or not damage. We needed to talk about how much was done and what we need to do to rectify it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weber continued: “I knew I could get it through California. And I knew once I got it on the governor’s desk, we could get the necessary people to basically support it. And he would, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the California Reparations Task Force listen to public comment during their first in-person meeting on April 14, 2022, at the Third Baptist Church in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People line up to speak during public comment during a California Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento on March 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last June, the task force released a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report\">1,000-page report\u003c/a> on how the state government had supported slavery and dozens of discriminatory laws. The report included more than 100 recommendations to right the wrongs instituted in the past and continue today. In January, the California Legislative Black Caucus introduced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976617/state-lawmakers-propose-14-bills-to-provide-reparations-for-black-californians\">14 reparations bills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the state Assembly passed a bill \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986615/state-assembly-passes-bill-apologizing-for-californias-role-in-supporting-slavery\">apologizing for California’s role in supporting slavery\u003c/a>. We need more than an apology, but I’ll save the argument for another column.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At KQED, my colleagues, including Guy Marzorati, Annelise Finney, Lakshmi Sarah, Manjula Varghese, LaBerge and others, have been chronicling the reparations movement. With our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981271/track-the-success-of-californias-14-reparations-bills-for-black-residents\">reparations tracker\u003c/a>, we’re keeping tabs on the bills as they move through the Assembly and the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, the state passed historic legislation that provided financial reparations to people who were forcibly or involuntarily sterilized while incarcerated in state prisons after 1979 or at state-run hospitals, homes and institutions during the eugenics era between 1909 and 1979. While the legislation had nothing to do with the reparations task force, it does offer a window into how reparations might be widely provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why we’re investigating how the state is rolling out reparations for people who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965926/survivors-of-californias-forced-sterilization-denied-reparations\">forcibly sterilized\u003c/a>. Among the applicants who volunteered their demographic information, the majority self-identified as Black or African American. Of the almost 600 people who applied, roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965926/survivors-of-californias-forced-sterilization-denied-reparations\">70% were denied reparations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a Contra Costa County superior court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975584/californias-groundbreaking-racial-justice-act-cuts-its-teeth-in-contra-costa\">threw out sentence enhancements in a criminal case\u003c/a> where Antioch police officers sent racist text messages about four men accused of murder. It was the second time the judge ruled that anti-Black bias had shaped elements of the case, which Antioch officers investigated. The defendants used the Racial Justice Act, a state law enacted in 2020 that was designed to eliminate racial bias by empowering defendants to challenge racism in the justice system. Strengthening the act was part of the state reparations task force’s recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems like Floyd’s death indeed sparked a national reckoning on racism — until we look at the backlash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrianna Mitchell speaks into a megaphone while marching with friends Akilah Walker and Kadeem Ali Harris during a Juneteenth rally in Oakland on June 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Political activist, scholar and author Angela Davis speaks at a Juneteenth demonstration near the Port of Oakland on June 19, 2020. Right: Paul Williams’ five children, ages 4 to 13, sit on the hood of a car during a Juneteenth rally in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Critical Race Theory, an academic concept that posits race as a social concept embedded in legal systems and policies, has been villainized. So has DEI, the programs and strategies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. In some states, the teaching of Black history has come under fire. In so-called progressive cities like Oakland, tough-on-crime rhetoric has handcuffed political races and spread fear even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/oakland-crime-rate-down-19429327.php\">crime is declining\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Jackson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication who studies how media, journalism and technology are used by and represent marginalized people, told me that a propagandistic success of people clinging desperately to white supremacy was labeling people who want to talk about race as racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the responsibility of folks that are committed to those ideals to be having hard conversations about issues that affect everyone dearly,” she told me in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Jackson pointed out to me, the issues that affect Black Americans are often the same that affect others, including white people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want good schools. We want good jobs. Everybody wants that stuff,” she said. “But some of those things are unique, like police brutality, like reparations, like some of these other issues that many media institutions and many members of the public just aren’t used to having to talk about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years after Floyd’s death, I’m still waiting for America to have a lasting, open discussion about race that goes beyond apologies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987043\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Williams and Dujuanna Archable stand during a protest against police violence at 14th and Broadway in Oakland on June 3, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators mark Juneteenth with a march from the Port of Oakland to Downtown Oakland on June 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: Because of an editing error, an earlier version misstated when AB 3121 was introduced to the state Assembly. It was before the death of George Floyd. The subsequent uprising spurred the passage of the legislation. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Four years ago, I was sitting on a bench in downtown Oakland when sign-carrying people began gathering at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza near Oakland City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some, the plaza, symbolically renamed for Oscar Grant during the 2011 Occupy Oakland demonstrations, is a place of resistance. Grant, a Black man who was fatally shot by a BART police officer on the Fruitvale Station platform on Jan. 1, 2009, wasn’t the first Black person brutalized by police officers in a video that played on an inescapable loop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That ignominious distinction belongs to Rodney King, whose vicious beating by baton-swinging Los Angeles police officers was captured by a camcorder and became a nightly presence on the news. Grant was the first of the social media era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987038\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-03-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators march on Broadway in Oakland on May 29, 2020, during a protest over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 29, 2020, the people came to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man murdered by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The agonizing final minutes of his life, recorded by a bystander and shared on social media, sparked nationwide uprisings not seen in America since 1967 when outrage over racial injustices boiled over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the social unrest was more than a half-century apart, the catalyst was the same: police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the protests began peacefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11987069 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/009_KQED_Oakland_BriannaNoble_05292020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brianna Noble rides her horse, Dapper Dan, alongside demonstrators on Broadway in Oakland on May 29, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Oakland four years ago, the energy was palpable. And that was before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822227/oaklands-protest-rider-on-why-she-took-to-horseback-for-george-floyd\">Brianna Noble showed up in style on a horse\u003c/a>. My colleague, Beth LaBerge, took one of the photos of Noble that went viral as Noble led the march down Broadway. Anchored by LaBerge’s photos, this commentary documents the Oakland protests and examines what resulted from the weeks of racial uprisings that swept the Bay Area, California and America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highways were shut down as peaceful protesters voiced their frustrations. People shouted, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” and “I can’t breathe” as they marched. They demanded a portion of city budgets reserved for policing be instead earmarked for community programs to address systemic issues such as poor schools, income inequality and the lack of opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people wore masks because the pandemic was raging. But get this: the crowds were a representation of America, as Black, white, Latino and Asian people marched shoulder-to-shoulder for racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The response by police — pepper spray, rubber bullets and baton swipes — caused frustration to erupt into vandalism and theft. Storefront windows were broken, and buildings and cars were set on fire. This was the racial reckoning America needed, I thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-30-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators on Broadway near the Oakland police headquarters on May 29, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-13-BL-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators break the windows of a Walgreens in downtown Oakland on May 29, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1990px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987042\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1990\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL.jpg 1990w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-21-BL-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1990px) 100vw, 1990px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A fire burns during protests in downtown Oakland on May 29, 2020. Right: Police clash with protesters in downtown Oakland during a protest over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Instead of reserving ire for looters, I urge you to question the system that’s historically refused to acknowledge human rights violations until property is damaged,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/otisrtaylorjr/article/Angry-about-looters-Redirect-rage-toward-15323248.php\">I wrote in a column\u003c/a> for the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>, my employer then. “Sadly, the brutalization of Black and brown people doesn’t get the same attention as looting does. But when cities burn, elected officials listen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One elected official did more than listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social upheaval from four years ago provided the legislative support for Assembly Bill 3121, which created a task force to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans. It was introduced by then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber in February 2020. The bill was enacted on Sept. 30, 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just knew that we had had enough conversation in the nation about reparations at the federal level that it wasn’t going to happen immediately,” Weber, who was appointed secretary of state in December 2020, told me in 2022. “I didn’t ask permission from anybody. I didn’t coordinate and collaborate. I informed the Black Caucus what I was doing. I didn’t even ask their permission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11948198/examining-reparations-and-the-historical-harms-of-slavery-and-racism-in-california\">The California Reparations Task Force\u003c/a>, the first statewide body to study reparations, wasn’t a performative gesture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the damage has been done,” Weber said. “So I didn’t want to spend my years talking about whether there was or not damage. We needed to talk about how much was done and what we need to do to rectify it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weber continued: “I knew I could get it through California. And I knew once I got it on the governor’s desk, we could get the necessary people to basically support it. And he would, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/010_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForce_04132022_qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the California Reparations Task Force listen to public comment during their first in-person meeting on April 14, 2022, at the Third Baptist Church in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/014_KQED_CAReparationsTaskForceSac_03032023-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People line up to speak during public comment during a California Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento on March 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last June, the task force released a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report\">1,000-page report\u003c/a> on how the state government had supported slavery and dozens of discriminatory laws. The report included more than 100 recommendations to right the wrongs instituted in the past and continue today. In January, the California Legislative Black Caucus introduced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976617/state-lawmakers-propose-14-bills-to-provide-reparations-for-black-californians\">14 reparations bills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the state Assembly passed a bill \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986615/state-assembly-passes-bill-apologizing-for-californias-role-in-supporting-slavery\">apologizing for California’s role in supporting slavery\u003c/a>. We need more than an apology, but I’ll save the argument for another column.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At KQED, my colleagues, including Guy Marzorati, Annelise Finney, Lakshmi Sarah, Manjula Varghese, LaBerge and others, have been chronicling the reparations movement. With our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981271/track-the-success-of-californias-14-reparations-bills-for-black-residents\">reparations tracker\u003c/a>, we’re keeping tabs on the bills as they move through the Assembly and the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, the state passed historic legislation that provided financial reparations to people who were forcibly or involuntarily sterilized while incarcerated in state prisons after 1979 or at state-run hospitals, homes and institutions during the eugenics era between 1909 and 1979. While the legislation had nothing to do with the reparations task force, it does offer a window into how reparations might be widely provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why we’re investigating how the state is rolling out reparations for people who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965926/survivors-of-californias-forced-sterilization-denied-reparations\">forcibly sterilized\u003c/a>. Among the applicants who volunteered their demographic information, the majority self-identified as Black or African American. Of the almost 600 people who applied, roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965926/survivors-of-californias-forced-sterilization-denied-reparations\">70% were denied reparations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a Contra Costa County superior court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975584/californias-groundbreaking-racial-justice-act-cuts-its-teeth-in-contra-costa\">threw out sentence enhancements in a criminal case\u003c/a> where Antioch police officers sent racist text messages about four men accused of murder. It was the second time the judge ruled that anti-Black bias had shaped elements of the case, which Antioch officers investigated. The defendants used the Racial Justice Act, a state law enacted in 2020 that was designed to eliminate racial bias by empowering defendants to challenge racism in the justice system. Strengthening the act was part of the state reparations task force’s recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems like Floyd’s death indeed sparked a national reckoning on racism — until we look at the backlash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/032_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrianna Mitchell speaks into a megaphone while marching with friends Akilah Walker and Kadeem Ali Harris during a Juneteenth rally in Oakland on June 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200619-GeorgeFloyd-02-BL-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Political activist, scholar and author Angela Davis speaks at a Juneteenth demonstration near the Port of Oakland on June 19, 2020. Right: Paul Williams’ five children, ages 4 to 13, sit on the hood of a car during a Juneteenth rally in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Critical Race Theory, an academic concept that posits race as a social concept embedded in legal systems and policies, has been villainized. So has DEI, the programs and strategies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. In some states, the teaching of Black history has come under fire. In so-called progressive cities like Oakland, tough-on-crime rhetoric has handcuffed political races and spread fear even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/oakland-crime-rate-down-19429327.php\">crime is declining\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Jackson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication who studies how media, journalism and technology are used by and represent marginalized people, told me that a propagandistic success of people clinging desperately to white supremacy was labeling people who want to talk about race as racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the responsibility of folks that are committed to those ideals to be having hard conversations about issues that affect everyone dearly,” she told me in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Jackson pointed out to me, the issues that affect Black Americans are often the same that affect others, including white people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want good schools. We want good jobs. Everybody wants that stuff,” she said. “But some of those things are unique, like police brutality, like reparations, like some of these other issues that many media institutions and many members of the public just aren’t used to having to talk about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years after Floyd’s death, I’m still waiting for America to have a lasting, open discussion about race that goes beyond apologies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987043\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200603-GeorgeFloyd-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Williams and Dujuanna Archable stand during a protest against police violence at 14th and Broadway in Oakland on June 3, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/029_KQED_Oakland_Juneteenth_06192020-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators mark Juneteenth with a march from the Port of Oakland to Downtown Oakland on June 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: Because of an editing error, an earlier version misstated when AB 3121 was introduced to the state Assembly. It was before the death of George Floyd. The subsequent uprising spurred the passage of the legislation. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#before\">Your rights, and how to prepare to record the police\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#during\">How to film effectively while staying safe\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#after\">Advice on how and where to share videos\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Bystander videos can provide important counternarratives to official police accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you find yourself in a situation where you feel compelled to start recording a police encounter, how can you stay safe?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, where should you send the footage? What are your rights in that moment? And how can you ensure your video isn’t contributing to the psychological harm felt by communities already traumatized by police violence?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101883134/how-to-exercise-your-right-to-film-the-police\">KQED Forum spoke with two experts about how to film police encounters safely\u003c/a>, effectively and ethically:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Brendesha Tynes\u003c/strong>, professor of education and psychology, USC Rossier School of Education\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Geoffrey A. Fowler\u003c/strong>, technology columnist, \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>; author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/22/how-to-film-police-smartphone/\">“You have the right to film police. Here’s how to do it effectively — and safely”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also listen to KQED \u003cem>Close All Tabs\u003c/em>‘ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice/\">January 2026 episode on filming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"before\">\u003c/a>Before you start filming\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know that you d\u003ci>o have \u003c/i>the right to record\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The First Amendment gives us the right to film police who are actively performing their duties,” says Geoffrey A. Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A good rule of thumb is if you have a legal right to be present — such as on a public sidewalk or even on private property where you have permission of the owner — then you can be there with your camera,” Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, told \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/22/how-to-film-police-smartphone/\">in Fowler’s story on \u003cem>your\u003c/em> rights while filming police\u003c/a>. Osterreicher runs training programs for both journalists and police.[aside postID='news_11821950,news_11955465,news_11967439' label='Related Guides']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to private property, if you have permission to be there, Fowler says you also have the right to record police there, just like you have the right to record anybody on private property. “If you’re in someone else’s space, they could ask you to stop, [because] you could be violating somebody’s privacy by doing so.” If you’re unsure about this, “err towards filming,” says Fowler, “if this is a police officer doing their job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what the police can ask of you …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t get in the way of a police officer doing his or her job,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So you can expect a police officer might ask you to move away, or stand back, “and you have to do that.” If they put up yellow tape, you can’t then cross that line, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the police \u003cem>shouldn’t\u003c/em> ask you to “stand so far back that you can’t bear witness,” says Fowler. “That is your right as an American.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>… but also know how police might treat you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendesha Tynes says it’s crucial to recognize that in reality, people often experience “a different system of policing for Black and brown people” in the U.S. — and that any recommendations for recording the police \u003cem>as\u003c/em> a Black or brown person must take this into consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By suggesting that a white person filming the police will get the same response as a Black or brown person doing the same thing, “we’re assuming that police know our rights and will respect them,” says Tynes. “And we’re assuming that they don’t see Black and brown people as threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Always\u003c/em> prioritize your personal safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Secure your phone first\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re heading into a situation that may potentially become intense or volatile, like a protest, Fowler recommends you investigate ways to temporarily turn off your phone’s ability to be unlocked with face ID or your fingerprint. These, says Fowler, “are techniques that police could use to try to access your phone without your explicit permission, by holding it up to your face or handcuffing you and putting your thumb on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he recommends you use \u003cem>only \u003c/em>a six-digit passcode to unlock your phone. “As long as that’s on there, the police officer can’t force you to tell them your code so that they can access it,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Think about whether you’re going to stream \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Streaming a video live to a social media platform like Facebook, says Fowler, has pluses: For one thing, a copy of your video will at least be stored online automatically. “That means that the police could not delete it even if they got your phone and they got into it,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the other hand, once you begin streaming live, you’ve lost control of where that video goes, and who sees it (more options for choosing how you release a video are below). You also might decide that you actually don’t want the video out there, perhaps “because it doesn’t serve the purposes of the person you’re trying to help,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider using an app to record\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a specialized app to film is a way of instantly sharing it with other people without necessarily sharing it publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might use an app like \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/mobile-justice\">the American Civil Liberties Union’s Mobile Justice\u003c/a> app, which allows you to record video while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU, as well as providing information about your rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fowler also recommends the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justusapp.org/\">Just Us app\u003c/a> created by Los Angeles-based clinical psychologist Charmine Davis, which can be activated by voice and allows broadcasting to a chosen group of contacts. This voice activation may be particularly relevant in situations like traffic stops, says Fowler, when “it may be very unsafe for you to try to reach for your phone or to hold your phone to record the police officer while it’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871542\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11871542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC police officer watches a free speech demonstration in Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Sept. 27, 2017. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"during\">\u003c/a>While you’re filming\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prioritize your personal safety in the moment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Always, \u003cem>always\u003c/em> consider your own safety before you start filming, urges Tynes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel safe to do so, make it very clear that your phone is out in front of you, instead of partially hidden, so it cannot be mistaken for a weapon. This is something Darnella Frazier — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/21/989480867/darnella-frazier-teen-who-filmed-floyds-murder-praised-for-making-verdict-possib\">filmed the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin in May 2020\u003c/a> — took particular care to do, says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She made it very obvious that she was filming. She didn’t try to hide it in her jacket,” Fowler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Record clearly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Darnella Frazier did exactly right in her filming, says Fowler, was that “she acted like a journalist in this situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frazier chose a clear vantage point, and “she stood back from the police to keep herself safe” as she did so, notes Fowler. She also “used a very steady hand as she recorded for a long period of time, so that the evidence would really make an impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frazier also did not narrate the video she was recording — something Fowler says is a plus. By not providing her own commentary, she allowed the footage to speak for itself — and also did not draw the police’s attention to the footage she was capturing, and risk engaging them herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might feel incredibly hard not to react in the moment to something you’re seeing, and verbalize that in your footage, but “if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> start engaging with a police officer, then you become part of the story,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Your job in this instance is to bear witness and that can have a really powerful impact,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"after\">\u003c/a>After you’ve filmed\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider where you share the footage\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tynes acknowledges that there are many people who advocate against sharing these kinds of videos because of the traumatic impacts they can have on viewers. But ultimately, she says, “for as long as we have a system of policing that allows police to kill Black and brown people with impunity, we need to share the videos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without the videos, especially in the George Floyd case, we would have had the police report that said this was a ‘medical incident,'” Tynes notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’ve taken one of these videos, how can you responsibly share it? Both Tynes and Fowler say it’s crucial to consider a person’s family first and foremost — especially if the video contains their dying moments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You should think about allowing that family, those survivors, to remain in control of that person’s humanity,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that reason, he thinks that your first step should not necessarily be posting a video to social media, but instead “to find that person’s family, find that person’s lawyer, find some community organization that will have the ‘big picture’ about what is the right thing to do with that video.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not only about compassion and the dignity of the person you filmed, says Fowler, it’s also about how your video might well become crucial evidence, for whom, and how it might challenge another video out there from the police. “You might not be able to see the big picture that a lawyer can,” says Fowler. “So get it in the hands of a lawyer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unable to make contact with the person’s family and connect with their lawyer, Fowler recommends you seek out “a community organization who you think will have the appropriate context, and might be able to help you find that lawyer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know your rights if the police demand your footage\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police might ask you for a copy of your video, notes Fowler. They could also try to “temporarily seize your phone and try to get a search warrant to go through it.” This is why securing digital access to your phone, as above, is so important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the police do get your phone and you share the video with them, they’re not allowed to delete it, Fowler stresses. Such an act “would be against both the First Amendment and also the rules of good policing,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protect your own mental health\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tynes says she personally does not share videos of police killings because of “the psychological cost of being exposed to these traumatic events online.” Especially, she says, if they depict previous events that a police officer ultimately did not face any accountability for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While “more white people still need to see these videos,” Tynes says people of color should be “avoiding them as much as they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the aftermath, once you’ve secured your personal safety and are assured of it, Tynes says you should recognize that by filming you were “doing one of the most powerful things that you could do in that situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should not blame yourself for not intervening, which could have risked your own life, she says. But by recording, “you can resist. You can document what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that puts you in the most powerful position that you could be in,” Tynes says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was originally published on April 28, 2021.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#before\">Your rights, and how to prepare to record the police\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#during\">How to film effectively while staying safe\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#after\">Advice on how and where to share videos\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Bystander videos can provide important counternarratives to official police accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you find yourself in a situation where you feel compelled to start recording a police encounter, how can you stay safe?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, where should you send the footage? What are your rights in that moment? And how can you ensure your video isn’t contributing to the psychological harm felt by communities already traumatized by police violence?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101883134/how-to-exercise-your-right-to-film-the-police\">KQED Forum spoke with two experts about how to film police encounters safely\u003c/a>, effectively and ethically:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Brendesha Tynes\u003c/strong>, professor of education and psychology, USC Rossier School of Education\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Geoffrey A. Fowler\u003c/strong>, technology columnist, \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>; author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/22/how-to-film-police-smartphone/\">“You have the right to film police. Here’s how to do it effectively — and safely”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also listen to KQED \u003cem>Close All Tabs\u003c/em>‘ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice/\">January 2026 episode on filming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"before\">\u003c/a>Before you start filming\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know that you d\u003ci>o have \u003c/i>the right to record\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The First Amendment gives us the right to film police who are actively performing their duties,” says Geoffrey A. Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A good rule of thumb is if you have a legal right to be present — such as on a public sidewalk or even on private property where you have permission of the owner — then you can be there with your camera,” Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, told \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/22/how-to-film-police-smartphone/\">in Fowler’s story on \u003cem>your\u003c/em> rights while filming police\u003c/a>. Osterreicher runs training programs for both journalists and police.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to private property, if you have permission to be there, Fowler says you also have the right to record police there, just like you have the right to record anybody on private property. “If you’re in someone else’s space, they could ask you to stop, [because] you could be violating somebody’s privacy by doing so.” If you’re unsure about this, “err towards filming,” says Fowler, “if this is a police officer doing their job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what the police can ask of you …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t get in the way of a police officer doing his or her job,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So you can expect a police officer might ask you to move away, or stand back, “and you have to do that.” If they put up yellow tape, you can’t then cross that line, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the police \u003cem>shouldn’t\u003c/em> ask you to “stand so far back that you can’t bear witness,” says Fowler. “That is your right as an American.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>… but also know how police might treat you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendesha Tynes says it’s crucial to recognize that in reality, people often experience “a different system of policing for Black and brown people” in the U.S. — and that any recommendations for recording the police \u003cem>as\u003c/em> a Black or brown person must take this into consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By suggesting that a white person filming the police will get the same response as a Black or brown person doing the same thing, “we’re assuming that police know our rights and will respect them,” says Tynes. “And we’re assuming that they don’t see Black and brown people as threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Always\u003c/em> prioritize your personal safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Secure your phone first\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re heading into a situation that may potentially become intense or volatile, like a protest, Fowler recommends you investigate ways to temporarily turn off your phone’s ability to be unlocked with face ID or your fingerprint. These, says Fowler, “are techniques that police could use to try to access your phone without your explicit permission, by holding it up to your face or handcuffing you and putting your thumb on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he recommends you use \u003cem>only \u003c/em>a six-digit passcode to unlock your phone. “As long as that’s on there, the police officer can’t force you to tell them your code so that they can access it,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Think about whether you’re going to stream \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Streaming a video live to a social media platform like Facebook, says Fowler, has pluses: For one thing, a copy of your video will at least be stored online automatically. “That means that the police could not delete it even if they got your phone and they got into it,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the other hand, once you begin streaming live, you’ve lost control of where that video goes, and who sees it (more options for choosing how you release a video are below). You also might decide that you actually don’t want the video out there, perhaps “because it doesn’t serve the purposes of the person you’re trying to help,” says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider using an app to record\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a specialized app to film is a way of instantly sharing it with other people without necessarily sharing it publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might use an app like \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/mobile-justice\">the American Civil Liberties Union’s Mobile Justice\u003c/a> app, which allows you to record video while streaming to your closest contacts and your local ACLU, as well as providing information about your rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fowler also recommends the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justusapp.org/\">Just Us app\u003c/a> created by Los Angeles-based clinical psychologist Charmine Davis, which can be activated by voice and allows broadcasting to a chosen group of contacts. This voice activation may be particularly relevant in situations like traffic stops, says Fowler, when “it may be very unsafe for you to try to reach for your phone or to hold your phone to record the police officer while it’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871542\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11871542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS27057_20170927_Uc-Berkeley-Free-Speech_Credit_Adam-Grossberg-9-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UC police officer watches a free speech demonstration in Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Sept. 27, 2017. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"during\">\u003c/a>While you’re filming\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prioritize your personal safety in the moment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Always, \u003cem>always\u003c/em> consider your own safety before you start filming, urges Tynes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel safe to do so, make it very clear that your phone is out in front of you, instead of partially hidden, so it cannot be mistaken for a weapon. This is something Darnella Frazier — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/21/989480867/darnella-frazier-teen-who-filmed-floyds-murder-praised-for-making-verdict-possib\">filmed the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin in May 2020\u003c/a> — took particular care to do, says Fowler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She made it very obvious that she was filming. She didn’t try to hide it in her jacket,” Fowler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Record clearly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Darnella Frazier did exactly right in her filming, says Fowler, was that “she acted like a journalist in this situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frazier chose a clear vantage point, and “she stood back from the police to keep herself safe” as she did so, notes Fowler. 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"content": "\u003cp>A national physicians group is demanding an end to the use of the diagnosis \"excited delirium,\" calling it junk science that “cannot be disentangled from its racist and unscientific origins” in a \u003ca href=\"https://phr.org/our-work/resources/excited-delirium/\">report released last week\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Excited delirium\" is often used to describe a state of agitated confusion, often associated with drug use or mental illness, and sometimes with violent outbursts followed by an abrupt death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics of the diagnosis say it has no clear or consistent definition, and the report’s authors note that it’s disproportionately applied to Black and brown men by law enforcement to explain sudden deaths in police custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, by \u003ca href=\"https://phr.org/our-work/resources/excited-delirium/\">Physicians for Human Rights\u003c/a>, finds that, “When the diagnosis of ‘excited delirium’ has been advanced, it has almost always been by law enforcement and law-enforcement-affiliated organizations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several medical professional groups, like the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association, already don’t recognize the term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Julia Sherwin, Oakland-based civil rights attorney and co-author of the report\"]'What's really important ... is the human impact that this junk science has. These are people who are suffering, who came into contact with law enforcement for one reason or another, and now they've been ripped from their families.'[/pullquote]Last year, the American Medical Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/new-ama-policy-opposes-excited-delirium-diagnosis\">declared its opposition to the diagnosis\u003c/a>. The association’s then-President-elect Gerald E. Harmon called it “a manifestation of systemic racism that has unnecessarily dangerous and deadly consequences for our Black and Brown patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But its use remains prevalent nationwide. When Colorado police arrested Elijah McClain, \u003ca href=\"https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/metro/colorado-panel-issues-guidelines-for-injecting-ketamine/\">they invoked \"excited delirium,\" both to justify injecting him with ketamine and later to explain his death\u003c/a>. The defense team for Derek Chauvin — the Minnesota officer who murdered George Floyd — \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-health-george-floyd-minneapolis-thomas-lane-1c6776d265e6f3c09e32df7039e80720\">argued during Chauvin’s trial that Floyd was experiencing \"excited delirium\"\u003c/a> and tried to use that to justify Chauvin pressing his knee to Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diagnosis also has been used to explain deaths in police custody in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11887516 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/Feature_RS48144_023_SanFrancisco_RiseUpRally_03262021-qut-1020x680.jpg']Angelo Quinto’s family called the police to assist with a mental health crisis Quinto was experiencing in December 2020. Responding officers knelt on the Antioch man’s back, pinning him to the ground for what his family said was about five minutes. Quinto passed out, then died three days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public outrage ensued, and community members called for justice for Quinto and for consequences for the responding officers. But in August 2021, a forensic pathologist hired by Contra Costa County named \"excited delirium\" as the cause of death, and the death was ruled an accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Vanja Douglas, a neurologist for UCSF, has worked for years with patients who experience delirium, mostly older people. He said he had never heard of the term \"excited delirium\" before reading the Physicians for Human Rights report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Douglas said he was surprised to see delirium listed as a cause of death because it is a symptom of an underlying condition, not a condition in itself, and cannot be responsible for death. Instead, in a situation where a patient dies while delirious, the underlying condition would be the cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa County sheriff’s office, which houses the coroner’s office, directed questions from KQED about Angelo Quinto’s cause of death to the forensic pathologists involved who work as independent contractors for the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Ikechi Ogan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/08/20/death-of-angelo-quinto-after-struggle-with-cops-blamed-on-excited-delirium-a-controversial-diagnosis-the-ama-says-is-used-to-shield-police-violence/\">the pathologist who testified during a coroner’s inquest that \"excited delirium\" caused Quinto’s death\u003c/a>, could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11907783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11907783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"vigil attendees kneeling in grass at outdoor park, wearing masks and holding sign reading 'justice for angelo quinto'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends, family and community members attend a vigil in remembrance of Angelo Quinto at Antioch City Park on March 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Physicians for Human Rights report specifically names Quinto’s as one of the cases where \"excited delirium\" is used to explain away excessive force and minimize accountability of law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Angelo Quinto, a Filipino-American Navy veteran, is one of many people, disproportionately people of color, whose deaths at the hands of police have been attributed to ‘excited delirium’ rather than to the conduct of law enforcement officers,” the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia Sherwin is a civil rights attorney based in Oakland who co-authored the report after spending years researching how the term is used among law enforcement. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Angelo Quinto’s family called the police to assist with a mental health crisis Quinto was experiencing in December 2020. Responding officers knelt on the Antioch man’s back, pinning him to the ground for what his family said was about five minutes. Quinto passed out, then died three days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public outrage ensued, and community members called for justice for Quinto and for consequences for the responding officers. But in August 2021, a forensic pathologist hired by Contra Costa County named \"excited delirium\" as the cause of death, and the death was ruled an accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Vanja Douglas, a neurologist for UCSF, has worked for years with patients who experience delirium, mostly older people. He said he had never heard of the term \"excited delirium\" before reading the Physicians for Human Rights report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Douglas said he was surprised to see delirium listed as a cause of death because it is a symptom of an underlying condition, not a condition in itself, and cannot be responsible for death. Instead, in a situation where a patient dies while delirious, the underlying condition would be the cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa County sheriff’s office, which houses the coroner’s office, directed questions from KQED about Angelo Quinto’s cause of death to the forensic pathologists involved who work as independent contractors for the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Ikechi Ogan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/08/20/death-of-angelo-quinto-after-struggle-with-cops-blamed-on-excited-delirium-a-controversial-diagnosis-the-ama-says-is-used-to-shield-police-violence/\">the pathologist who testified during a coroner’s inquest that \"excited delirium\" caused Quinto’s death\u003c/a>, could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11907783\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11907783\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"vigil attendees kneeling in grass at outdoor park, wearing masks and holding sign reading 'justice for angelo quinto'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/RS47595_014_Antioch_AngeloQuintoMemorial_03102021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends, family and community members attend a vigil in remembrance of Angelo Quinto at Antioch City Park on March 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Physicians for Human Rights report specifically names Quinto’s as one of the cases where \"excited delirium\" is used to explain away excessive force and minimize accountability of law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Angelo Quinto, a Filipino-American Navy veteran, is one of many people, disproportionately people of color, whose deaths at the hands of police have been attributed to ‘excited delirium’ rather than to the conduct of law enforcement officers,” the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia Sherwin is a civil rights attorney based in Oakland who co-authored the report after spending years researching how the term is used among law enforcement. She said police departments must learn how to more safely handle people in distress rather than using \"excited delirium\" to explain away unnecessary deaths that are really caused by the actions of officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What's really important ... is the human impact that this junk science has,” Sherwin said. “These are people who are suffering, who came into contact with law enforcement for one reason or another, and now they’ve been ripped from their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwin said restraints seemed to be one of the most common factors in deaths under police custody that were later ruled to be caused by \"excited delirium,\" and implored police departments to focus on deescalation training rather than resorting to force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When encountering a person experiencing emotional distress, Sherwin said officers should make sure they are “not going hands-on with the person, not threatening them, they’re giving the person time to calm down … if they have to prone them out for handcuffing, good training would say turn them on their side or sit them up right away so they can breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Minnesota judge sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22.5 years in prison Friday for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989283638/jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty-on-all-counts-in-killing-of-george-floyd\">murder of George Floyd\u003c/a> — a punishment that exceeds the state’s minimum guidelines but falls short of prosecutors’ request of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/06/03/1002815551/chauvin-30-years-time-served-sentence-george-floyd-murder\">30-year sentence\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The punishment will include time Chauvin has already served, the judge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer, who is white, guilty of murdering Floyd, who was Black, last year. The killing triggered \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/27/896043971/portland-protesters-file-suit-against-trump-administration-over-federal-response\">massive protests \u003c/a>against racial injustice and also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/27/990580272/with-slow-progress-on-federal-level-police-reform-remains-patchwork-across-u-s\">prompted reviews\u003c/a> of the police use of force — including how much the law should protect officers when someone dies in their custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in earlier proceedings, the sentencing hearing was livestreamed from the courtroom. The sentence announcement followed emotional victim impact statements from Floyd’s family, as well as a heartfelt message of support from Chauvin’s mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/ap21176695885351-a93a1aff358bd47fb425f55a49dd97d3e3c82963-e1624651424112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11879372\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this screen grab from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is seen at his sentencing hearing on Friday.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Court TV, via AP, Pool)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chauvin was seen on video pressing his knee onto Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds as Floyd lay facedown on the asphalt outside a convenience store with his hands cuffed behind his back. The police had been called to the store after Floyd allegedly used a counterfeit $20 bill to pay for cigarettes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The guilty verdict against Chauvin was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/20/989335036/finally-america-reacts-to-chauvin-guilty-verdict\">hailed as a civil rights victory\u003c/a>. Since then, his prison sentence has been awaited as a possible affirmation of that victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chauvin has been jailed since his guilty verdict. He was in court for Friday’s sentencing hearing, wearing a suit rather than a prisoner’s uniform by a special order of the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chauvin Offers Condolences in a Brief Statement\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Chauvin, who did not testify during his trial, addressed the court in remarks that he said would be kept brief as he is still facing other legal issues — including federal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to give my condolences to the Floyd family,” Chauvin said as he looked toward Floyd’s relatives in the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in a cryptic moment, the former officer added, “There’s going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest. And I hope things will give you some, some peace of mind. Thank you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Minnesota law, people sentenced to prison become eligible to be considered for parole after serving\u003ca href=\"https://mn.gov/msgc-stat/documents/Guidelines/2020/2020StandardSentencingGuidelinesGrid.pdf\"> two-thirds of their sentence\u003c/a>, as long as they’ve had no disciplinary problems while in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chauvin “is the first white officer in Minnesota to face prison time for the killing of a Black man,” according to member station \u003ca href=\"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/06/24/chauvin-first-white-officer-in-minn-to-face-prison-time-for-killing-a-black-man\">Minnesota Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Floyd’s Daughter, 7, Gives Her Victim Impact Statement\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Floyd’s loved ones delivered four victim impact statements in court. The first was a video conversation with Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, Gianna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I ask about him all the time,” she said, adding that she wants to know, “How did my dad get hurt?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gianna said her father is still with her in spirit. When she sees him again, she said, she wants to play with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I miss you and I love you,” she said she would tell her father, adding that every night, he used to help her brush her teeth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girl added that other people have helped her father, after “those mean people did something to him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/ap21176683080099-db15c1c754292960f54fc3cca2a6daa4950c7cd9-e1624651675412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11879373\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this image taken from video, Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, becomes emotional during victim impact statements at Derek Chauvin’s sentencing hearing Friday.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Court TV via AP, Pool)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Floyd’s Brother Asks Chauvin: ‘Why?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“This situation has really affected me and my family,” Floyd’s brother Terrence Floyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing Chauvin in the courtroom, Floyd said he has some questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why? What were you thinking? What was going through your head when you had your knee on my brother’s neck?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He then took a moment to compose himself, after growing emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He went on to describe how, in one of his last conversations with his brother, they had been planning playdates for their daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asking for a maximum penalty against Chauvin, Terrence Floyd said there should be “no more slaps on the wrist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Philonise Floyd, who has become an outspoken advocate for his brother after his death, then told the court that he has relived Floyd’s death repeatedly in the past year. He no longer knows what it feels like to get a full night’s sleep, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My family and I have been given a life sentence” to live without George Floyd, Philonise Floyd added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='george-floyd']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chauvin’s Mother Says She Supports Her Son ‘100 Percent’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Chauvin’s mother, Carolyn Pawlenty, spoke in court on his behalf and for her entire family, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All their lives changed forever the day Floyd died, Pawlenty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son is not an “aggressive, heartless and uncaring person,” or a racist, she said. “My son is a good man,” Pawlenty said, noting his years of dedication to being a police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saying that she supports her son 100 percent, she added that the past year has taken a toll on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you sentence my son, you will also be sentencing me,” Pawlenty told Judge Peter Cahill. She noted that if her son serves a long prison term, his parents may not be alive when he is released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing Chauvin, Pawlenty said she is on his side and told him to be strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Remember you are my favorite son,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lawyers Argued Over Aggravating Factors\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Minnesota guidelines called for Chauvin to be sentenced to around 12 1/2 years for second-degree unintentional murder, given his lack of prior criminal history. But state prosecutors pushed for a 30-year term, saying Chauvin “acted with particular cruelty,” among other aggravating factors in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution also cited Chauvin’s abuse of a position of authority and Floyd’s killing in front of children and other witnesses, saying his punishment requires an “upward departure” from the guidelines. Cahill \u003ca href=\"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/Order05112021.pdf\">agreed\u003c/a>, saying that aggravating factors had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s defense attorney, asked for Chauvin to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/Memorandum06022021.pdf\">sentenced to probation\u003c/a> along with time already served, saying that Chauvin, 45, would likely be a target in prison. He also says that with the support of his family and friends, Chauvin still has the potential to be a positive influence on his community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. But he’s being punished only for the most serious charge: second-degree murder while committing a felony. In Minnesota, a person convicted of multiple crimes that happened at the same time is typically only sentenced for the most severe charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s maximum prison term for second-degree unintentional murder \u003ca href=\"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.19\">is 40 years\u003c/a>, although the \u003ca href=\"https://mn.gov/msgc-stat/documents/Guidelines/2020/2020StandardSentencingGuidelinesGrid.pdf\">sentencing guidelines\u003c/a> for second-degree unintentional murder largely taper off at 24 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chauvin Also Faces Federal Charges\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1857px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/ap21167806766190_custom-891cab8dc94e289d84be7e0ac99e8caea07036b9-e1624651756396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1857\" height=\"1236\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11879374\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens to verdicts at his trial in April for the 2020 death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in state court and is scheduled to be sentenced June 25.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Court TV via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weeks after Chauvin was found guilty of murdering Floyd, the Justice Department announced federal criminal charges against him and three of his fellow former officers over Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal grand jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/05/07/987737695/justice-department-brings-federal-criminal-charges-against-derek-chauvin-3-other\">indicted the four on charges\u003c/a> of violating Floyd’s civil rights, with Chauvin accused of using excessive force and ignoring the medical emergency that ended in Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other former officers — J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao — are also accused of not getting immediate medical help for Floyd, with Kueng and Thao facing an addition charge of failing to intervene and showing “deliberate indifference” to Floyd’s predicament.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grand jury also indicted Chauvin over an arrest he made in 2017, in which he allegedly used a neck restraint and beat a teenager with a flashlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No trial date has been announced for the federal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three other former officers were already facing a state trial in August, on charges of aiding and abetting. But that trial has now been postponed until March of 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All four of the Minneapolis officers involved in Floyd’s death were fired days after the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nelson had asked the state court for a new trial for Chauvin, saying intense press coverage tainted the jury pool. He also alleged prosecutorial misconduct, related to issues such as sharing evidence and handling witnesses. But Cahill \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/06/25/1010290622/derek-chauvin-new-trial-rejected-george-floyd-murder?live=1\">denied Nelson’s motion\u003c/a> on the eve of Friday’s sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Police Killings Rarely Result in Criminal Charges\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Floyd’s murder and other high-profile cases, such as the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., have put intense scrutiny on the police use of deadly force against Black people, particularly by white officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns\">NPR investigation\u003c/a> from early this year found that police officers in the U.S. shot and killed at least 135 unarmed Black men and women since 2015, and that at least 75% of the officers were white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officers in the U.S. killed 1,099 people in 2019 — by far the most in any wealthy democracy in both raw numbers and per capita, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/\">the Prison Policy Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those killings result in only a small number of officers being charged with a crime each year, and convictions of police on murder charges \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/20/989292294/where-the-chauvin-verdict-fits-in-the-recent-history-of-high-profile-police-kill\">are very rare\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year brought a spike in the number of officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008975458/more-police-officers-have-died-on-the-job-so-far-this-year-than-in-2020-why\">who died on duty\u003c/a>, but as in most years, traffic incidents accounted for the largest share of those deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chauvin Case Propelled Calls to Change Policing in the US\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The uproar over Floyd’s death has helped change how some police departments train officers to use force, particularly chokeholds or carotid restraint holds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as NPR reported last summer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877527974/how-decades-of-bans-on-police-chokeholds-have-fallen-short\">bans on neck restraints\u003c/a> have been mostly ineffective or unenforced. Chauvin’s actions against Floyd, for instance, were described by Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo as violating the department’s policies on the use of force, as well de-escalation and rendering aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates of police reform also say it’s time to limit or revoke qualified immunity — a legal doctrine established by the Supreme Court in 1967 that has been used to shield officers from facing liability for egregious actions while on-duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people pushing for this change say the Supreme Court has tightened qualified immunity so much in recent decades that it’s become nearly impossible for courts to recognize even blatant examples of police misconduct as illegal,” NPR’s Martin Kaste \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/872470083/qualified-immunity-a-doctrine-that-made-it-much-harder-to-sue-the-police\">reported last year\u003c/a>. “But police see things very differently. For them, qualified immunity has become a necessary safe harbor in a fast-paced, often dangerous job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Qualified immunity’s critics range from far-left activists to the libertarian \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/qualified-immunity-legal-practical-moral-failure#complete-abolition\">Cato Institute\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/899489809/judge-shielding-cop-via-qualified-immunity-asks-whether-it-belongs-in-dustbin\">joined the critics\u003c/a> last year, saying that while an officer in a case before him was protected by the doctrine, qualified immunity should be tossed into “the dustbin of history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. 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She noted that if her son serves a long prison term, his parents may not be alive when he is released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing Chauvin, Pawlenty said she is on his side and told him to be strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Remember you are my favorite son,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lawyers Argued Over Aggravating Factors\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Minnesota guidelines called for Chauvin to be sentenced to around 12 1/2 years for second-degree unintentional murder, given his lack of prior criminal history. But state prosecutors pushed for a 30-year term, saying Chauvin “acted with particular cruelty,” among other aggravating factors in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution also cited Chauvin’s abuse of a position of authority and Floyd’s killing in front of children and other witnesses, saying his punishment requires an “upward departure” from the guidelines. Cahill \u003ca href=\"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/Order05112021.pdf\">agreed\u003c/a>, saying that aggravating factors had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s defense attorney, asked for Chauvin to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/Memorandum06022021.pdf\">sentenced to probation\u003c/a> along with time already served, saying that Chauvin, 45, would likely be a target in prison. He also says that with the support of his family and friends, Chauvin still has the potential to be a positive influence on his community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. But he’s being punished only for the most serious charge: second-degree murder while committing a felony. In Minnesota, a person convicted of multiple crimes that happened at the same time is typically only sentenced for the most severe charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s maximum prison term for second-degree unintentional murder \u003ca href=\"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.19\">is 40 years\u003c/a>, although the \u003ca href=\"https://mn.gov/msgc-stat/documents/Guidelines/2020/2020StandardSentencingGuidelinesGrid.pdf\">sentencing guidelines\u003c/a> for second-degree unintentional murder largely taper off at 24 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chauvin Also Faces Federal Charges\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1857px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/ap21167806766190_custom-891cab8dc94e289d84be7e0ac99e8caea07036b9-e1624651756396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1857\" height=\"1236\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11879374\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens to verdicts at his trial in April for the 2020 death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in state court and is scheduled to be sentenced June 25.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Court TV via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weeks after Chauvin was found guilty of murdering Floyd, the Justice Department announced federal criminal charges against him and three of his fellow former officers over Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal grand jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/05/07/987737695/justice-department-brings-federal-criminal-charges-against-derek-chauvin-3-other\">indicted the four on charges\u003c/a> of violating Floyd’s civil rights, with Chauvin accused of using excessive force and ignoring the medical emergency that ended in Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other former officers — J. 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He also alleged prosecutorial misconduct, related to issues such as sharing evidence and handling witnesses. But Cahill \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/06/25/1010290622/derek-chauvin-new-trial-rejected-george-floyd-murder?live=1\">denied Nelson’s motion\u003c/a> on the eve of Friday’s sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Police Killings Rarely Result in Criminal Charges\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Floyd’s murder and other high-profile cases, such as the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., have put intense scrutiny on the police use of deadly force against Black people, particularly by white officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns\">NPR investigation\u003c/a> from early this year found that police officers in the U.S. shot and killed at least 135 unarmed Black men and women since 2015, and that at least 75% of the officers were white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officers in the U.S. killed 1,099 people in 2019 — by far the most in any wealthy democracy in both raw numbers and per capita, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/\">the Prison Policy Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those killings result in only a small number of officers being charged with a crime each year, and convictions of police on murder charges \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/20/989292294/where-the-chauvin-verdict-fits-in-the-recent-history-of-high-profile-police-kill\">are very rare\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year brought a spike in the number of officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008975458/more-police-officers-have-died-on-the-job-so-far-this-year-than-in-2020-why\">who died on duty\u003c/a>, but as in most years, traffic incidents accounted for the largest share of those deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chauvin Case Propelled Calls to Change Policing in the US\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The uproar over Floyd’s death has helped change how some police departments train officers to use force, particularly chokeholds or carotid restraint holds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as NPR reported last summer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/877527974/how-decades-of-bans-on-police-chokeholds-have-fallen-short\">bans on neck restraints\u003c/a> have been mostly ineffective or unenforced. 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"content": "\u003cp>George Floyd’s presence can still be felt in downtown Oakland, where murals bearing his likeness remain, along with numerous signs saying his name in large yellow letters, covering some business windows along Broadway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly one year ago, Floyd went out to buy cigarettes at a grocery store in Minneapolis. A store employee called the police, thinking Floyd had used counterfeit currency. The officers confronted Floyd and one of them, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes even as the 46-year-old Black man pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floyd’s murder, for which Chauvin was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870396/court-says-jury-has-reached-verdict-in-derek-chauvins-murder-trial\">convicted\u003c/a> in April, sparked hundreds of protests across the country led by organizers who demanded accountability for Floyd’s death, an end to police brutality and major structural reform in the nation’s policing systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875360\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1505px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11875360\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49502_024_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"James Burch from Anti-Police Terror Project (APTP) speaks to a crowd in Oakland on May 25, 2021.\" width=\"1505\" height=\"1003\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49502_024_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut.jpg 1505w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49502_024_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49502_024_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49502_024_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1505px) 100vw, 1505px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Burch from Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) speaks during an event organized by the Anti Police-Terror Project and the Defund Police Coalition on May 25, 2021 to honor George Floyd one year after his murder. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not too far from Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland – the site of dozens of such demonstrations – organizers from the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) and the Defund Police Coalition on Tuesday held a press conference to honor George Floyd on the anniversary of his murder. Despite pressure put on city officials and a promise to reinvest dollars spent on policing into communities, advocates said change still hasn’t come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the height of the George Floyd uprising, there was an intense political pressure put on the City Council and the mayor,” said James Burch, APTP policy director. “They committed to a pathway to reimagine public safety, and [to] reinvest 50% of the dollars spent on policing … That’s where we were last summer. And between then and now, some members of city government have retreated and retrenched themselves into the status quo.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Barbara Doss, mother of Dujuan Armstrong, who died in Santa Rita Jail in 2018\"]‘There is no justice … If I do get justice, what is the justice?.’[/pullquote]Among those attending the event was Barbara Doss, the mother of Dujuan Armstrong, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/19/us-police-shootings-george-floyd-press-releases-reports\">lost his life in Santa Rita Jail\u003c/a> in Dublin on June 23, 2018. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6396888-Dujuan-Armstrong2018-02007.html\">coroner’s report\u003c/a>, officers in the jail immobilized Armstrong using a full-body restraining device called a WRAP and covered his head with a hood, making it extremely difficult for him to breathe and resulting in his death by asphyxiation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doss still bears the pain of the death of both her son, and of Floyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here to demand justice for my son … and not just for Dejuan but we got more people out here that no one even hears about,” she said. “I’m not going to let it lie down. I’m not letting it die down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of 2019, Armstrong’s family \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/04/family-of-inmate-who-died-in-death-trap-device-sues-for-wrongful-death/\">sued Alameda County\u003c/a>. And while Doss continues to demand accountability from the county, she questions what more this will give her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no justice,” she said. “If I do get justice, what is the justice?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addie Kitchen, whose grandson \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Steven-Taylor-s-grandmother-I-m-hurt-but-15542028.php\">Steven Taylor\u003c/a> was shot and killed by a police officer in a San Leandro Walmart last year while experiencing a mental health crisis, also indicated the magnitude of change that’s needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875363\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11875363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"Addie Kitchen, the grandmother of Steven Taylor, speaks to a crowd in Oakland.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49486_005_Oakland_APTPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-qut-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Addie Kitchen, the grandmother of Steven Taylor, speaks during an event organized by the Anti Police-Terror Project and the Defund Police Coalition on May 25, 2021 to honor George Floyd one year after his murder. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People have asked me how I feel about the conviction of Chauvin for Floyd’s murder,” Kitchen said at the press conference. “And I keep telling them it’s a pebble in the ocean. It doesn’t even make a ripple. There is so much more that needs to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She pointed out that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870691/we-need-justice-mourners-demand-alameda-police-provide-answers-in-death-of-mario-gonzalez\">Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a> died in the hands of the Alameda city police on April 19, 2021, one year and one day after her grandson’s death. That incident \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871887/alameda-leaders-weigh-police-reforms-after-death-of-mario-gonzalez\">spurred police reform proposals\u003c/a> such as requiring a non-police response to certain types of 911 calls, including those related to potential mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Things are still the same. We need changes. We need the politicians and leaders to do their job. We’re asking for protection from law enforcement,” Kitchen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='george-floyd']APTP and its coalition members have been critical of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873608/dozens-of-oakland-police-officers-collect-6-figure-overtime-payments-straining-citys-budget\">proposed budget\u003c/a> for the 2021-2023 budget cycle, which would increase total police spending from about $317 million to $341 million starting in July — or roughly 41% of the city’s general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some organizers, that move felt like a contradiction of what Schaaf had promised last year: to invest more in community-driven public safety mechanisms like mental health and gender-based violence services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Libby Schaaf continues to fund more police,” said Marlene Sanchez of the Ella Baker Center, a civil rights and organizing group. “If you’re going to talk the talk, then walk the walk. We want to see a budget that really reflects our values.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier on Tuesday, the Oakland NAACP and other groups hosted a separate George Floyd remembrance event in East Oakland, where speakers included Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and newly minted California Attorney General Rob Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875367\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11875367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person dances wearing a facemask.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49437_003_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">High school senior Zoei Brown dances during a community remembrance event held by the Oakland NAACP at Youth UpRising in Oakland on May 25, 2021to pay tribute to George Floyd. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The doors to accountability, well they’ve been cracked open,” Lee said. “But until we realize a world in which Mr. Floyd and so many others were never ever killed in the first place, our fight must continue … We’re here to do just that today, once again to demand justice, to demand respect and to demand Black lives matter in these United States of America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, also one of the speakers, said law enforcement reform is possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I took on this job, I promised that we would reform this department,” Armstrong said. “It has to be centered around getting rid of those that should no longer wear badges. So holding people accountable is critical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875368\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11875368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong speaks during a remembrance event to pay tribute to George Floyd.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49479_045_Oakland_NAACPGeorgeFloyd_05252021-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong speaks during a remembrance event held by the Oakland NAACP at Youth UpRising in Oakland on May 25, 2021 to pay tribute to George Floyd. ‘When I took on this job, I promised that we would reform this department,’ Armstrong said. He became chief on February 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For 29-year-old Leo Mercer, an Oakland-based activist who attended the East Oakland remembrance event, what the past year has taught him is how important care – for others and for himself – is for organizing work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to move with a little more strategy … to think about my own public safety,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in Oakland but now lives in Hayward because of how high his rent became. But Oakland is still his home and his hope is that anyone, regardless of their color, can live in the city without having to fear for their lives. He also wants to remind people that Black people are not the enemy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I could say anything to the community it would be, ‘look up,” he said. “I don’t want to hurt you. I don’t want to be hurt. 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He became chief on February 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For 29-year-old Leo Mercer, an Oakland-based activist who attended the East Oakland remembrance event, what the past year has taught him is how important care – for others and for himself – is for organizing work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to move with a little more strategy … to think about my own public safety,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in Oakland but now lives in Hayward because of how high his rent became. But Oakland is still his home and his hope is that anyone, regardless of their color, can live in the city without having to fear for their lives. He also wants to remind people that Black people are not the enemy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I could say anything to the community it would be, ‘look up,” he said. “I don’t want to hurt you. I don’t want to be hurt. It ain’t us doing it to each other.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Photography helped capture the intensity and emotion of protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer one year ago today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those documenting the historic moment was \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/amirazizphotos\">Amir Aziz\u003c/a>, a visual journalist who grew up in East Oakland and is now covering his hometown for \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/\">The Oaklandside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aziz says his personal experience shapes his craft as a photojournalist, a characteristic particularly evident when documenting local protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a person who’s from Oakland, as a Black man, there’s a lot of overlap with the work that I do and the coverage that I’m seeking out to do,” he said. “It’s about capturing what matters and having access to that story that makes it more authentic than it would be if I didn’t have that access or I wasn’t from this community, or if I didn’t resonate with that story.”[aside postID=news_11821931 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43423_007_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1020x680.jpg']Aziz says Oakland’s history is intimately tied to social justice movements, so he felt a particularly strong pull to capture last year’s protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was another chance for us to educate ourselves, to come together and to just be present as we all mourn the loss, but also fight for justice,” Aziz said, who at the time was working as a freelancer. “I believe my role helps to document what’s going on and to even say that we have been having the same conversations. And that’s an important element as we continue on this path for social equality for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aziz recently spoke with KQED’s Brian Watt this week, discussing some of his own stand-out images and how the experience covering last year’s uprising affected his approach to visual storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Image as Truth\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Black Lives Matter,” “No Justice, No Peace,” “Defund the Police.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aziz spent countless hours photographing demonstrators holding signs of these rallying cries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a love I have for signs because in images, they’re really cut and dry, like they’re really clear, the messaging is really clear,” he said. “There’s just so much going on with signs during civil unrest that really make the image, at times, even if the image is just a sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11875125\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020.jpg\" alt=\"A protester inside a car holds up a sign calling for racial justice. It reads Oscar's Life Mattered, George's Life Matters, Your Life Matters.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Among the signs Aziz saw people holding during a caravan demonstration around Oakland’s Lake Merritt on May 31, 2020. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Amir Aziz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Following Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, thousands of protesters filled the streets for days. Although most demonstrations were peaceful, isolated incidents of violence and vandalism prompted officials in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose to implement curfews and deploy large numbers of police, many in riot gear, often escalating tensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was freelancing, so I was independent. I didn’t have a badge. I didn’t have a lot of gear. I don’t have a helmet or anything like that. So I can look like a protester to police,” Aziz said. “And what I think allowed me to still get so close was there’s this line where it can be blurred — where I am there almost as a demonstrator to actually tell the story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875126\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/freeway_barricade_floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-e1621970326857.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11875126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/freeway_barricade_floyd_george_protests_may_31_2020-e1621970326857.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of police and protesters. 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And on the police side, you have riot gear, you have helmets, you have batons, you have guns,” Aziz said. “It just shows a stark difference of who the ‘rioters’ are and the ‘peace officers.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Showing up Safely\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aziz, who has covered protests for years, draws on his hometown’s activist culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An editor asked me this recently, if I ever feel like I’m in danger with my equipment or at protests. You know, honestly, Oakland is so dynamic in how we experience the world. I feel safe anywhere. And it’s odd to say out loud, but places like this are almost in our DNA,” he said. “In the Bay Area, on the weekend, you go out to a protest. 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Although most demonstrations were peaceful, isolated incidents of violence and vandalism prompted officials in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose to implement curfews and deploy large numbers of police, many in riot gear, often escalating tensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was freelancing, so I was independent. I didn’t have a badge. I didn’t have a lot of gear. I don’t have a helmet or anything like that. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Alameda City Council plans to meet for a \u003ca href=\"https://legistar1.granicus.com/alameda/meetings/2021/5/5435_A_City_Council_21-05-08_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\">special session\u003c/a> on Saturday to consider immediate policing reforms following the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871345/city-of-alameda-releases-police-body-cam-footage-of-mario-gonzalez-death\">death of Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a> last month. Gonzalez, a 26-year-old Oakland man, stopped breathing after several Alameda police officers held him face-down on the ground for roughly five minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed reforms include creating a civilian police oversight board, revising the department's use-of-force policies and requiring a \"non-police response\" to certain types of 911 calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"An immediate step that can be taken is a process for civilian oversight of police actions that involve physical contact, and random checks of body camera video, just to make sure we have some eyes, a second set of review,\" said Councilmember John Knox White, who is also pushing for the city to pilot a mental health response unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"David Thomas, former police tactical trainer and professor of forensic studies\"]'I don't understand why they felt compelled to engage [Gonzalez] to the point where they had to handcuff him and control. Because it makes no sense'[/pullquote]Alameda police have been under intense national scrutiny since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871345/city-of-alameda-releases-police-body-cam-footage-of-mario-gonzalez-death\">body camera footage\u003c/a> was released last week showing two officers confronting Gonzalez in a small city park on April 19. They were responding to 911 calls from neighbors who said he was acting disoriented and appeared to be breaking security tags off alcohol bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He seems like he’s tweaking. But he’s not doing anything wrong, he’s just scaring my wife,\" one of the callers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident begins calmly, but after the officers' make repeated, unsuccessful attempts to obtain Gonzalez's full name or ID, they grab him, never telling him he's under arrest. When Gonzalez resists being handcuffed, two officers take him to the ground, pinning him on his stomach, with at least one pressing an elbow and knee into his back and shoulder. They handcuff Gonzalez, holding him down for roughly five minutes, as he continues to struggle, at which point he appears to lose consciousness and stops breathing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many social justice activists and policing experts alike have lambasted the officers, accusing them of unnecessarily escalating a situation that did not necessitate the use of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez's family and their supporters are now pushing for the officers to be charged with murder, drawing comparisons to the death of George Floyd, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870396/court-says-jury-has-reached-verdict-in-derek-chauvins-murder-trial\">murdered\u003c/a> last May by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck for more than 9 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks since Gonzalez's death, multiple separate investigations into the incident have been initiated, including criminal investigations by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department and Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, and an outside investigation by a private law firm hired by the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't understand why they felt compelled to engage [Gonzalez] to the point where they had to handcuff him and control. Because it makes no sense,\" said David Thomas, a professor of forensic studies at Florida Gulf Coast University and former police tactical trainer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think they were determined that they were going to detain him in order to get to that point, to find out who he was,\" he said. \"I don't see that as being a requirement if the person's not a threat to anybody. And if you just need him to move along, why don't you have that conversation and ask?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11871345 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48857_044_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-1020x679.jpg']Thomas also noted that the officers erred in failing to tell Gonzalez why they were detaining him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You need to clarify,\" he said. \"What is your purpose? And that was never stated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, Thomas said, after the officers forced Gonzalez to the ground, they should have immediately tried to move him into a sitting position to ensure he was able to properly breathe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for the officers said they did nothing wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These officers used the lowest degree of force possible given the intensity of Mr. Gonzalez's efforts to evade their grasp,\" Alison Berry Wilkinson told \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/henrykleeKTVU/status/1387540533497634820\">KTVU\u003c/a> last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officers had to act to ensure the safety of Gonzalez because he appeared intoxicated and disoriented and they were concerned he would fall if left there, Wilkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was never a point in time where any officer's knee was on Mr. Gonzalez's neck. Nor was there a time when they were pressing down hard enough on his body to cause him not to breathe,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda Police Department has been no stranger to controversy. It came under fire last May for use of heavy-handed tactics following the release of a video \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Alameda-Police-release-body-cam-footage-of-black-15322278.php\">showing officers pinning a 44-year-old Black man\u003c/a> to the ground and handcuffing him, after he had been seen dancing in the street near his house. The police chief \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Alameda-police-chief-retires-after-28-years-on-15427045.php\">announced his retirement\u003c/a> the following month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2018, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Video-exclusive-Navy-vet-who-died-8-days-after-15364030.php\">40-year-old navy veteran died\u003c/a> eight days after Alameda police arrested him, pinning him to the ground on his stomach and tasing him multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez's death has drawn renewed attention to a California bill that would bar police from applying pressure or body weight to a restrained person’s neck, torso or back, or laying them face up or face down without proper monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11872840\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Gonzalez's mother, Edith Arenales, puts her head together with her son Geraldo Gonzalez before speaking at a news conference outside the Alameda Police Department on April 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB490\">Assembly Bill 490\u003c/a>, authored by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Carson, a former police officer, would outlaw techniques that create a substantial risk of what's known as \"positional asphyxia\" — detaining someone in a way that compresses their airways and reduces the ability to breathe normally. The legislation follows California's \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1196\">recent ban\u003c/a> on police use of carotid restraints or choke holds, a measure also introduced by Gipson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This does not mean that a police officer can no longer restrain anyone when they need to for public safety, but it would mean that they cannot keep anyone from breathing/losing oxygen when restraining them,\" Gipson said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Sheriffs’ Association has called the language in the new bill overly broad, arguing that violations would be too difficult to judge and that an all-out ban would leave officers fewer options for handling violent suspects, making them more likely to use batons or stun guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timothy T. Williams Jr., a police tactics expert who spent nearly 30 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, said that while most departments already have policies on this, those guidelines need to be much clearer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case in point: the Alameda Police Department's \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedaca.gov/files/assets/public/departments/alameda/police/alameda-police-department-policy-manual-11022020.pdf\">policy manual\u003c/a> states that a suspect \"shall not be placed on his/her stomach for an extended period, as this could reduce the person’s ability to breathe.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The policy needs to be more specific and directed,\" Williams said. \"Once he or she is handcuffed, they are to be immediately removed from the prone position, put on their side and if possible sat up.\" Otherwise, he said, “You leave everything to subjective interpretation: What may be short to you may be long to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"mario-gonzalez\"]From a medical standpoint, any restriction of oxygen or blood flow is too long, said UCSF neurologist Nicole Rosendale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are no kind of safe, defined ways to have someone in a position like this and reduce oxygen,\" she said. \"There’s no way to predict who might be at higher risk or lower risk of complications from this positioning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez's death also rekindles the longstanding national debate – amplified in the wake of George Floyd's murder — over which kinds of responders are best suited to handle various types of non-emergency situations, and when police officers should not be involved. These are among the heated questions the Alameda City Council intends to take up this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This was a tragic and avoidable incident that once again demonstrates the danger of involving law enforcement and interactions with people experiencing mental health crises and substance-use issues,\" said Jennifer Stark, an attorney with Disability Rights California, one of the many groups that support reallocating resources to community service agencies and enlisting them to respond to certain non-violent calls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a violent person. There were no safety issues raised. There were some concerns potentially about mental health issues. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Alameda City Council plans to meet for a \u003ca href=\"https://legistar1.granicus.com/alameda/meetings/2021/5/5435_A_City_Council_21-05-08_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\">special session\u003c/a> on Saturday to consider immediate policing reforms following the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871345/city-of-alameda-releases-police-body-cam-footage-of-mario-gonzalez-death\">death of Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a> last month. Gonzalez, a 26-year-old Oakland man, stopped breathing after several Alameda police officers held him face-down on the ground for roughly five minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed reforms include creating a civilian police oversight board, revising the department's use-of-force policies and requiring a \"non-police response\" to certain types of 911 calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"An immediate step that can be taken is a process for civilian oversight of police actions that involve physical contact, and random checks of body camera video, just to make sure we have some eyes, a second set of review,\" said Councilmember John Knox White, who is also pushing for the city to pilot a mental health response unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And that was never stated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, Thomas said, after the officers forced Gonzalez to the ground, they should have immediately tried to move him into a sitting position to ensure he was able to properly breathe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for the officers said they did nothing wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These officers used the lowest degree of force possible given the intensity of Mr. Gonzalez's efforts to evade their grasp,\" Alison Berry Wilkinson told \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/henrykleeKTVU/status/1387540533497634820\">KTVU\u003c/a> last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officers had to act to ensure the safety of Gonzalez because he appeared intoxicated and disoriented and they were concerned he would fall if left there, Wilkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was never a point in time where any officer's knee was on Mr. Gonzalez's neck. Nor was there a time when they were pressing down hard enough on his body to cause him not to breathe,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda Police Department has been no stranger to controversy. It came under fire last May for use of heavy-handed tactics following the release of a video \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Alameda-Police-release-body-cam-footage-of-black-15322278.php\">showing officers pinning a 44-year-old Black man\u003c/a> to the ground and handcuffing him, after he had been seen dancing in the street near his house. The police chief \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Alameda-police-chief-retires-after-28-years-on-15427045.php\">announced his retirement\u003c/a> the following month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2018, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Video-exclusive-Navy-vet-who-died-8-days-after-15364030.php\">40-year-old navy veteran died\u003c/a> eight days after Alameda police arrested him, pinning him to the ground on his stomach and tasing him multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez's death has drawn renewed attention to a California bill that would bar police from applying pressure or body weight to a restrained person’s neck, torso or back, or laying them face up or face down without proper monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11872840\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48847_033_Alameda_MarioGonzalezPressConf_04272021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Gonzalez's mother, Edith Arenales, puts her head together with her son Geraldo Gonzalez before speaking at a news conference outside the Alameda Police Department on April 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB490\">Assembly Bill 490\u003c/a>, authored by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Carson, a former police officer, would outlaw techniques that create a substantial risk of what's known as \"positional asphyxia\" — detaining someone in a way that compresses their airways and reduces the ability to breathe normally. The legislation follows California's \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1196\">recent ban\u003c/a> on police use of carotid restraints or choke holds, a measure also introduced by Gipson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This does not mean that a police officer can no longer restrain anyone when they need to for public safety, but it would mean that they cannot keep anyone from breathing/losing oxygen when restraining them,\" Gipson said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Sheriffs’ Association has called the language in the new bill overly broad, arguing that violations would be too difficult to judge and that an all-out ban would leave officers fewer options for handling violent suspects, making them more likely to use batons or stun guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timothy T. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>From a medical standpoint, any restriction of oxygen or blood flow is too long, said UCSF neurologist Nicole Rosendale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are no kind of safe, defined ways to have someone in a position like this and reduce oxygen,\" she said. \"There’s no way to predict who might be at higher risk or lower risk of complications from this positioning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez's death also rekindles the longstanding national debate – amplified in the wake of George Floyd's murder — over which kinds of responders are best suited to handle various types of non-emergency situations, and when police officers should not be involved. These are among the heated questions the Alameda City Council intends to take up this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This was a tragic and avoidable incident that once again demonstrates the danger of involving law enforcement and interactions with people experiencing mental health crises and substance-use issues,\" said Jennifer Stark, an attorney with Disability Rights California, one of the many groups that support reallocating resources to community service agencies and enlisting them to respond to certain non-violent calls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a violent person. There were no safety issues raised. There were some concerns potentially about mental health issues. And this is one of those cases where it would have been perfectly appropriate to involve mental health professionals to come in to speak with Mario and to de-escalate the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was no crisis,\" she added, \"until the law enforcement got involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Fenn, Alameda's interim police chief, said he agrees on the need to reexamine this dynamic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that's going to be a really important question going forward,\" Fenn said. \"Who are the appropriate responders?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that can get complicated fast, he added, noting that in this case, Gonzalez seemed to be acting erratically and could have become potentially dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now, would properly trained, non-sworn people be the best to respond to this? Possibly,\" he said. \"Would they be in some level of danger? Again, possibly. So do you have a mix of a social worker with a police officer?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, \"And I think each community is trying right now to figure out what that looks like and what's the best model for Alameda.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article includes reporting from KQED's Alex Emslie and Holly McDede, and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Police in Alameda are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Autopsy findings have not been released, but the family of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez accused police Wednesday of using excessive force and escalating what should have been a minor encounter with the unarmed man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez stopped breathing following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871345/city-of-alameda-releases-police-body-cam-footage-of-mario-gonzalez-death\">video-recorded confrontation\u003c/a> with police on April 19 at a small park, where officers had confronted him after receiving 911 calls that said he appeared disoriented or drunk. The initial police statement said Gonzalez had a medical emergency after officers tried to handcuff him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The video showed that he died on the ground with his face on the floor with officers on top of him,\" said his brother, Jerry Gonzalez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia Sherwin, the family's attorney, added, “It would feel like drowning on dry land for him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple use-of-force training experts who viewed the video at the request of The Associated Press agreed that the officers shouldn’t have escalated the confrontation, but said their fatal mistake was not immediately taking action once Gonzalez had trouble breathing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wasn’t resisting; he was just trying to breathe,\" said Timothy T. Williams Jr., a law enforcement expert who spent nearly 30 years with the Los Angeles Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrest took place just hours before the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin went to the jury. The next day, Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter for pinning Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off a national reckoning over racism and police brutality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda, the nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBJnToNolHw\">hourlong video\u003c/a> from two officers' body cameras released late Tuesday shows police talking to a seemingly dazed Gonzalez, who struggles to answer questions. The third officer arrives later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Gonzalez doesn't produce any identification, the officers are seen trying to force his hands behind his back to handcuff him, but he resists and they take him to the ground. They repeatedly ask him for his full name and birthdate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"police-killings\"]Gonzalez, who weighed about 250 pounds is seen grunting and shouting as he lies face down on wood chips while the officers restrain him. One officer puts an elbow on his neck and a knee on his shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One officer also appears to put a knee on his back and leaves it there for about four minutes as Gonzalez gasps for air, saying, “I didn't do nothing, OK?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly before he stops breathing, one officer asks the other: “Think we can roll him on his side?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other answers, “I don’t want to lose what I got, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Gonzalez seems to lose consciousness, the video shows officers rolling him over and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. They are also seen administering at least two doses of Narcan, which is given to counteract opiate overdoses. Gonzalez was pronounced dead at a hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone with common sense will ask like how does someone with no preexisting chronic medical conditions suddenly have a medical emergency at the age of 26 and die, just out of the blue,” Jerry Gonzalez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez had a 4-year-old son, also named Mario, and was the main caretaker of his brother, who has autism and turned 23 on Tuesday, his family said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eugene O’Donnell, a former New York City police officer and professor of police studies at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that as in the incident that led to Floyd's death, “what's at stake is so small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials nationwide are reassessing whether counselors rather than police should deal with people who are intoxicated or suffering a mental health crisis. O'Donnell said the Alameda case was an instance in which police \"have to take care of these issues that should not be their issues.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina and an expert on police use of force, said officers should have rolled Gonzalez over as soon as they could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once they’re controlling him, as we learned from the Floyd trial with all those medical experts, this position or compression is deadly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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