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Kevin Mills, Burgess, Mills & Ring

July 28, 2010

OAKLAND -- On May 18, 2010, a federal appeals court upheld $3.7 million in damages Tuesday against the city of Oakland and two police officers who, according to a jury, planted an assault rifle on a parolee's property. Jurors found in November 2007 that the officers had violated the civil rights of the parolee, Torry Smith, and his then-girlfriend, Patricia Gray, by fabricating a case against Smith to justify his arrest in September 2004. Smith spent 4 1/2 months in jail before being cleared.

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Attorney Fraud!

August 10, 2011

San Diego, CA - A prominent San Diego attorney pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to being part of what U.S. Atty. Laura Duffy labeled a "baby-selling ring." Theresa Erickson (pictured left) a lawyer specializing in reproductive law, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for allegedly transmitting phony documents to deceive both the San Diego County Superior Court and couples seeking to become parents. Two other people in the alleged ring have also pleaded guilty.

According to court documents, Erickson hired women in San Diego to go to Ukraine to be implanted with embryos created from the sperm and eggs of donors. Once a woman was in the second trimester of pregnancy, she would return to San Diego and Erickson would "shop" the babies by falsely telling couples that a couple who had intended to adopt the baby had backed out of the deal. The new couple would then be charged between $100,000 and $150,000, according to prosecutors.

"These were people who desperately wanted babies," said Assistant U.S. Atty. Jason A. Forge. Court documents mention a dozen unnamed couples who received babies in this manner from Erickson and the two co-defendants. Women who agreed to carry the embryos to term were paid between $38,000 and $40,000, Forge said.

Erickson would then file documents with the court asserting that the baby was part of an existing pre-pregnancy agreement between the woman carrying the fetus and the couple -- thus allowing the couple to be listed as the parents of the child on the birth certificate.

California law, Forge said, bans profiteering on the transfer of parental rights.

The women were sent to Ukraine to have the embryos implanted because no U.S. physician would perform an implantation without documents proving that an agreement existed between the woman and what the law calls the "intended parents," Forge said. The couples who "bought" the babies did not believe they were breaking the law, Forge said. The babies were healthy and the couples will not have their parental rights taken away. Erickson, 43, who has been a guest on national TV discussing reproductive law issues, is set for sentencing Oct. 28. Wire fraud carries a maximum sentence of five years; under a plea agreement, Erickson has also agreed to pay restitution. Maryland attorney Hilary Neiman, 32 (pictured above, left) is set for sentencing Oct. 14. Carla Chambers, 51, of Las Vegas, is set for sentencing Oct. 28.

Corrupt Attorney!

September 25, 2010

SACRAMENTO, CA -- An East Bay attorney was one of three attorneys who were sentenced in U.S. District Court on Thursday to several years in prison for taking part in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services by filing hundreds of false asylum claims.

Manjit Kaur Rai, 33, of Discovery Bay and formerly of Antioch, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Rai will have to serve at least 85 percent of that time behind bars and face deportation afterward because he is not a U.S. citizen.

In addition to Rai, Jagprit Singh Sekhon, 39, of Westminster, was sentenced to 9 years in prison. His brother, 42-year-old Salida resident Jagdip Singh Sekhon, was sentenced to 5 years. Rai was given three weeks to surrender to the designated prison.

A law office interpreter, 43-year-old Iosif Caza, of Sacramento, has not been sentenced yet. Interpreter Luciana Harmath, 29, of Glendale, Ariz., was sentenced to four months in prison in June.

All five defendants were convicted in June of charges related to a scheme to defraud the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services by filing hundreds of false asylum claims between 2000 and 2004. All five were convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud. Jagprit Sekhon, Rai, Caza, and Harmath were also convicted of a separate conspiracy to submit a false asylum claim and of making false statements and asylum fraud counts relating to specific asylum claims.

Forged Orders!

August 9, 2010

(Attorney Lynn Swank, pictured above, charged with forging judges signatures on adoption papers terminating parental claims.) Georgia Bureau of Investigations have arrested A Stockbridge Attorney for forging a Fulton County Judge signature on several court orders. Lynn swank has been charged by authorities with four counts of forgery, two counts of perjury, and one count of theft by deception. Swank is also accused of lying to a judge when she said her former husband forged the signatures. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan requested the GBI investigate in January. The judge said she found four orders terminating parental claims that were forged with her signature. GBI spokesman John Bankhead said the documents concerned adoptions.

Aaron F. Biber

December 16, 2009

Aaron Biber is a "danger to the community" and had "groomed" his victim to be raped.

-- County prosecutor Judy Johnston

A fuller picture of Jew Aaron F. Biber's (pictured left) alleged rape of a teenage boy came to light Tuesday in the prominent Jew attorney's first court appearance: He "groomed" the child for a sexual attack for at least a year, had an explosive temper and behaved in a way that suggested "compulsive" behavior, said assistant Hennepin County attorney Judy Johnston. Shortly after midnight, Jew Biber posted $500,000 bail, with the assistance of Jew co-conspirators and was released from the county jail. His next court appearance was set for Jan. 19, 2009.

Citing concerns that Jew Biber might flee, the judge set bail at $500,000 for the prominent Twin Cities Jew attorney (who has wealthy Jew friends and stands) accused of raping a teenage boy. Hennepin County District Court Jew Judge Karen Janisch also ordered Biber, 46, to surrender his passport, stay at least a mile away from the alleged victim's house and have no contact with any minors except his own two children. If he wants bail without conditions, the amount will be $1.5 million, Jew Janisch ordered. Jew Biber, trea$urer of the Minnesota State Bar Association, appeared for the hearing wearing an orange Hennepin County Jail jumpsuit and standing behind security glass in a dock for defendants in custody.

Spectators appeared to include his Jew wife and Jew colleagues from the area legal community, one of whom stood and gestured to Jew Biber as if to make him aware he had Jew supporters in the courtroom. Jew Biber nodded back. Jew Biber, of Shorewood, was charged Monday with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and solicitation of a child to engage in sexual activity, both felonies.

Police alleged that Jew Biber raped the teenager after plying him with alcohol and then arranged in a phone call to meet the boy for more sex, unaware that the boy had told someone and that police were listening. County prosecutor Judy Johnston urged the judge to impose a high bail, alleging that Jew Biber exploited the child with more than a year of "grooming behavior" before sexually assaulting him. She said there's evidence that Jew Biber called the boy and convinced him to cruise the same pornographic web site Jew Biber was visiting at the same time. She argued that Jew Biber is "impulsive" and has a volatile temper, and she said the victim is afraid of him. She said Jew Biber, if convicted, could face 12 years in prison.

Jew Biber’s Jew Defense attorney responded that Jew Biber has "lived an exemplary life for 46 years." She said many people have called her to say, ```We know this man; We've know this man for years, and we support him.'

December 24, 2008

Kevin Anthony Mills
Attorney at Law
State of California
State Bar Number 148483
(Practice located in San Francisco).

Racist, Corrupt, Dishonest Attorney

Address:

Burgess, Mills & Ring
1 Maritime Plaza, Ste 1600
San Francisco, CA, 94111

In a court case initiated in the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa, against (Defendants) St. Mary's College of California (a catholic school) and John F. Kennedy University (a catholic school) (JFKU), Mr. Mills represented the St. Mary's College (SMC) Defendants. The case was presided over by Judge David Bernard Flinn. The Plaintiff, an African-American male alleged racial discrimination and racial harassment against the Defendants (SMC & JFKU). Note: SMC & JFKU are located in Contra Costa County.

On several occasions, In open court, Mr. Mills referred to the African-American Plaintiff as "Nigger". Mr. Mills conducted himself in this manner in open court, with the complete acquiescence, approval and ratification of the trial court judge (David B. Flinn). Mr. Mills' blatant racist conduct was later ratified on appeal, by the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District (Justice William McGuiness, Justice Douglas E. Swager, Justice Martin Jenkins (Uncle Tom) and Presiding Justice James J. Marchiano). See Also: Judges of the Regents of the University of California.

Note: St. Mary's and JFKU as catholic entities have a justice sitting on the California Court of Appeals. The justice, William McGuiness (Profile Pending), a catholic and former Alameda County prosecutor now serves as a "presiding" justice on the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco. He received his law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law, a Catholic School in 1972. His brother Robert McGuiness was recently appointed Judge in Alameda County. Their father, the late Judge William McGuiness, presided over the Alameda County Superior Court from 1966 to 1991. He graduated from St. Mary's College of Law.

To give a little history, St. Mary's College has a long history of racial discrimination against African-Americans and a very long (and recent) history of sexual abuse as well as sexual predation upon its student body by faculty, staff and school administrators. In April 2008, "[C]oncerned about "the appearance of racism and discrimination" at St. Mary's College, accreditors have threatened to sanction the school if it does not reduce incivility on campus.

Accreditors were alarmed by the school's lack of progress on racial issues, the president of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges said in a letter to St. Mary's leaders made public this week. The commission first asked St. Mary's to improve in 1990 and emphasized its concerns in 2004.

"After some two decades of discussion and planning ... the commission is deeply concerned that there is so little evidence of tangible results," Ralph Wolff wrote to Brother Ronald Gallagher, the president of St. Mary's College.

The racial harassment and discrimination suit initiated against SMC was brought well before the publication date of the above article.

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$900,000.00!

May 4, 2011

Posted: 05/04/2011 07:57:25 AM PDT
Updated: 05/04/2011 09:32:55 AM PDT

OAKLAND, CA -- The city of Oakland will pay $900,000 to settle two separate cases alleging police misconduct. BayArea media sources reports that Oakland officials have agreed to pay $550,000 to a 15-year-old boy who filed suit against Oakland after he was shot in the back by an Oakland police officer Alan Leal in July 2007. Police said the boy, whose name has not been released, appeared to have put drugs in his mouth, run from officers, discarded a gun and was shot when he appeared to be reaching into his waistband. Assistant City Attorney Barbara Parker told the media that after undergoing five surgeries, the boy incurred $440,000 in medical costs.

In a second case, Oakland has agreed to pay $350,000 in attorney's fees to Novender Fleming and Victor Jones involving a suit in which officers were accused of unlawfully searching a home where marijuana was being grown in September 2008. The settlement comes after Fleming and Jones were awarded $37,500 by a federal grand jury last year.

Updates!

OPD Non-Compliant!

September 18, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge told top Oakland police officials Thursday he would consider sanctions and contempt proceedings against them if the department's reform in wake of the Riders police misconduct case doesn't improve.

Judge Thelton Henderson's threats came on the heels of a "disappointing report" from the court's monitors, who are charged with writing quarterly evaluations of how the Oakland Police Department is coming along in the dozens of tasks to which the department agreed in case's settlement eight years ago.

Henderson said he would even consider a receivership -- under which the department could be placed under federal control -- but that such a move would be "drastic."

If such an action were taken, Henderson could appoint someone from outside the department who would have authority over the chief to oversee an area of reform not yet completed to the satisfaction of the judge or monitors, Oakland police officials said, adding that sanctions or fines could be brought if the judge feels someone is maliciously trying to impede implementation of all or part of the agreement.

Henderson said he's now asking for weekly reports from the monitors.

"I am unconvinced the promise of change is any more real than it was five years ago," when former police Chief Wayne Tucker assumed office and made promises similar to Batts', Henderson said.

Robert Warshaw, a former police chief and head of the monitoring team, said he was concerned the department's efforts to address the problems relied too heavily on forming committees and adding bureaucracy, "building up and out" rather than down and into foundation issues.

Of particular contention was the department's use of IPAS Inspection, a program designed to give supervisors an array of information about their subordinates' on-the-job behavior, including the number of sick days they take and the number of Internal Affairs or excessive force complaints they receive.

Monitors found the department has made ineffective use of the program, with entries not being made and supervisors not being held responsible for the information the system contains.

The IPAS system has been altered since the monitors finished their second-quarter report, said police Capt. Benson Fairow, who is in charge of the program.

Fairow said the department is reducing its reliance on summary findings and focusing more on interviews when red flags go up about its officers.

City Administrator Dan Lindheim said it's important to understand, but not necessarily accept, that institutional change happens slowly.

"In context, two years ago there was no system, and it was only one year ago the system became functional," Lindheim said of the IPAS issue. He added that the layoffs the department suffered in July -- and are likely to suffer again if voters don't approve a new parcel tax in November -- mostly affect the newest recruits, leaving a department staffed predominantly by "those who worked under older regimes."

"At the end of the day, any officer who came in from 2006 to the present will be laid off," if the parcel tax doesn't pass, Lindheim said.

An attorney, who along with John Burris represented 119 plaintiffs named in the Riders' case and has pressed the department to hold to its agreement ever since, said he doesn't believe officers are being punished for failing their end of the agreements.

"A truly cultural, meaningful, lasting change would make ordeals like the last eight years no longer necessary," the attorney said.

"If things have not changed enough by the end of the year, we're going to ask for more involvement from the court," Burris added.

[A]n attorney for the police department, said she understood the court's frustration but cited a January 2009 search warrant scandal as proof "the institutional reforms you sought from us are working." That scandal surfaced when an internal police audit headed by Assistant Chief Howard Jordan discovered officers falsifying search warrant applications with false drug test results.

The police attorney also said that policing is "work that by its very nature introduces moral hazards" to the people charged with performing it, including tough issues like racial profiling, and that "I see Chief Batts having these difficult conversations openly."

[A]n attorney for the Oakland Police Officer's Association, said the union "hasn't had a voice in what's going on. That's not our role."

However, he added, "Our members' complaints are not about compliance, but about the effect of taking them away from the time they have to do their job."

In 2000, the same attorney said, a patrol sergeant would spend 80 to 90 percent of his time on the clock in the field; today, he said, it's closer to 15 percent, the rest of it spent with reports and other paperwork.

In defending the department, city officials and attorneys largely relied on the January appointment of new police Chief Anthony Batts.

Dozens of police captains and lieutenants attended the hearing on Batts' orders, underscoring a point Lindheim made that Batts was incorporating the department's leadership more directly in its compliance efforts.

Batts emphasized he made no excuses for the department and that he shoulders responsibility for how it functions, regardless of how long he's been in charge. However, he said, crime is down. "When I walk down the street," he said, "people are coming up and saying, 'You're doing a good job. We're moving in the right direction.'"

Batts said he is instituting accountability throughout the department by holding supervisors on every level responsible for their subordinates -- from sergeants on up to the most powerful officers.

Jordan, who was acting chief until Batts took over, said he himself had even been held accountable for department failures.

Batts said three internal affairs investigations had opened this week on his orders and that he meets weekly with the department's command staff to emphasize new policies that will bring the department into compliance with the agreement.

Criminal Back on Force!

September 17, 2010

OAKLAND, CA -- An Oakland police officer fired for falsifying search warrants in drug cases has returned to work after an arbitrator decided Aug. 6 he did not lie on sworn statements.

The arbitrator ordered the department to reinstate William Burke with back pay and seniority, his lawyer Terry Bowman said Friday. Burke was issued a written reprimand for failing to properly proofread the statements, which contributed to the controversy.

Bowman said Burke is disappointed the police department failed to recognize the difference between a proofreading mistake and an intentional lie. But Burke is relieved, the lawyer added, that the arbitrator knew the difference and is glad to be back at work.

Oakland officials accused Burke and 10 other officers in 2008 of lying on affidavits to Alameda County judges for search warrants in drug cases and to internal affairs investigators.

The sworn statements made it appear that they had tested substances bought on the street to determine if they were drugs. The statements were used by judges to issue search warrants on homes and apartments that, in most instances, resulted in the arrest of residents in a variety of felony crimes including drug possession with the intent to sell.

Most of the criminal cases that resulted from the illegal searches have been dismissed or charges against defendants dropped.

Four officers, including Burke, were fired. The others were Francisco Martinez, John Kelly and Karla Rush. Those three have not yet been reinstated.

4 Oakland Police Officers Fired

April 25, 2009

Four Oakland police officers were fired this week for their roles in the department's search warrant controversy, in which officers falsified sworn affidavits, resulting in illegal raids on the homes of mostly small-time drugs dealers in East Oakland. The officers fired this week include:

• Karla Rush;
• Francisco Martinez;
• John Kelly; and
• William Burke.

Each has seven to 10 years of experience in the department. The terminations are the most issued by the department at one time since four officers were fired in the Riders police misconduct scandal. "You have a police department that's really out of control and these officers are finally going to be held accountable," Amey Law Firm spokesperson Jason Hodge said.

The firings stem from a Police Department admission in September that a number of officers had misstated facts in sworn affidavits to Alameda County judges that they had tested substances bought on the street to determine if they were drugs. The officers made the statements even though no test was ever conducted on the substances. The sworn statements later were used by judges to issue search warrants on homes and apartments that, in most instances, resulted in the arrest of residents in a variety of felony crimes including drug possession with the intent to sell and, in one case, possession of illegal ammunition.

(Howard Jordan, Interim Oakland Police Chief - pictured left) In fact, top police officials initially defended its officers saying the issue was a result of poor training and not a malicious attempt by officers to skirt the rules in order to win a speedy search warrant. Since the matter came to public light, Chief Tucker has resigned under pressure from the Oakland City Council. Howard Jordan has been acting Chief since Tucker's resignation. Police spokesman Jeff Thomason refused to comment on April 24, 2009, saying state law prohibits the department from speaking about personnel matters.

"Historically in Oakland, the command staff never takes the hit," said an attorney who represents 10 of 18 officers who were investigated by internal affairs. "The command staff is never held responsible for its mistakes. It's the officers and sergeants that take the hit."

Nevertheless, the department began an internal affairs investigation and as criminal cases began to be dismissed and defendants released from prison, the department placed at least eight officers on paid administrative leave. Since the department acknowledged its officers had made misstatements to judges in September, dozens of criminal cases have been placed in question and criminal charges against 12 defendants have been dropped.

Since the imbroglio first was revealed, the attorneys and the union representing the officers have argued that the problems were caused by a lack of training and not intentional misconduct by the officers. But an internal affairs investigation found otherwise, according to City Attorney John Russo. Earlier this year, Russo said officers "knew or should have known that information in their affidavits regarding the testing of drugs was false." Russo also said officers had "made untruthful statements in response to questions from Internal Affairs investigators." In addition, attorneys at the Public Defender's Office and those representing clients in two federal civil rights lawsuits have said evidence suggests the officers purposely lied on their sworn affidavits.

"This is significant in the sense that these were sworn statements given to judges," said an attorney representing those arrested. "You don't need to be trained to tell the truth."

The recommendation to fire the officers came from an independent hearing officer who met with the officers, their attorneys, and city and police officials numerous times during the past month. The City Administrator then made the final decision. "Oakland police officers must live up to the highest standards of honesty and integrity," Russo said. "Evidence of false or incorrect affidavits must be taken extremely seriously."

Seven of the Oakland police officers who were fired following allegations that they had falsified search warrants for drug suspects returned to work on April 15, 2009. The seven officers were reinstated based on recommendations by an independent hearing officer and Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan.

December 24, 2008

Issues revolving around search warrants first surfaced in September [2008] when the [Oakland] police department admitted almost two dozen officers had made "misstatements" in sworn affidavits about testing substances purchased on the street during undercover operations or through informants.

(Wayne G. Tucker, former Oakland Police Chief - pictured left) " ... [A]t least eight [Oakland Police] officers have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation into [intentional] "misstatements" [or lies they told when] they made on sworn affidavits used to secure [drug] search warrants. The imbroglio has also begun to affect unrelated cases, as [Oakland Police] officers are refusing to testify in court for fear of being questioned about search warrants. (See, “More Oakland police officers placed on leave.” By Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune. Updated: 11/20/2008 11:12:38 PM PST.)

In total, almost 20 officers have been involved in the search warrant problem but many of them have been cleared of wrongdoing and are again working the streets. Two [drug] cases were dropped on 12/22/08 as two men, who were serving state prison sentences on criminal drug charges, had their cases dismissed and were ordered to be set free, said Ray Keller, an assistant public defender. (See, Oakland police department wants to fire officer.” By Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune. Posted: 12/23/2008 08:00:48 PM PST - Updated: 12/24/2008 06:38:25 AM PST.)

Thus far, the following Oakland Police Officers have been (publicly) implicated:

• Karla Rush;
• Francisco Martinez; and
• Alan Leal

[Alameda County] Judge Sandra Bean requested that Officers Francisco Martinez and Alan Leal meet with her for a closed-door session to answer questions from defense attorneys and provide information proving the existence of informants. (See, "Judge orders two Oakland police officers to prove existence of informants." By Paul T. Rosynsky Oakland Tribune. Updated: 12/05/2008 07:17:54 AM PST.)

In the affidavits, Rush (who was placed on paid administrative leave last month, is responsible for writing more than 30 faulty sworn affidavits that were used to convince judges that search warrants were needed to raid the homes of suspected small-time drug dealers) wrote that substances purchased on the street during undercover operations or through informants were tested, though no test was conducted. The affidavits were submitted to Alameda County judges who, based on what was stated, issued search warrants for mostly East Oakland homes of suspected small-time drug dealers.

" ... [I]n the case of Henry Williams, who was arrested and charged in March [2008] with possession of a controlled substance, public defender Andrew Steckler asked for the police to prove an informant exist[ed]. Williams was the victim of a questionable search [on] March 28 after Officer Francisco Martinez swore in an affidavit [that] an informant purchased methamphetamine from Williams' home four days before the search. Martinez stated in the sworn affidavit the substance the informant purchased was tested, and the test concluded it was methamphetamine. Based on his sworn statement, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Carol Brosnahan issued a search warrant." Officer Martinez also lied and stated his information was based upon information from a reliable informant who had previously assisted Oakland Police in recovering an illegal fire arm. Martinez told Alameda County Superior Court Judge Sandra Bean that the informant never helped police locate a firearm.(See, Oakland police department wants to fire officer.” By Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune. Posted: 12/23/2008 08:00:48 PM PST - Updated: 12/24/2008 06:38:25 AM PST.)

(Note: Alameda County Superior Court Judge Carol Brosnahan (pictured left with wine glass & buzzin') routinely issues search and arrest warrants based upon intentionally false and malicious statments made by police officers, including Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, the University of California Police Department and the Alameda County Sheriff's Department. Carol Brosnahan is a dishonest and corrupt judge.)

Since the [Oakland Police] department disclosed the [malicious conduct], eight criminal cases have been dropped and probation revocations against two defendants were overturned. The [Oakland] Police Department has also been named in two federal civil rights lawsuits, both of which name Rush as a defendant. While Rush was the first officer named in the department's dilemma, and the author of a majority of the faulty affidavits, she was not the only one writing "misstatements" in sworn documents. In fact, [Officer] Francisco Martinez, admitted to judge [Sandra Bean] two weeks ago that in addition to making an error about testing substances bought on the street, he also "made a mistake" in writing on a sworn affidavit that a secret informant was reliable because the informant helped police locate a firearm in an unrelated case. (See, Oakland police department wants to fire officer.” By Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune. Posted: 12/23/2008 08:00:48 PM PST - Updated: 12/24/2008 06:38:25 AM PST.)

Oakland, California Police Department

• Officer Pat Gonzales: Racist, Murderous Oakland Police Officer - 3 Killings
• Officer Hector Jimenez: Racist, Murderous Oakland Police Officer - 2 Killings
• Captain Edward Poulson, OPD^{(Beating Death of Suspect (2000) Promoted in 2008)}
• Investigator interfered in police probes of former bakery CEO
• Oakland Police Department, Corrupt, I
• Oakland, California Police Department, Corruption, II
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• Oakland Police Department, IV
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• Jeff Loman, Deputy Chief, OPD^{(Placed on Leave Feb. 4, 2009)}
• Deborah Edgerly, Corrupt former Oakland City Administrator

Oakland, CA Transit Cop Shooting

• Mehserle Makes Bail!!!^{(Updated 3-7-09) January 1, 2009 Murder of Unarmed Black Man, shot once (1) in the back!!)}
• Tony Pirone, B.P.D.^{(Mehserle Accomplice - Jan. 1, 2009 Homicide)}
• Johannes Mehserle, Killer Cop^{(Oakland's New Year's (2009) Transit Killer Cop)}
• The B.A.R.T. Shooting Investigation^{(The Investigation of Oakland's New Year's (2009) Transit Killer Cop)}
• The B.A.R.T. Aftermath ^{(The Oakland Riots New (2009))}
• B.A.R.T. Police, Racism, Homicide^{(Video of The Oakland New Year's Day (2009) Transit Shooting )}

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