As the nation — and the world — reels following the public release of the Memphis Police Department’s shockingly brutal body camera footage showing five officers savagely beating Tyre Nichols, who later died from his injuries, rallies, marches and vigils have been held across the country. Politicians, law enforcement officials, police unions and protesters are condemning not just the Memphis police officers who were involved, but also drawing attention to what many consider to be systemic violence in law enforcement across the United States.
In Oakland, a city with a long history of deadly confrontations involving law enforcement, a rally and march was held by the Anti Police-Terror Project with hundreds of people in attendance on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Oscar Grant Plaza — named in honor of yet another unarmed Black man who was killed as a result of police violence.
“These things are all too familiar and they happen all the time," said Dayton Andrews, an Oakland resident. "I’m from Los Angeles originally and this is a carbon copy of what happened to Rodney King 30 years ago.”
“The community really has to respond and show that this is unacceptable," said Lisa Eugene, a San Leandro resident. "This is an unacceptable standard of behavior for the police, for police everywhere.”
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