Over the past two weeks, thousands of Oakland residents have marched in the streets and flooded City Hall with calls and emails demanding that City Council #DefundOPD by $150 million during the current mid-cycle budget review and invest in Oakland’s Black and Brown communities.
Read MoreToday in the early morning, a broad coalition of organizations held a series of coordinated actions to “wake-up” City Councilmembers at their homes and demand they #DefundOPD and #DefendBlackLife.
Read MoreA collection of recent news stories featuring Anti Police-Terror Project.
Read MoreThe Anti Police-Terror Project condemns the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police on May 25, 2020 and the murder of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020 by the Louisville Police, as well as the murder of Steven Taylor on April 18, 2020 by the San Leandro Police, and the murder of thousands of other Black and Brown victims of police murder across the U.S., including seven deaths in the Bay Area in the past two months.
Read MoreOn Saturday, April 18, 2020, Steven Taylor was shot and killed unnecessarily by a San Leandro Police Department Officer. On this Saturday, April 25th - one week after his brutal murder - at 2:30pm, the Anti Police-Terror Project will convene a car caravan to demand justice for him and his family.
Read MoreAcross the country, Black People are being infected and dying at disproportionate rates from COVID-19. In order to respond effectively to the needs of the Black community our elected officials, health experts, advocates and organizers must take a look at the ways in which the descendants of slaves, Black, African and African-Americans are most impacted by this virus through a racial and class lens.
Read MoreThe global pandemic is ravaging the mental health of Black communities as they experience sickness and death at an alarming rate. This situation is the dystopian backdrop to the killing of 33-year-old beloved community member Steven Taylor by police in a San Leandro Walmart early Saturday evening.
Read MoreWatch a recording of the press conference and read written remarks from APTP Policy Director, James Burch.
Read MorePublished in The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper on April 3, 2020
The housing crisis, a shelter in place order and the National Guard: It’s not just coronavirus and disaster capitalism that we need to resist in these unsure times but the increased criminalization of people simply trying to survive.
Published in the San Francisco Examiner on September 26, 2019
Read MoreUnder AB 392, California will establish one of the strongest use of force laws in the country by requiring that officers only use deadly force when necessary.
Read MoreOver the last few weeks, it became apparent that AB 392 - the Use of Force Bill - was no longer a “radical” bill. Despite that fact, we remain a cosponsor and stand with the Let Us Live Coalition and Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber in seeing the bill through to victory.
Read MoreVigil for Nia Wilson, Monday, July 23, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Read MoreOn Monday, April 2, the family of Sahleem Tindle will meet with District Attorney Nancy O’Malley to discuss next steps in the fight for justice for Sahleem.
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