Have you heard? Oakland “defunded” the police. And starting July 1, all hell is going to break loose. The only problem? That isn’t true.
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Since the murder of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station, the Anti Police-Terror Project has fought to redefine public safety in the City of Oakland. Today’s vote in support of Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’s budget to cut police spending and fund crucial social services shows Oakland’s commitment as a progressive city to support policies that actually keep us safe.
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We seem destined and determined to keep repeating the same failed public safety policies and rinsing our hands of the responsibility for the failure.
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Oakland is currently leading the nation in the Divest conversation. This is not the time to turn back.
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Today Mayor Libby Schaaf released her proposed Oakland city budget for 2021-2023. Unfortunately, after tens of thousands of Oaklanders demanded the mayor reduce police spending and instead invest in community services, Mayor Schaaf has chosen to increase the police budget yet again.
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George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin on 03/25/2020. Despite great effort on the part of Chauvin’s attorney to assassinate George’s character and blame him for his own murder, Chauvin was rightfully found GUILTY.
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A bloated police budget has not made the streets any safer; it's time for real alternatives.
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Police are violence responders. Not violence interrupters. We need to invest in root cause preventive strategies. We need to get to the gun before the bullet flies, not watch yet another mother put her child in the ground. We need to Refund, Restore, and Reimagine.
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As a result of extensive organizing by the Defund Police Coalition (Defund OPD), an Anti Police-Terror Project led coalition, Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force last night finalized a proposal of bold, smart and transformative recommendations that will completely reimagine public safety in Oakland.
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Today members of the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to introduce a model for mental health emergency support to Oaklanders (known as MACRO) that does not lead with law enforcement.
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A collection of recent news stories featuring Anti Police-Terror Project.
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At Friday’s press conference, organizers will unveil a new campaign to win reparations for Oakland’s Black students. This demand is part of the Black New Deal platform to uplift Oakland Black residents. Other key demands of this platform include making housing a human right and reimagining public safety by refunding the community with half of OPD’s bloated budget.
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It will culminate on January 18, MLK Day, with a mass car caravan from the Port of Oakland to Eastmont Mall, demanding that we reinvest 50% of the Oakland Police Department’s dollars to community supports and services that actually keep us safe.
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The Defund Police Coalition delivered a statement to the Reimagining Public Safety Taskforce Monday evening calling on the Taskforce to reground itself in principles that center those directly impacted by budget inequality and over-policing.