Six years of protest, public comment and politicking have finally created a light at the end of the Stop Urban Shield tunnel. On January 14th, 2019, after five months of hearings, leg work and votes, the Alameda County Urban Shield…
Category: Police Militarization
Urban Shield Task Force Votes To Exclude SWAT Teams
Rebooting Alameda County Emergency Preparedness
Urban Shield Exercise Tramples Alameda Point Nature Reserve
Here There And Everywhere
Except in Berkeley, apparently. The once locus of progressivism with a young Our Revolution-endorsed mayor has to watch that mayor cave to police union pressure and continue tacit support of Alameda County’s Trump-loving sheriff and his Homeland Security-funded war games by a one vote margin. Yet another completely full Council hearing room for naught.