Father of Kayla Moore sues city for wrongful death
A lawsuit filed against the city of Berkeley last week alleges that city police officers played a role in the death of Kayla Moore, a transgender individual who died last year.
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Protesters rally on 1-year anniversary of Kayla Moore’s death
Exactly one year after the death of Kayla Moore, a transgender woman who died in police custody, protesters on Wednesday evening marched down Shattuck Avenue, stopping traffic with six-foot banners and chants like “stop killer cops.”
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Berkeley Copwatch alleges police misconduct in death of Kayla Moore
In its report, Berkeley Copwatch highlighted allegations of police misconduct and a dearth of mental crisis services that they said influenced the death of Moore, who had a history of mental health issues. About 50 people, in addition to six commissioners and four Berkeley police officers, attended the meeting.
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Berkeley City Council moves forward with mutual aid pact
The Berkeley City Council heard from community members regarding its contentious mutual aid pact before deciding to move forward with the pact at its special meeting Tuesday night.
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Contention raised over pact guaranteeing aid
The Berkeley City Council is set to consider next month whether to reapprove an agreement with an information-sharing agency some say could facilitate racial and ethnic profiling. The agreement the council will consider at its May 15 meeting is part of the city of Berkeley’s mutual aid pact — a
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Berkeley City Council approves most of police department’s mutual aid agreements
Following community concern regarding Berkeley police’s presence at Occupy Oakland, Berkeley City Council approved at its meeting Tuesday all but five agreements of the mutual aid pact that brought them there — formally making the agreements effective for the first time in almost seven months. The Berkeley Municipal Code stipulates
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Berkeley City Council to discuss police department’s mutual aid agreements with local agencies
On the two nights in the past two weeks when tear gas was deployed on Occupy Oakland protesters, the Berkeley Police Department was called to the scene. Up to 15 Berkeley police personnel supported the Oakland Police Department on both nights as part of the department’s mutual aid pact —
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Police Review Board commissioner dies at 71
Vonnie Gurgin — Berkeley Police Review Board commissioner, UC Berkeley alumna, criminology expert and dog-lover — was pronounced dead Oct. 17 after she was found in her Berkeley Hills home. She was born in 1940. Fellow Commissioner George Perezvelez describes Gurgin’s presence on the commission as simultaneously professional and personal.
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City commission closes March 3 crowd control complaint
The Berkeley Police Review Commission voted at a meeting Wednesday night to close a policy complaint raised earlier this year regarding police use of force and crowd control tactics at the protests on the UC Berkeley campus in March. The complaint — brought March 17 by Copwatch member Andrea Prichett
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