Oakland police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office have agreed to permanently ban rubber bullets, bean bags and 'less lethal' munitions at demonstrations and pay two protesters $250,000 who were injured during a George Floyd protest two summers ago.
Oakland police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office have agreed to ban or severely restrict the use of rubber bullets, bean bags and "less lethal" munitions at demonstrations and pay two protesters $250,000 who were injured during a George Floyd protest two summers ago, the plaintiff's lawyers announced on Thursday.
Oakland police have long had a munitions ban at crowded events that only allowed them to fire rubber bullets and bean gabs if there was an "immediate danger of death or great bodily injury," which was first codified inThe significance of this settlement, lead plaintiff attorney Rachel Lederman said, is that for the first time, it includes the sheriff's office if deputies are providing mutual aid in Oakland.
"The injunction requires OPD to clarify in its policy and training that the mere fact that an individual is picking up or throwing a chemical agent canister or other object does not automatically justify shooting at them," the plaintiff's attorney R. Michael Flynn said in a statement. "Even if someone does pose a grave danger, the injunction prohibits police from shooting into a crowd, especially when people are running from teargas.
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