Unsolved crime is just one way in which the needs of many victims' families — especially minorities — are not being met by Oakland police, a study finds.
Lorrain Taylor was paralyzed by despair after her twin sons were fatally shot in an Oakland parking lot in 2000.
Despite these statistics, the study does not detail why homicide cases remain unsolved and instead delves into how this impacts the lives of victims’ families. Research centers on the experiences of 15 Oakland families, most of whom are black and Latino. An Oakland Police Department spokesperson said the agency disagrees with the findings of the UC Berkeley report. The department pointed to another study, conducted by the Giffords Law Center last year, that found the city has had a“The department acknowledges that violent crime and homicides create trauma in our community, and OPD is committed to reducing that impact,” the department wrote in a prepared statement.
“It’s almost like you’re crawling and walking on broken glass everyday and the pain is never going to get better, you just have to get used to it,” said Richard Livingston Jr. Now, he’s trying to serve as the father figure to his 7-year-old grandson who is starting to ask more questions about what happened to his dad.The Berkeley study also examines how the failure to prosecute anyone for the death of a loved one fractures relationships between family members and law enforcement.
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