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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Uncovering Brutality, Cover-Up and Corruption in Oakland
Description: The killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the mass protests that followed opened many Americans’ eyes to cases of police brutality and misconduct. But two decades earlier, a civil rights lawsuit against Oakland police brought some of the same issues into focus. The suit alleged that a band of rogue veteran police officers known as "The Riders" beat, kidnapped and planted drugs on Oakland residents. A 2003 settlement led to federal monitoring of the Oakland Police Department, which continues to this day.In their new book The Riders Come Out at Night, journalists Ali Winston and Dar...