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No Attacks Against Police Appear in a Film Shot by an Internal Affairs Investigator (Oakland War Protest)
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| Contributor | James in Sacramento |
| Last Edited | James in Sacramento May 13, 2003 11:38am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Oakland Tribune |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 05:38:35 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | OAKLAND -- A videotape provided by Oakland police of an April 7 protest at the Port of Oakland does little to dispel the image that officers overreacted by firing bean bags, wooden dowels and stinger-grenades at protesters who blocked truck traffic at the APL terminal.
In the aftermath, Police Chief Richard Word defended his department. He said officers only fired on the crowd after protesters threw rocks and other objects at them.
But the video, shot by an internal affairs investigator and released by the city in response to a public records act request by the ACLU and The Oakland Tribune, doesn't show objects being thrown at police, or any other type of physical attack against officers.
Several people were struck and injured by "less-lethal" weaponry, which experts say should be aimed at a person's feet and lower body to reduce risk of serious injury.
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