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Where is Oakland’s Outrage for One Mother’s Child?

For on this day in August, I would open my front door to police officers, yellow crime tape and the body of an unidentified young, Black woman lying dead in the streets of a residential area of East Oakland. She was somebody’s daughter, somebody’s, sister, even somebody’s mother but on this Monday, she was just another unidentified dead woman in Oakland.

Published

2 years ago

October 4, 2023

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Pastor Phyllis Scott talked about the need for Oakland to support anti-violence programs with jobs with community leader Samantha Wise and her granddaughter Izabella Scott as they attended the citywide revival at Good Hope Baptist. Photo by JonathanfitnessJones.

By Pastor Phyllis Scott
Special to The Post

It was like any other Monday. I would, like many Oaklanders, get up, have my coffee and prepare my granddaughter for school. But little did I know that this particular Monday and the events that followed would forever be etched in my mind and heart, affect me unlike any Monday

She was left on the streets, wrapped in a sheet. She had been pushed into hedges with a mattress pressed against her nude body.

No one knew her name. No one seemed shocked as windows and doors closed so as not to see the horror lying in front of them. Is this the new norm? Is there no outrage? Have we become numb to the lawlessness that is plaguing our city?

This is a human rights issue! A right for every citizen in Oakland to be able to live a healthy and vibrant life.

To walk the streets without fear of being assaulted.

To drive their car without being carjacked.

To live in your home without fear of home invasion.

And every woman, daughter, sister, wife, should not fear being beaten, killed and wrapped in a sheet and left on the streets like garbage.

Where is the OUTRAGE?

It is a shame to have to do this but-

Have a Safety Plan

Keep doors and windows locked
While on the streets be aware of your surroundings
Don’t walk alone — Walk with someone
Walk with keys in your hand until you reach your destination
Be aware of those around you while at an ATM

Become an Oakland Community Chaplain and learn how to protect yourself and your community.

For more information on how you can become an Oakland Community Chaplain contact 510-688-7437, or email oaklanccimmunitychaplains@gmail.com

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Oakland Post: Week of June 4 – 10, 2025

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of June 4-10, 2025

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June 7, 2025

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Remembering George Floyd

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing.

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7 days ago

June 2, 2025

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Mural showing the portrait of George Floyd in Mauerpark in Berlin. To the left of the portrait the lettering "I can't Breathe" was added, on the right side the three hashtags #GeorgeFloyd, #Icantbreathe and #Sayhisname. The mural was completed by Eme Street Art (facebook name) / Eme Free Thinker (signature) on 29 May 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)

By April Ryan
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“The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at the Trump White House. That White House response results from public hope, including from a close Trump ally, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The timing of Greene’s hopes coincides with the Justice Department’s recent decision to end oversight of local police accused of abuse. It also falls on the fifth anniversary of the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th. The death sparked national and worldwide outrage and became a transitional moment politically and culturally, although the outcry for laws on police accountability failed.

The death forced then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to focus on deadly police force and accountability. His efforts while president to pass the George Floyd Justice in policing act failed. The death of George Floyd also put a spotlight on the Black community, forcing then-candidate Biden to choose a Black woman running mate. Kamala Harris ultimately became vice president of the United States alongside Joe Biden. Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison prosecuted the cases against the officers involved in the death of Floyd. He remembers,” Trump was in office when George Floyd was killed, and I would blame Trump for creating a negative environment for police-community relations. Remember, it was him who said when the looting starts, the shooting starts, it was him who got rid of all the consent decrees that were in place by the Obama administration.”

In 2025, Police-involved civilian deaths are up by “about 100 to about 11 hundred,” according to Ellison. Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African-American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing. During those minutes on the ground, Floyd cried out for his late mother several times. Police subdued Floyd for an alleged counterfeit $20 bill.