NEWS
April 13, 1991
A U. S. District Court jury on Friday found four former Oakland Housing Authority police officers guilty of conspiring to make false arrests and to beat and intimidate residents in a case that stemmed from the largest federal probe of a police agency in Northern California.
NEWS
August 25, 1990 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An investigation into reports of brutality and corruption in a special police force that patrols Oakland's low-income housing projects has resulted in federal civil rights charges against a supervisor and five officers.
NEWS
April 13, 1991 | From United Press International
A U. S. District Court jury on Friday found four former Oakland Housing Authority police officers guilty of conspiring to make false arrests and to beat and intimidate residents in a case that stemmed from the largest federal probe of a police agency in Northern California.
NEWS
April 25, 2001 | From Associated Press
To loud applause, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that would require city departments that deal with the public to provide translators and translated materials in languages other than English. "It's the right thing to do," said council President Ignacio De La Fuente. "We are fulfilling our responsibility to provide equal access." "For people like us in the lower income levels, this is happy news," said resident Dong Hua Chen, speaking through a translator.
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July 13, 1991 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Stiff prison sentences were handed to two former Oakland Housing Authority officers Friday for beatings and corruption. One of them, Juan Dale Reese, 31, said they were being unfairly singled out. He agreed police brutality is a problem but said "making an example of us is not the cure." He was sentenced to 7 1/4 years in federal prison.
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January 25, 2001 | MAURA DOLAN, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
Public housing officials can no longer evict tenants simply because members of their household or guests illegally used drugs, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 7-4 decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an eviction policy announced by former President Bill Clinton in 1996.