A Rundown of the Mind-Boggling Police Scandals in Oakland, California
So many scandals have emerged from the Oakland Police Department that it may be tough to make sense of it all. Thankfully, writer Aura Bogado offers a handy outline to untangle the web of lies, sex trafficking, murders, suicides, cover-ups and just general corruption allegedly going on.
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So many scandals have emerged from the Oakland, Calif., police department that it may be tough to make sense of it all. Thankfully, writer Aura Bogado has come up with a handy outline to disentangle the web of lies, sex trafficking, murders, suicides, cover-ups and just general corruption allegedly going on:
Bogado also points readers toward pieces by Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham at East Bay Express for more information.— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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