3 20-0691 Subject: Terminate OPD Participation In Joint Terror Task Force
From: Council President Kaplan
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Terminating The Oakland Police Department's Participation In The Joint Terror Task Force
This unjust partnership need to be put to an end. It brings harm to our community when we should be protecting it. For the safety of our people, put a stop to the partnership.
We must end this unjust and unnecessary partnership that only terrorize our Muslim communities when it’s well know that white supremacy is our nations “most lethal threat”.
OPD participation in JTTF promotes state surveillance and racial profiling, and puts Oakland communities, especially those of colour, in danger. This partnership should end for the safety of the people.
I am calling to ask to vote in this unjust partnership between the police and the JTTK. It is harmful to our community as it creates a surveillance cultures that is more dangerous for people of certain profiles and unfairly targets people of color. Please protect our community.
JTTF is a dangerous program that Oakland should cut ties with. With the help of the JTTFs, the FBI has profiled, surveilled, and criminalized different communities and groups throughout California—Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities, immigrant communities, Black activists, immigrants’ rights activists, and environmental activists, to name a few. When California law enforcement officers participate in JTTFs and follow the FBI’s weaker rules instead of stronger state and local laws, they add to the problem and put the safety of our communities at risk.
OPD's involvement with the JTTF is harmful to our Oakland community because it has created a culture of surveillance that racially profiles and unfairly targets communities of color. The JTTF has eliminated accountability and transparency of OPD and thus jeapordized community safety.
JTTF is a dangerous program that Oakland should cut ties with. With the help of the JTTFs, the FBI has profiled, surveilled, and criminalized different communities and groups throughout California—Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities, immigrant communities, Black activists, immigrants’ rights activists, and environmental activists, to name a few. When California law enforcement officers participate in JTTFs and follow the FBI’s weaker rules instead of stronger state and local laws, they add to the problem and put the safety of our communities at risk.
As an Oakland resident and on behalf of the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, I urge the the Committee and the Council to terminate participation of the OPD in the JTTF. The OPD has an unfortunate history of racial profiling, harassment of marginalized communities, and violations of transparency requirements. Especially in this moment of federal abuse of power and virulent anti-immigrant policies, the OPD should in no way be cooperating with or under the jurisdiction of federal law enforcement initiatives, particularly as these often violate our state and municipal sanctuary laws. Terminate the OPD involvement with the JTTF.
As an Oakland resident and immigration attorney who works here with diverse clients, including activists, I strongly believe that Oakland should follow the steps of progressive sister cities like Portland and terminate OPD's participation with the JTTF. Especially in light of the federal government's trend towards fascism and calls to Defund OPD, these funds would be better used to support the work of the Department of Violence Prevention. The JTTF has no place increasing racial and religious profiling in diverse cities such as Oakland. Do the right thing and support this resolution.
The JTTF is inherently Islamophobic and puts already marginalized communities at more harm of being surveilled and racially profiled. It has no place in the diverse and progressive Oakland. I look forward to celebrating Oakland standing on the right side next week. Please get JTTF out of Oakland!
This unjust partnership need to be put to an end. It brings harm to our community when we should be protecting it. For the safety of our people, put a stop to the partnership.
We must end this unjust and unnecessary partnership that only terrorize our Muslim communities when it’s well know that white supremacy is our nations “most lethal threat”.
OPD participation in JTTF promotes state surveillance and racial profiling, and puts Oakland communities, especially those of colour, in danger. This partnership should end for the safety of the people.
End this unjust partnership. Stop racially profiling and targeting communities of color. JTTF's racist tactics do not keep us safe. We keep us safe.
I am calling to ask to vote in this unjust partnership between the police and the JTTK. It is harmful to our community as it creates a surveillance cultures that is more dangerous for people of certain profiles and unfairly targets people of color. Please protect our community.
JTTF is a dangerous program that Oakland should cut ties with. With the help of the JTTFs, the FBI has profiled, surveilled, and criminalized different communities and groups throughout California—Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities, immigrant communities, Black activists, immigrants’ rights activists, and environmental activists, to name a few. When California law enforcement officers participate in JTTFs and follow the FBI’s weaker rules instead of stronger state and local laws, they add to the problem and put the safety of our communities at risk.
OPD's involvement with the JTTF is harmful to our Oakland community because it has created a culture of surveillance that racially profiles and unfairly targets communities of color. The JTTF has eliminated accountability and transparency of OPD and thus jeapordized community safety.
JTTF is a dangerous program that Oakland should cut ties with. With the help of the JTTFs, the FBI has profiled, surveilled, and criminalized different communities and groups throughout California—Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities, immigrant communities, Black activists, immigrants’ rights activists, and environmental activists, to name a few. When California law enforcement officers participate in JTTFs and follow the FBI’s weaker rules instead of stronger state and local laws, they add to the problem and put the safety of our communities at risk.
As an Oakland resident and on behalf of the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, I urge the the Committee and the Council to terminate participation of the OPD in the JTTF. The OPD has an unfortunate history of racial profiling, harassment of marginalized communities, and violations of transparency requirements. Especially in this moment of federal abuse of power and virulent anti-immigrant policies, the OPD should in no way be cooperating with or under the jurisdiction of federal law enforcement initiatives, particularly as these often violate our state and municipal sanctuary laws. Terminate the OPD involvement with the JTTF.
As an Oakland resident and immigration attorney who works here with diverse clients, including activists, I strongly believe that Oakland should follow the steps of progressive sister cities like Portland and terminate OPD's participation with the JTTF. Especially in light of the federal government's trend towards fascism and calls to Defund OPD, these funds would be better used to support the work of the Department of Violence Prevention. The JTTF has no place increasing racial and religious profiling in diverse cities such as Oakland. Do the right thing and support this resolution.
The JTTF is inherently Islamophobic and puts already marginalized communities at more harm of being surveilled and racially profiled. It has no place in the diverse and progressive Oakland. I look forward to celebrating Oakland standing on the right side next week. Please get JTTF out of Oakland!