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Joshua Pawlik

Five Oakland Police Officers Involved In Fatal Shooting Of Homeless Man Seek Reinstatement

The officers who killed Joshua Pawlik in 2018 are asking a state judge to block a federally appointed monitor’s decision that they violated policies on use of force.

Darwin BondGraham Oct 16, 2019

Police In California Are Killing Sleeping People

The fatal shooting by Oakland police of an unconscious man as he woke is putting pressure on the California department to rethink its deployment of force.

Darwin BondGraham May 02, 2019