The public relations battle to get Oakland's top cop reinstated hit a fever pitch Tuesday afternoon with a public rally in support of Chief LeRonne Armstrong. But the public outcry may actually be proof of how much progress has been made.
The rally in front of the Oakland courthouse was not something anyone could have imagined 20 years ago: members of the Black community rallying in support of the head of the police department.
"For all this time, he's had our back," said Chinatown leader Carl Chan. "But today, it's our turn to say that we have your back!" "It was pretty horrible. It was as bad as it could get," said civil rights attorney John Burris."And it was systemic of what was taking place in Oakland."
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