Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 19, 2021
No class certification for those subjected to tear gas in Oakland
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero found that protesters suing the city should not proceed as a class because there’s no evidence that every instance in which an officer deployed tear gas was the result of a common policy at the Oakland Police Department.
A magistrate judge on Monday denied class certification of a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland over the police use of tear gas and rubber bullets during protests and riots in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero found that protesters suing the city should not proceed as a class b...
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