Kayla Moore’s sister, Maria, and father, Arthur, were among about 40 people who took part in a rally Tuesday night to demand more information about Moore’s in-custody death earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso After a heated public comment period Tuesday night before the Berkeley City Council — which led police officers to drag a […]
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Police union: Should Berkeley have Tasers?
Berkeley is one of the few cities in the Bay Area that does not equip its police officers with Tasers, electroshock weapons that send an electrical current through the body to temporarily paralyze muscles The Berkeley Police Officers Association has sent out a survey to 19,000 Berkeley residents asking them their opinion on police use […]
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Anti-police demonstrators march in downtown Berkeley
Demonstrators calling themselves Anonymous Queers in Action march against the Berkeley Police on Tuesday March 12. Photo: Ted Friedman A group around 75-strong at its peak gathered Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to demonstrate against the Berkeley Police, claiming they were responsible for the “murder” of Xavier Moore, who identified as Kayla Moore, the 41-year-old mentally ill transgender […]
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Berkeley Police release statement on in-custody death
Photo: Kaia Diringer The Berkeley Police Department released the following statement Wednesday night regarding the death in custody earlier this month of 41-year-old Xavier Christopher Moore. Three community groups have planned a press conference for Thursday, Feb. 28, at 10 a.m. to express concerns about the death and ask for more information. (Scroll down for details.) […]
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Name released after death in custody, cause unknown
Authorities have released the name of the person who died in custody on Feb. 12 — after police were called to a downtown Berkeley apartment building for a mental health evaluation — as Xavier Christopher Moore. Moore was a 41-year-old Berkeley resident, according to the Alameda County coroner’s office, which released Moore’s name earlier this week. Moore’s cause […]
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Man dies after struggle with Berkeley Police
Authorities are investigating the death of a man who stopped breathing after a violent struggle with police Tuesday night, officials said. According to a statement released by the Berkeley Police Department just after 4 p.m., authorities were dispatched to the 2000 block of Allston Way for a mental health evaluation at about 11:50 p.m. Tuesday. “Upon arrival, uniformed […]
