Author Cat Brooks Cat's Latest Articles Opinion: Oakland must strengthen civilian oversight as federal monitoring ends By Cat Brooks ● Opinion ● October 2, 2026 The Anti Police-Terror Project urges Oakland to strengthen independent civilian police oversight following the end of federal monitoring of OPD. Opinion: Five years after George Floyd, Trump still protects ‘killer cops’ By Cat Brooks ● Opinion ● June 5, 2025 In this moment, people must organize against fascism. Opinion: Northeastern University needs to abandon plans for $20M private police force By Cat Brooks ● Opinion ● February 24, 2025 Northeastern University’s Plan for a Private Police Force is a Betrayal of East Oakland, writes Cat Brooks. Oakland Police must stop high speed pursuits By Cat Brooks & Prism Reports ● Community Voices ● July 21, 2022 Death of Lolomanaia Soakia latest example of why Oakland Police must end reckless chases Oakland can ‘Defund the Police’ and ‘Refund the Community’ By Cat Brooks ● Feature ● March 29, 2021 Process to reimagine police can lead to improvement in quality of life for Oakland.