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Answers! Not Undercovers! Berkeley Police and the Kayla Moore coverup (VIDEO)

by Jacob Crawford
On February 12th, 2013 Officers from the Berkeley Police Department killed a transperson named Kayla Moore. In the days to follow, BPD would remain silent on how somebody could just die in their custody.
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As the weeks passed, Berkeley Copwatch was able to get some information from the coroner, and on February 28th they held a press conference to call for an investigation into Kayla's suspicious death.

Berkeley Police would still not come forward with any information.
On March 12, one month after the killing, a autonomous protest would be held in Berkeley by concerned people from around the bay.
Instead of bringing answers, Berkeley Police brought undercover units, who would fan out into the march attempting to identify "leaders" of a leaderless march. The march started in People's Park, would go to the police station, and end back by the park without incident.

If Berkeley Police put as much time, money, and energy into the investigation of Kayla Moore's death, as they did on this particular march, the "investigation" would have been done weeks ago.
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by Mango Mawn
Great job with the use of the police audio and with the split screen to reveal the undercovers ... nice eery music as well ... nice to see (Andrea? sp.?) out there still ... Berkely Copwatch ... you guys really inspired me and gave us (Whispered Media) some great advice back in the day ... hats off to you ... sorry about the death of Kayla. Glad there are people like you out there.
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