Citizen journalism at an Occupy protest has led to accountability:
Officer John Hargraves covered his first initial and last name while providing security at police headquarters during the Nov. 2 general strike, a video shot by Terrence Jerod Williams showed.
In the video, Williams tells Hargraves, "It's kind of weird that you actually are not showing your name. Why is that? Simple question."
Hargraves does not respond. Williams then approaches Lt. Clifford Wong, who is standing with other officers outside the building on Seventh Street downtown. After an inaudible conversation between Hargraves and Wong, Wong removes the tape.
After an internal investigation, Hargraves was suspended for 30 days, and Wong was demoted to sergeant for failing to report the incident to internal affairs, sources said.
You can see the video at the top of this post. It is a small measure of accountability, but it still shows that citizen journalism can get results.
Some of the more serious incidents which took place at Occupy Oakland protests toward the end of last year remain under investigation:
The department is still investigating the case of Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran who suffered a fractured skull during a clash between protesters and police last October.