Media Roundup September 2018
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/alameda-county-s-last-urban-shield-underway/1425451924
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/9/6/17824452/bay-area-emergency-shelter-drill-earthquake-sf-berkeley
Media Roundup March 2018
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/03/27/alameda-county-to-cut-urban-shield-after-2018/
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/03/27/alameda-county-supervisors-vote-to-end-urban-shield-as-currently-constituted
Media Roundup September 2017
https://www.facebook.com/StopUrbanShield/videos/958142627696301/
What exactly is Urban Shield preparing law enforcement for? (KTVU)
Activists Protest ‘Urban Shield’ Law Enforcement Training Event In Oakland (CBS SF Bay Area)
Oakland activists protest weekend Urban Shield conference (KRON 4)
Right-Wing Extremist Group Had Booth at Urban Shield ‘To Explain Who They Are’ (East Bay Express)
Oakland Protesters Say Police Training is too Militaristic (Sf Gate)
Urban Shield offers tools for law officers, ammunition for skeptics (San Francisco Chronicle)
Media Roundup August 2017
Alameda County rejects Urban Shield vendor over perceived racist images (East Bay Times)
Alameda County to Decide on Whether to Continue Controversial Urban Shield Program (NBC Bay Area)
Alameda County holds meeting to discuss fate of Urban Shield program (ABC Bay Area)
Media Roundup June 20, 2017 Berkeley City Council Special Meeting
SF Gate
Berkeleyside
Berkeleyside 2
CBS Bay Area – KPIX5
Eastbay Express
FOX – KTVU2
NBC Bay Area
ABC7
Daily Cal
Daily Cal Photo Essay
East Bay Times
Berkeley Patch
SF Bayview
SF Bayview 2
Op-Eds in Berkeleyside
Pete Woiwode
Iman Sylvain
Tracy Rosenberg
Op-Eds Before the Meeting
Ellen Brotsky, Mohamed Shehk and Natasha Anis
JP Massar
Media Roundup September 9, 2016 Mobilization
LEAD UP to mobilization
Day of mobilization and follow up
TV/RADIO
- CBS KPIX 5
- NBC Bay Area
- Fox KTVU 2
- Fox KTVU 2 extended interview
- KRON 4
- East Bay Times
- ABC 7
- Pacifica Evening News
PRINT/ONLINE MEDIA
- SF Chronicle
- Common Dreams
- SF Gate
- The Guardian
- Daily Kos
- Patch
- Telesur English
- Huffington Post
- Mercury News
- Resumen
- SF Bayview
- Daily News San Francisco
- Washington Times
- Lake Andes Waves
- Pleasanton Weekly
- Merced Sun-Star
Oct 11, 2016 Press Conference and Mobilization to Alameda County Supervisors meeting
Media Roundup 2015
- The Guardian
- The Nation
- Common Dreams – Opinion
- Common Dreams – Report
- KPFA
- Balitang America
- Al Jazeera English
- SF Gate
- ABC – Channel 7 Local
- Fox 2 – KTVU Local
- The Independent (Pleasanton)
- Daily Kos
- Contra Costa Times
- Workers World
- #StopUrbanShield
- Stop Urban Shield Coalition Photo Album
Media Roundup 2014
- Oakland Mayor Announces That Urban Shield Will Not Return to City – Waging Nonviolence
- Huge Law Enforcement Trade Show Rolls into Bay Area – San Francisco Chronicle
- Urban Shield War Games Stir Up Oakland – The Post News Group
- A Small Victory: Urban Shield, the Police Militarization Glorification Convention, to Leave Oakland – Daily Kos
- Police Militarization Opponents Protest ‘Urban Shield’ Training Exercise in Oakland – CBS SF Bay Area
- Group Protests ‘Urban Shield’ in Oakland – NBC Bay Area
- Urban Shield Reignites Militarization Debate in Oakland – Aljazeera America
- The Profitable Marriage of Military and Police Tech – Aljazeera America
- Militarization, Surveillance and Profit: How Grassroots Groups Are Fighting Urban Shield – Electronic Freedom Foundation
- Urban Shield: After Ferguson, police and suppliers consider fate of military-grade tactical gear – The Guardian
- For 8th Year in a Row Police Train to Take on Citizens in Massive Military-Style Drill – D.C. Clothes Line
- Grassroots Resistance as ‘Militarization Expo’ Descends on Oakland – Common Dreams
- Buddhists Blockade Hotel to Protest Police-Military Training – Buddhist Peace Fellowship
- How Organizers in One City are Trying to Stop Militarization from Slipping into Their City – Alternet
- How the US is Militarizing the World’s Police, Not Just Ferguson’s – Global Post
- Urban Shield Comes Under Fire – HuffPost Live [11:45]
- Oakland Prepares for Urban Shield – KPFA [32:55]
- Ferguson is Big Business: How Companies are Profiting from Police Crackdowns – Salon
- This Company is Profiting from Police Aggression in Ferguson – Huffington Post
- Militarization of the Police – ZComm
- #StopUrbanShield – Twitter