Welcome to the Doomloop Dispatch, the show about the worst parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. On this episode Scot and Kevin talk to Ali Winston, co-author of the "The Riders Come Out At Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland." We get into the history of the Oakland Police's violent culture and more recent scandals, as well as current movement by elites to takeover the city.

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SOURCES

Ali Winston's Bleeding Edge blog: https://bleeding-edge.ghost.io/

The Riders Come Out At Night: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Riders-Come-Out-at-Night/Ali-Winston/9781982168605

Before raids, FBI probed expensive Oakland police unit tasked with fighting Chinatown crime

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/08/01/fbi-raids-oakland-police-chinatown/

LeRonne Armstrong and another OPD chief were investigated and faulted for leadership failures

https://oaklandside.org/2024/07/25/leronne-armstrong-investigated-disciplined-phong-tran-internal-affairs-case/