Just after 9:00 a.m. Saturday, a number of Oakland City Council members stood in front of city hall, asking for change. They were remembering and morning those killed by gun violence this year.
Speakers and poets took the podium for about 30 minutes near Frank Ogawa Plaza. City Council president Nikki Fortunado Bas helped promote the not-so-well known city motto, "Love Life."
This comes after a violent two weeks in Oakland, including a shooting at the Kings Estate Campus, where six people were shot in the middle of a school day. In district three, council member Carol Fife led the conversation at Mount Zion Baptist Church, beginning with how she is too familiar with gun violence.
People had the chance to speak directly with police captains who attended. They expressed ideas they want to see within the police department.
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