The Brief
- New video released after Lolo Sokai was killed in a freak accident prompted by an unauthorized OPD ghost chase in 2022.
- The video shows for the first time what the officers said after the accident.
- The video also shows in graphic detail the chaotic scene and mother’s grief over the death of her son.
OAKLAND, Calif. – A compilation video showing a tragic scene along International Boulevard is now public nearly four years after two former Oakland police officers initiated an unauthorized “ghost chase” of a teenage sideshow driver, which led to the death of an innocent bystander eating tacos with his mother.
The 25-minute clip, edited by a team from Lawyers for the People in Oakland, was submitted in U.S. District Court Northern California on Monday, in an effort to convince a judge that their wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Lolomanaia “Lolo” Soakai is worthy of a jury trial.
The video comes from hours of bodyworn camera from police officers and surveillance video from the street on the night that Soakai was killed on June 26, 2022, which had previously been kept confidential. …