On June 30, Oakland citizens were alerted via the Citizen app that someone was hanging from a tree near Bridgeview Trail. Police quickly deemed it a suicide, but residents are demanding more transparency. No press releases have been issued, and only one news outlet has reported on the case so far.
As the Oaklandside reports, police found a deceased Black man hanging from a tree near the trail in Dimond Canyon at 7:30 a.m. on June 30, noting that the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office — also serving as the coroner — initially led the investigation before transferring it to Oakland Police. “During the preliminary investigation, officers believe the individual died from self-harm,” a spokesperson told the outlet.
Oakland resident Kadie Kelly, who received the Citizen alert and later spoke with eyewitnesses, shared a series of Instagram posts urging the public to keep pressing local authorities and media for transparency and further investigation…