Oakland cops disciplined for name-covering episode (at Occupy protest)
An Oakland police lieutenant has been demoted and an officer has been suspended for a month because the officer was captured on videotape at a recent Occupy Oakland protest with the name on his uniform covered in black tape, sources said today.
Officer John Hargraves covered his first initial and last name while providing security at police headquarters during the Nov. 2 general strike, a video shot by Terrence Jerod Williams showed.
In the video, Williams tells Hargraves, "It's kind of weird that you actually are not showing your name. Why is that? Simple question."
Hargraves does not respond. Williams then approaches Lt. Clifford Wong, who is standing with other officers outside the building on Seventh Street downtown. After an inaudible conversation between Hargraves and Wong, Wong removes the tape.
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