December 2000
Rampart-Like Scandal Rocks Oakland Justice System, Politics
Riders face criminal charges and a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that they fabricated evidence, planted drugs and wantonly beat suspects bloody.
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/11/news/mn-64091
February 2001
Oakland Fires Last of 'Riders' / One of 4 cops facing charges
Hornung and former Officers Clarence "Chuck" Mabanag, 35; Jude Siapno, 32, and Francisco Vazquez, 44, are facing a combined 63 felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly beating, kidnapping or planting drugs on people in West Oakland last summer.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-Fires-Last-of-Riders-One-of-4-cops-2952349.php
December 2004
OAKLAND / 'Riders' lied, brutalized man, ex-rookie testifies / Whistle-blower says he feared losing job by coming forward
Keith Batt, 28, described how the ex-officers had forced him to lie on police reports, told him to ignore what he had learned in the police academy and beaten a man so hard that he screamed "at the top of his voice."
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Riders-lied-brutalized-man-2629441.php
March 2005
OAKLAND / Closing 'Riders' retrial arguments / Ex-officers broke public trust by falsifying documents, assaulting suspects, jurors told
Three former Oakland police officers known as the Riders abused their power by falsifying reports and assaulting suspects in their custody in 2000
Fired officers Jude Siapno, 36, Matt Hornung, 33, and Clarence "Chuck" Mabanag, 39, thought they could get away with it because they believed no one would believe suspected West Oakland drug dealers, Deputy District Attorney Terry Wiley said.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Closing-Riders-retrial-arguments-2721110.php
December 2012
Federal Oversight of OPD
four Oakland police officers charged in 2000 but never convicted of a multitude of police misconduct felony charges.
What happened to the case: Vazquez fled the country and remains a fugitive. None of the other three officers was convicted, but the city paid $11 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging police abuse.
What happened Wednesday: U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson approved a reform plan stemming from the Riders case that includes federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department.
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2012/12/12/oakland-where-the-riders-are-today/
