A federal court-appointed monitor overseeing the Oakland Police Department rejected the findings of internal investigations into the police killing of a homeless man, saying investigators failed to question officers about a video that contradicted their account of the moments before they opened fire.

 

Compliance Director Robert Warshaw called the investigations by internal affairs and a use-of-force review board “deficient” and said Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick dismissed the video, and that her oversight of the probe was “disappointing and myopic.”