In recent weeks, the public has learned that a 58-year-old man named James Oakley was crushed to death during a city-run trash cleanup on Christmas Eve, sparking outrage and shock among unhoused ...

Advocates for the unhoused are demanding change after finding out one man was killed by a city backhoe during a debris sweet on Christmas Eve 2024. James Oakley, who was unhoused, was killed when ...

James Oakley, who was unhoused, was killed when he was accidentally struck with a backhoe. Oakley was previously sleeping in a concrete shelter where dumpers were kept in a parking lot on Broadway ...