The members of Moms 4 Housing who were arrested after illegally living in an Oakland home will not be charged they learned on Thursday. 

 

Misty Cross, Tolani King, along with two supporters, were briefly jailed last month on charges of resisting arrest when Alameda County sheriff's deputies attempted to remove them from the home they were squatting in. The activist group said they found on from Alameda County district attorney's office that all charges have been dropped. 

 

Meanwhile, Oakland is moving toward a new policy on how police use equipment such as tear gas, battering rams, and sniper rifles, like the ones used during the eviction. 

 

Police watchdogs have long complained the department is too "militarized." 

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