Judge Robert Freedman of the Alameda County Superior Court has approved and  the Oakland gang injunction against 15 members of a North Oakland street gang. The goal of the injunction is to prevent criminal activities of the NSO--North Side Oakland--gang, whose members, says the city, are drug dealers, robbers, and gang members.

The ruling was signed late Wednesday; this is the first time Oakland has asked for a gang injunction since the 1990s; the request was--and is--highly controversial, as many Oaklanders feel the ruling will support racial profiling even as others say it will improve safety in their neighborhood.

The ruling is published below.

Gang Injunction