The City Attorney's proposed North Oakland gang injunction will be in the courtroom again this Thursday, a month after Alameda County Judge Robert Freedman postponed an earlier hearing due to procedural questions.

The controversial proposal, which if approved will severely limit the civil rights of those bound to it within a 100 block "saftey zone" in North Oakland, has raised serious legal questions concerning due process of law as well as ignited a larger political debate in the streets.

City Attorney John Russo said the injunction is a necessary tool for police who are combatting gang violence in Oakland's working class and poor neighborhoods.

However, the ACLU, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and the growing community organization Stop the Injunctions In Oakland, argue gang injunctions don't work and that increased policing militarizes city streets but fails to address the root problems of violence in impoverished neighborhoods.

The precedent-setting hearing is open to the public and scheduled for 2 p.m., Thursday, May 27, at the Alameda Superior Court at 1225 Fallon St. in downtown Oakland.

A protest, organized by Stop the Injunctions in Oakland, is planned outside the courthouse (Fallon Street and 12th Street) at 12:30 p.m.

See all of Oakland Local's gang injunction coverage here.

Read about today's demonstration and event and then read these opinion pieces:

Don LInk: Why Oakland needs the North Oakland Gang Injunction (Opinion) 

Lisa Nowlain: Why we should rally against the Gang Injunction (Opinion)

Nikki Jones: What Gang Injunctions Really Do