A federal judge ended more than 23 years of court oversight of the Oakland Police Department Tuesday.

During a hearing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, Judge William Orrick dismissed the notorious “Riders” case, which arose after years of police officers routinely falsifying police reports, planting evidence, beating suspects and abusing Oaklanders’ civil rights.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.