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Oscar Grant’s mother: ‘My son was murdered!’
by Julianne Hing Wanda Johnson, Oscar Grant’s mother, hadn’t intended to speak after the verdict was announced, but it’s her voice that has resounded ever since – the iconic call for resistance to...
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L.A. HipHop weighs in on the Mehserle verdict
by Thandisizwe Chimurenga Bambu speaks out at the Leimert Park rally July 8. - Video frame: Thandisizwe Chimurenga More than one hundred people met in Leimert Park in South Los Angeles on July 8 to...
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Oscar Grant’s family slams letter from Mehserle, whose lawyer calls family...
Oscar Grant’s Uncle Bobby – Cephus Johnson – speaks to the press Friday about the letter from Mehserle. by Ed Walsh At a press conference in Oakland called by the family of Oscar Grant on Saturday,...
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Oakland criminalized by its own mayor, after slap-on-the-wrist verdict for a...
by Dennis Bernstein These youngsters, demonstrating in a BART station the night of the verdict, grasp the Dellums-OPD narrative that criminalizes and demonizes the people of Oakland, especially Black...
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Community responds to Mehserle request for retrial in the shooting of Oscar...
by Cat and Michael Walker This is the cell phone picture taken by Oscar Grant of then-BART officer Johannes Mehserle pointing a Taser at him. Moments later, Mehserle reholstered the Taser, pulled his...
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Johannes Mehserle sentenced to two years with double credit for time served
Killer cop gets away with murder KPFA 94.1 FM two-hour Special Report on the Mehserle Sentencing broadcast Friday, Nov. 5, 4-6 p.m. Hosted by Davey D, produced by Minister of Information JR Mehserle...
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The many faces of Oscar Grant and Mumia Abu-Jamal
by Malaika Kambon In our land, bullets are beginning to flower Poem by Jorge Rebelo The community signs the Justice for Oscar Grant banner that was carried at the front of the march to the Fruitvale...
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A man in the mirror
by Theo Ellington An “educated Blackman” in Oakland on July 8, 2010, protests the verdict of involuntary manslaughter instead of murder handed that day to former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle...
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The Mehserle effect: Vallejo shooting tests era of police accountability
by Kevin Weston Guy Jarreau Jr. from New America Media on Vimeo. – Video: Ann Bassette, Malcolm Marshall and Paul Billingsley Vallejo, Calif. – In the Bay Area, the veneer of police impunity seems to...
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Police files reveal federal interest in Oscar Grant protesters, especially...
by Ali Winston, The Informant Two unidentified officers monitor and record demonstrators in Downtown Oakland on July 8, after the jury found former BART cop Johannes Mehserle guilty of nothing more...
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Two trials and an anniversary: Bonds, Bailey and Mixon
by Kevin Weston Barry Bonds: The greatest, regardless San Francisco – AT&T Park shook so hard I thought I was on a pogo stick the night Barry Bonds crushed a 3-2 Mike Bacsik pitch into right center...
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The thrill is gone: a report from the rallies protesting Mehserle’s release
The Morning Mix with JR and Sabrina – June 15, 2011 at 8:00am Click to listen (or download) by Minister of Information JR “I am Oscar Grant,” graffiti once ubiquitous in Oakland, is caught in this...
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Jury denies damages to father of Oscar Grant
by Nick Chiles Oscar Grant III hugs his daughter Tatiana in this 2007 photo. The father of Oscar Grant III, whose shocking death at the hands of a transit police officer was memorialized in the...
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Why we won’t wait: Resisting the war against the Black and Brown underclass
by Robin D.G. Kelley Wait. Patience. Stay Calm. “This is a country that allows everybody to express their views,” said the first Black president, “allows them to peacefully assemble, to protest actions...
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Centuries of rage: The murder of Oscar Grant III
by Malaika Kambon Six years ago, on Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant III, 22, was shot and later died of bullet wounds received when Johannes Mehserle, then a BART police officer, fired his gun at point blank...
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Black and Brown unity against police impunity
by Dave Welsh At the Black-Brown unity rally at City Hall after a federal court refused to hold the police officers who murdered Alex Nieto responsible, Minister Christopher Muhammad told the crowd:...
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Longshoremen will shut down all Bay Area ports Saturday to win justice for...
ILWU-sponsored Justice for Oscar Grant Rally is Saturday, Oct. 23, 12 noon, at Oakland City Hall near 14th & Broadway – make it huge! – and get ready Friday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m., with a screening of...
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A narrative of two American slaves
Truth – I had difficulty finding images of Douglass created by Black people! I was excited to find striking photos of bronze sculptures of Frederick Douglass, only to find none were sculpted by Black...
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Mr. Ronnie Winn’s on-going spoken word of abuse by the Board of Parole in...
Using fear of violent criminals as a justification, the massive prison industrial complex insured themselves continued profits and jobs by tricking the public into voting for the Three Strikes law in...
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