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reason.com - 1/9/2009

Murder in Oakland

— reason.com — There is no other conclusion to draw from the video embedded below, filmed by a San Francisco... subway passenger, other than the blindingly obvious one: Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old butcher's apprentice shot by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police (BART) on ... (more) Murder in Oakland

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democraticunderground.com - 1/8/2009

Protests Over BART Shooting Turn Violent (Oakland)

— democraticunderground.com — Source: [b]San Francisco Chronicle[/b] (01-07) 20:04 PST Oakland -- A protest over the fatal shooting by a... BART police officer of an unarmed man mushroomed into a violent confrontation tonight as a faction of protesters smashed a police car, broke windows on parked cars and at least one ... (more) Protests Over BART Shooting Turn Violent (Oakland)

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Video: The Oscar Grant shooting
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... stands, pulls his pistol — and fires, sending his colleagues backpedaling in shock. Look closely in the second clip and you’ll see that even Mehserle, the cop who pulled the trigger, seems surprised. The theory is that he meant to grab his taser and wasn’t paying attention, but (a) the gun’s in his hand for a second or two before he shoots and (b) the other cop appears to still be holding Grant down. Wouldn’t that have transferred the zap from the taser into his body? The bullet went through Grant’s back , bounced off the floor, and ended up in his lung. He died a few hours ...

Open season on black men
Left I on the News — Hard on the heels of the murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland, shot while lying face down on the ground by a policeman standing over him, comes the New Orleans murder of ...