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sfgate.com - 1/8/2009

Protests over BART shooting turn violent

— sfgate.com — The roving mob expressed fury at police and frustration over society's racial injustice. Yet the demonstrators were often indiscriminate, frequently targeting the businesses and prized possessions of people of color. They smashed a hair salon, a ... (more) Protests over BART shooting turn violent

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hotair.com - 1/9/2009

Video: The Oscar Grant shooting

— hotair.com — Three clips, the first a TV news report so you’ll have an idea of what happened and then two different close-ups via cell phone. [...] Read the rest » (more) Video: The Oscar Grant shooting

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sfgate.com - 1/14/2009

BART officer arrested on murder warrant in NY Day shooting

— sfgate.com — Johannes Mehserle, 27, of Lafayette was taken into custody in Douglas County, Nev., said Deputy Steve Velez of the Douglas County sheriff's office. The arrest was also confirmed by David Chai, chief of staff to Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums. Mehserle was ... (more) BART officer arrested on murder warrant in NY Day shooting

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The Murder of Oscar Grant
Ace of Spades HQ — The Murder of Oscar Grant I'm tempted to say "execution" but why add fuel to a fire? More at Allah. Content warning for a man being shot in the back and killed. Reason points out the San Fransisco Chronicle's odd reaction to this, and the riots it spawned: The roving mob expressed fury at police and frustration over society's racial injustice. Yet the demonstrators were often indiscriminate , frequently targeting the businesses and prized possessions of people of color . A roving mob was "often" indiscriminate? Sometimes the lawless mob was discriminate? When would that be? When was it rationally making surgical strikes on a lawful target? When it was attacking ...

Shooter of Oscar Grant Charged with Murder
Patterico's Pontifications — You’ve probably heard about the New Year’s Day shooting of Oscar Grant by a cop in an Oakland BART station. The shooting was captured by video from cell phones. Several days ago, Allah summed up what happened: The shooting comes at 1:15 of the second video and 2:55 of the third. In brief: It’s early New Year’s Day, there’s a fight on the Oakland subway, the transit cops come and pull a few men aside, one of whom is Grant. He ends up sitting against a wall, then two cops maneuver him face down, presumably to cuff him. There’s a slight struggle, whereupon one of them stands, pulls his pistol — and fires, sending his colleagues backpedaling in ...