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East Bay | Arts + Action | Police State and Prisons | Racial JusticeGary King Jr Memorial removed by BART
Paul Barron's community memorial mural of Gary King Jr was buffed by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport) today, September 24th, 2009. Paul Barron's community memorial mural of Gary King Jr was buffed by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport) today, September 24th, 2009.
The mural was painted at the end of 2007, after police officer Patrick Gonzales beat, tazered, and shot 20 year old, unarmed and innocent, Gary King Jr in the back. Gary passed away in hand cuffs next to this pillar, while his young cousin had to watch, unable to put pressure on the wounds because officer Gonzales put a gun to his head and said that he would kill him if he touched Gary. Gary ran a construction company with his father and was a productive member of the community. His life was stolen before he got to see the birth of his baby girl. If the more recent murder of Oscar Grant wasn't enough, the act of buffing Gary's memorial is a symbol of BART's complete disrespect of the community and human life. We will never forget Gary or any of the lives stolen by Police. We cropped off his face to make it more ominous, because this worker is a pawn at the bottom of the politics around BART disrespecting human life.
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS FLIER AND CALL BART TO COMPLAIN!
High Resolution version to Print out an distribute available here… http://www.flickr.com/photos/endlesscanvas… Read the article here.. endlesscanvas.com/?p=1357 ALAMEDA COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE June Garrett, jgarret [at] bart.gov 510-464-6257 DEPARTMENT MANAGERS Kerry Hamill, Department Manager of Government and Community Relations, khamill [at] bart.gov 510-464-6153 Roddrick Lee, Division Manager of Local Government and Community Relations, rlee [at] bart.gov 510-464-6235 ADMINISTRATION Lisa Moland, Goverment and Community Relations Specialist, lmoland [at] bart.gov 510-464-7227 Mailing Address: Bay Area Rapid Transit District Government and Community Relations Department 300 Lakeside Drive, 18th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Fax Number: 510-464-6146 |
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