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DESCRIPTION:A major political movement was launched three years ago, on January 1st 
 2009. Its catalyst was the police killing of Oscar Grant, a young, unarmed 
 Black father executed by the BART police. This murder awakened a sleeping 
 giant—Bay Area residents angry and frustrated at the continued abuse of 
 power perpetrated by law enforcement. Oscar and all the young people that 
 were attacked and terrorized by the BART police that night, in addition to 
 the many victims of police brutality in the greater Bay Area, have become 
 ingrained in our collective memory. Their lives are the unspeakable price 
 we pay to live in a society based on racial injustice.\n\nNot only do 
 police serve the needs of the 1%, they have always existed to put down 
 resistance in communities of color.  But when other BART riders posted 
 their video recordings of the murder of Oscar by BART officer Johannes 
 Mehserle, the internationally-viewed footage led to a new form of 
 resistance: Community Copwatching. Cellphones, cameras and a popular 
 upsurge brought the first arrest, trial and conviction of a white officer 
 for killing a Black man.\n\nThe movement that touched ground in January 
 2009--the organizing to address police terrorism--laid the ground work for 
 the movement against the 1% here in Oakland. The polarizing disparity of 
 wealth and the numerous police killings in our communities are inextricably 
 linked. To unravel a system that forecloses homes, pushes our families into 
 poverty and criminalizes our youth while gentrifying our neighborhoods, we 
 need to not only address a system based on greed but a system that needs 
 police brutality to survive and thrive through state terror.\n\nOn this 3rd 
 anniversary of Oscar’s murder, lets take to the streets to show that 
 Oscar Grant is gone but not forgotten. Oscar lives on in the memories of 
 his family and friends and in our\nresistance to the police.\n\nFor more 
 information or to speak contact: 
 oscargrantcommittee@gmail.com\n\nSponsors:\n\nOscar Grant Committee\nOccupy 
 Oakland\nBring the Ruckus\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/15/18702811.php
SUMMARY:New Years Day: Oscar Grant 3rd Anniversary Memorial March and Rally
LOCATION:Meet at 1pm to March from Oscar Grant Plaza at 14th & Broadway to Rally at 
 Fruitvale BART
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/15/18702811.php
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