Street Action After Oscar Grant Rally and March, Oakland, 1/7/09: photos (3 of 3)

Thanks. Clearly, this wasn't a single racial group in downtown that evening, despite the slurs at the SF Chronicle. It's interesting to hear what was being said when Dellums spoke. The television news was showing the large cluster of people on the ground, but you couldn't interpret what was happening. I don't know what Dellums really could have said or should do in Oakland. Even though he doesn't have agency over BART, the city is facing a big recession in the next two years, rents are way too high for anyone w/o work, speculating building owners are entering foreclosure, social services are already taxed during 'good times'. Basically, a long list of things need to be done, and sometimes cities that function better than average just have good staff who are empowered to get things done.

so, i'm not in the bay area, but let me get this straight: there still hasn't been any action taken against the cop who shot oscar?

...he was calling the Oakland cops, who are under his jurisdiction to arrest the murdering cop(s), and he was calling on the Alameda County DA to indict the cop(s) for first degree murder. Even tho we shiould no trust in what any politician might do, if he had emphasized that it is the murdering cops that are the problem and not the rebellious protestors, people might have listened more to hiss advice abotu how to protest.

"face down hands behind your head planking"