A memorial mural of Gary King Jr was painted on a support column underneath the BART tracks on Martin Luther King Boulevard after Oakland police officer Patrick Gonzales shot and killed Gary King Jr at the spot in 2007. Gary passed away in handcuffs next to the pillar, while his young cousin had to watch. Just days after the two-year anniversary of Gary King Jr's murder, on September 24th, 2009, the mural was removed by BART employees.

The creators of the new memorial write: This mural also includes images of Anita Gay, Andrew Moppin, Casper Banjo, and Oscar Grant — all murdered by police. We include the Spanish word ¡PRESENTE! — meaning that these community members are with us in memory and that we will not forget their lives or how they died. This mural represents only a fraction of the people gunned down by police here in the Bay Area. This act of commemorating Gary King Jr., Anita Gay, Andrew Moppin, Casper Banjo, and Oscar Grant should be viewed as a small part of a necessary and growing movement to rid our cities of the violence of policing while building up our capacity for community self-determination.

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