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Town Hall Invites and Questions BART Cops, Oakland, 3/14/09: photos and audio (audio/mpeg 1.5MB) BART Board Director Bob Franklin and five BART police officers were invited to speak at this week's Town Hall. The visit was described by Bob Franklin as BART's attempt to open lines of communication and begin to repair relations with the community, especially Oakland's African American community. They took questions from attendees for about an hour and forty minutes.
The BART police largely defended the Police Bill of Rights, as well as their existence as the police agency for the tra...
Posted: Sun, Mar 15, 2009 7:33am PDT
Bob Franklin and five BART police officers (audio/mpeg 39.2MB) (audio 1:54:14)
After handing out blue, pocket-sized, abridged versions of the Police Bill of Rights, and full-length print-out copies, the BART police offer...
Posted: Sun, Mar 15, 2009 7:33am PDT
Minister Keith Muhammad & Reverend Daniel Buford (audio/mpeg 1.2MB) (audio 3:35)...
Posted: Sun, Mar 15, 2009 7:33am PDT
Town Hall Prepares to Recall Alameda DA Tom Orloff, Oakland, 3/7/09: photos and audio (audio/mpeg 2.5MB) Interfaith Town Hall meetings organized for justice for Oscar Grant and other victims of violence have been meeting weekly since January 10th. This ongoing effort has included the recent appearance by Minister Louis Farrakhan on February 17th and the first Caravan for Justice to Sacramento on February 19th to demand changes in unjust state laws. On March 7th, Town Hall organizers began to lay out the steps that will be involved in their next move, recalling Alameda County District Attorney ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:28pm PDT
Diana Davis-Marks, godmother of Oscar Grant (audio/mpeg 2.9MB) (audio 8:20)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:28pm PDT
Campaign to End the Death Penalty (audio/mpeg 862.9KB) (audio 2:27)
http://nodeathpenalty.org...
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:28pm PDT
Jack Bryson, father of two friends of Oscar Grant (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) (audio 5:08)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:28pm PDT
Oakland 100 Solidarity Committee legal update (audio/mpeg 1.2MB) (audio 3:35)
http://supporttheoakland100.wordpress.com/
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/04/18568393.php...
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:28pm PDT
Minister Keith Muhammad & Pastor Gordon Humphreys (audio/mpeg 4.2MB) (audio 12:17)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:28pm PDT
BAMN Oscar Grant Tribunal, Oakland, 3/4/09: photos and audio (audio/mpeg 1.7MB) On Wednesday, March 4th, 2009, By Any Means Necessary held an "Independent Public Tribunal to Investigate the Killing of Oscar Grant" at the Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland.
Speakers included Shanta Driver, National President and lawyer for BAMN; Tracy Cooper, mother of one of Oscar Grant's friends who was present on BART platform when Oscar was murdered; Jack Bryson, father of two friends of Oscar Grant on BART platform; Bobby Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant; Kenneth Carrethers, vi...
Posted: Fri, Mar 6, 2009 2:08am PST
Shanta Driver (audio/mpeg 5.9MB) (audio 17:16)
Shanta Driver introduces the issues related to the novelty of convicting any police officer anywhere for murder, especially in Oakland with DA ...
Posted: Fri, Mar 6, 2009 2:08am PST
Tracie Cooper (audio/mpeg 3.6MB) (audio 10:23)
After speaking, she presented a slide-show of photographs from Oscar Grant's life.
[Apologies for technical difficulties with audio starting...
Posted: Fri, Mar 6, 2009 2:08am PST
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