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Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 4:12pm PST
Saturday's "Justice for Oscar Grant! Oakland City Hall Rally" was met by a small army of police determined to shut down any demonstration by those demanding accountability for police abuses. Nevertheless, over 50 people braved their way past the military gauntlet to attend. Demonstrators moved from the designated meeting location in front of City Hall to the BART entrance across Broadway, knowing that BART would shut down the 12th Street station in response. Surrounded by cops and noting ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 8:15pm PST
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Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 8:15pm PST
Demands for Justice:
1 - successful prosecution and conviction of Mehserle
2 - suspend and investigate all other officers present on BART platform
3 - publ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 8:15pm PST
Drop the Charges! Support the over 130 Arrested during the Oscar Grant Protests: Friday, February 6th, and Monday, February 9th. Stay tuned to the Indybay cal...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 8:15pm PST
After it was announced that Mehserle had bail set for his release, demonstrators who had gathered at Oak and 12th Streets moved to the Alameda County Courthouse steps that face Lake Merritt and protested with bullhorns briefly before heading to the courthouse underground parking exit on 13th Street where this first video was shot....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 12:58am PST
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Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 12:58am PST
Cops formed a line across 14th at Madison to prevent demonstrators from reaching courthouse again and then moved in with massive numbers to break up the group a...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 12:58am PST
Crowd upset with bail desicion
And ask crowd to invite more people to come down & block courthouse exits...
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2009 3:06pm PST
spoke in support of recent street rebellions related to murder of Oscar Grant that some in community have condemned...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 10:44pm PST
all along the marches from and back to BART, bystanders outside cheered, clapped, raised their fists, joined in the chants, and otherwise showed support...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 10:44pm PST
14th Street...
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 12:35pm PST
Marching from Bobby Hutton Park to BART...
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 1:58pm PST
Nine minute video of rally and march for Oscar Grant III in downtown Oakland, January 14, 2009....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2009 2:25pm PST
"Please Don't Shoot!"
Four-minute QT movie. 60MB....
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2009 12:39pm PST
Video of speakers at the January 14, 2009, "Rally for Justice for Oscar Grant" in downtown Oakland....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 11:39am PST
Oscar Grant Senior is the grandfather of BART police homicide victim Oscar Grant III....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 11:39am PST
Oscar Grant's high school coach spoke in memory of Oscar Grant and called for "police officers that think like people, not people that think like police officer...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 11:46am PST
Speakers in front of DA Orloff's office: a message from death row, the Chicano community, actor Mark Curry (Mr. Cooper) and youth poets....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 12:13pm PST
The Brass Liberation Orchestra (BLO) pumped up the crowd on the march from the DA's office back to City Hall....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 12:28pm PST