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LA Coalition Demands Justice for Oscar Grant at Second Los Angeles Mehserle Hearing, 2/19/10: photos
At Johannes Mehserle's second pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles, the LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant again demonstrated against racist police violence in front of the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse. Mehserle himself was rushed into and out of an underground parking garage in a black SUV with dark-tinted windows. Inside the court room, both of Mehserle's defense motions -- to reduce bail and to remove the Alameda DA's office from the case -- were denied by Judge Perry. After the he...
Posted: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 11:46pm PST
Statements from New York Families of Stolen Lives in solidarity with Oscar Grant (video/x-ms-wmv 19.6MB)
Solidarity statements recorded in NYC for the 2/19/10 press conference in front of the LA courthouse on the morning of the second hearing for The People vs. Johannes Mehserle...
Posted: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 8:43pm PST
Oakland/Los Angeles Oscar Grant Town Hall, Los Angeles, 2/18/10: photos and audio
At the Oakland/Los Angeles Oscar Grant Town Hall held at the Kaos Network the night before Johannes Mehserle's second court hearing in Los Angeles, speakers addressed the murder of Oscar Grant, the broader issue of police violence against African Americans and other people of color across the United States, and the growing alliances for justice being formed amongst community activists in Los Angeles, Oakland, and beyond....
Posted: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 9:02am PST
Killer Cop Update from Second Los Angeles Status Hearing, February 19th, 2010
report from inside the court room Oscar Grant Report...
Posted: Sun, Feb 21, 2010 5:48pm PST
Second Hearing in LA for the Murder of Oscar Grant Video (video/mp4 29.5MB)
Video of the second hearing for the murder of Oscar Grant in Los Angeles, CA. Johannes Mehserle, a cop for the BART in Oakland, is on trial here in Los Angeles for murdering Oscar Grant. Oscar was shot in the back and murdered by Mehserle on New Year's Day, 2009....
Posted: Sun, Feb 21, 2010 4:45pm PST
Community Confronts BART Board for Attacking Oscar Grant's Friends, 2/11/10: audio and photos
At the full BART Board of Directors' meeting on February 11th, 2010, community activists confronted the Board for BART's recent media leaks and statements from their PR machine attacking the friends of Oscar Grant who were abused themselves by BART police when Oscar Grant was shot in the back and killed. Fake flowers were presented to the Board to symbolize BART's fake sympathy for the victims of BART police, and as a recognition that on the anniversary of his murder BART Director Carole Wa...
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 8:02pm PST
SF Live TV - Elbert "Big Man" Howard and Billy X Jennings: Black August (video/mp4 22.8MB)
Freedom is a Constant Struggle TV Show, August 7, 2009. Elbert “Big Man” Howard, author, lecturer and activist, is one of the six founding members of the BPP who was Deputy Minister of Information and Editor of the Black Panther Newspaper. Billy X Jennings, Black Panther Party Historian, is one of the original Oakland Panthers who joined the Party in 1968 at age 17....
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 1:07pm PST
Winnemem Wintu Tribe Urges Feinstein to Withdraw Salmon Killer Legislation
"The actions that are being taken to weaken Endangered Species Act protections are an affront to the Tribal nations of the State of California,” said Mark Franco, headman of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. “They violate the spirit of the treaties signed and consultative processes that California Indians have fought for centuries to ensure remain in place."
Photo of Mark Franco and Caleen Sisk-Franco courtesy of Indigenius Media....
Posted: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 1:58pm PST
O100 Benefit with Cynthia McKinney on Anniversary of Mehserle's Arrest, 1/13/10: photos and audio
On January 13th, 2010, the one-year anniversary of Johannes Mehserle's arrest for the murder of Oscar Grant, the Black Dot Cafe hosted a benefit for the legal defense of the last two of the "Oakland 100", JR Valrey and Holly Works, both of whom face felony charges resulting from Oscar Grant protests and rebellions in January 2009. Speakers included JR Valrey, Duane Adee Deterville, Jackie & Jack Bryson, Erika Walker, Holly Works, Cynthia McKinney, Adimu Madyun, Minister Keith Muhammad, and M...
Posted: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 8:55am PST
Victory for California’s Environmental Justice Movement: Romic Can Never Operate in this State Again
Members of Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) say that polluter Romic Environmental Technologies' settlement with the San Mateo County DA is a victory not only for environmental justice, but also a big win for the community of East Palo Alto. The toxic waste handler that operated in East Palo Alto agreed to never do business in the state of California again and will pay $350,000 in penalties.
Photo by Bill Carpenter: YUCA members demonstrating in front of San Francisco's OSHA offic...
Posted: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 2:33am PST
Last Two of the Oakland 100 Headed to Trial
JR Valrey and Holly Works, the last two of the Oakland 100 – the people arrested during the rebellions following the police murder of Oscar Grant last year – are still facing charges, and must raise legal defense funds for their imminent trials. JR’s trial starts next Monday, Feb. 22, and Holly’s starts the following Monday, March 1. Both will be held in department 11, 8:30am, 1225 Fallon St (@12th), Oakland. Supporters are organizing to make sure there is a community presence in the courtroo...
Posted: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 11:13pm PST
BART Loses $175M from Fed for Airport Connector Due to Civil Rights Act Title VI Failure
FTA to BART re Oakland Airport Connector: No way!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 14, 2010 12:01am PST
Oakland Public Safety Committee Cool to Gang Injunction Proposal, 2/9/10: photos and audio
Oakland City Councilperson Larry Reid had requested that OPD and the City Attorney's office craft a proposal to implement gang injunctions in Oakland. At this City Council Public Safety Committee meeting, the proposal was presented to committee members Patricia Kernighan, Jean Quan, Larry Reid, and Nancy Nadel. Numerous community members spoke against bringing gang injunctions to Oakland, one spoke in favor. When it became apparent that committee members were cool to the idea, committee ch...
Posted: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 10:35pm PST
Community Speaks Out Against BART
A few pictures from the press conference at the Fruitvale station....
Posted: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 1:25am PST
Bay Area independent journalists to cover demonstrations at 2010 Olympic games
Three Bay Area independent journalists are traveling up to Vancouver for the first week of the Olympic games to cover the demonstrations and will be blogging daily about their experiences....
Posted: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 7:12pm PST
Community Speaks Out Against BART Efforts Reduce the Value of Oscar Grant's Friends' Lives, 2/10/10: audio (audio/mpeg 6.0MB)
At a community and family press conference held at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland on February 10th, 2010, Minister Keith Muhammad; Cephus Johnson, Oscar Grant's uncle; Wilson Riles, former Oakland City Councilperson; Jack Bryson, father of two of Oscar Grant's friends; and community activists Tony Coleman and Rachel Jackson speak out against BART's recent efforts to publicly demean Oscar Grant's friends and blame them for his murder....
Posted: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 2:34pm PST
Town Hall on BART Settlement, Haiti Donations, and Bay Area's Toxic Triangle, 2/6/10: audio (audio/mpeg 28.4MB)
In this week's Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant, Minister Keith Muhammad follows up on the John Burris and Oscar Grant family press conference. Judy Bias announces six locations in Oakland that are or will soon be donation centers for the people of Haiti. Nehanda Imara announces a series of hearings on the Bay Area's Toxic Triangle (San Francisco to Oakland to Richmond) with the first on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 in East Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 9:15am PST
Toxic Triangle Hearings
Allen Temple Baptist Church
J. Alfred Smith Sr. Fellowship Hall
8501 International Blvd in Oakland....
Event Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 9:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 2:15pm PST
Speak Out Against Oakland Gang Injunctions at Public Safety Committee Meeting Today!!
City Hall – Hearing Room 1
Oakland...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 5:30pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 12:22pm PST
Town Hall on BART Settlement with Oscar Grant's Daughter and Haiti Relief, 1/30/10: audio (audio/mpeg 34.7MB)
At this week's Town Hall, Minister Keith Muhammad is joined by Walter Riley of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund and Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Committee....
Posted: Sun, Feb 7, 2010 3:29pm PST