Bangkoktraveler Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Angry residents on Thursday vented their frustration over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man, a day after violent protests in Oakland. Community members in the San Francisco suburb of Oakland met directors of the city's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system to voice concern over the New Year's Day killing of Oscar Grant, 22, who was shot dead by a police officer responding to reports of fighting on the subway. The shooting was captured on video and has been widely broadcast on television and on the Internet. Amos Brown, a senior minister at the Third Baptist church in San Francisco and member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) called on on BART leaders to recognize the killing as "murder." "We need (to) embrace a reverence and respect for every human life," Brown was quoted as saying on The Oakland Tribune's website. "BART in tandem should join with this audience in saying that was murder; don't explain it away as a mistake." Grant's family has filed a 25-million-dollar wrongful death claim against BART. The police officer who shot Grant resigned on Wednesday. Protests grew violent on Wednesday after around 200 protesters headed toward downtown Oakland and began wreaking havoc. They blocked streets and smashed store windows, then bashed a police cruiser and about two dozen other cars. They set a garbage bin on fire. Police estimated the damage at 150,000 dollars. Police in riot gear responded with tear gas, finally breaking up the crowd late at night and arresting more than 100 people on charges including inciting riot, assaulting police and vandalism. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums said the Oakland Police Department would conduct its own investigation of the fatal shooting. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bangkoktraveler Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 It looks like the cop executed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 America's finest on the job ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 These cops need to be beat down and taught a lesson. This is the third unarmed black man they have killed in a short period of time. Fuck the cops, time to hold them all accountable for the bullshit they have been getting away with for too long. I can understand their fear, but that crowd should have mobbed the pigs and done right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 shot at point blank range, pretty fecked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueyam Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 These cops need to be beat down and taught a lesson. This is the third unarmed black man they have killed in a short period of time. Fuck the cops, time to hold them all accountable for the bullshit they have been getting away with for too long. I can understand their fear, but that crowd should have mobbed the pigs and done right. Thai360: Your home for sedition and murder on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Don't worry; there will be a trial. But following our British cousins, the jury will be instructed to not be able to judge that the coppers were in error :banghead: :banghead: for an innocent man's death at their hands on the subway... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 john charles de menanezaeneze was totally different, if you were refering to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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