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Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…

• July 8, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dateline", "Nightline, African Americans, BART, BART Cop, BART Train, Black Women, California, Cephus Johnson, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Google News, Johannes Mehserle, Latinas, Latinos, LeBron James, Los Angeles CA, Murder, New Year's Day, Oakland CA, Oakland City Hall, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant, Racism, Verdict

Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar Grant

• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Uncategorized
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Cops, BART Train, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, California, Civil Suit, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Discharging Weapon, District Attorney David Stein, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, L.A. County, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Money, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Wanda Johnson

Woman BART Cop Who Helped Nab Oscar Grant is Fired

• March 26, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Pirone, BART, BART Cops, BART Police, BART Train, Blacks, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Interim BART Chief Dash Butler, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Marysol Domenici, Meyers Nave Law Firm, Meyers Nave Public Law Firm, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III

Update: BART Cop Trial for Shooting of Oscar Grant Sent to Los Angeles, Not San Diego

• November 21, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Blacks, California, CBS, Cephus Johnson, Constables on Patrol, District Attorneys, East Bay, East Bay Express, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Judge Morris Jacobson, Los Angeles County, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Racism, San Diego County, The Oakland Tribune

Oscar Grant Update: Johannes Mehserle Trial To Move to Another California City; Judge Agrees That Oakland and Alameda County Can’t Give Him a Fair Trial

• October 25, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, Attorney General Jerry Brown, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Beverly Hills, Black Youth, Blacks, California, Change of Venue, Channel 2, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Councilwoman Desley Brooks, Execution, Guilty, Johannes Mehserle, KTVU-2, Latino Youth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Madison WI, Marysol Domenici, Mayor Ron Dellums, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rodney King, Sacramento CA, San Francisco Oakland Bay Area, Supervisor Keith Carson, The Net, The Web, Tony Pirone

Oscar Grant Update, June 4: Mehserle to Stand Trial

• June 11, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Race
Tags: BART, BART Train, Cellphone Video, Cellphones, Channel 5, Constables on Patrol, Former Judge LaDoris Cordell, Johannes Mehserle, Judge C. Don Clay, Judge Clay, KPIX, New Year's, Oakland, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Taser

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