Technical Difficulties…and Some Updates on Long Running Stories: Mitrice, Oscar Grant
• November 8, 2010 • Comments Off on Technical Difficulties…and Some Updates on Long Running Stories: Mitrice, Oscar GrantPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Fashion, India, Indonesia, Islam/Sufism, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, South Korea, Stroke, Television, The Economy, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Alameda County, Anne Soble, Aretha Franklin, Barack Obama, BART, BART Police, Black Women, Blacks, Blue Screens, California, Constables on Patrol, Coroner, Error Messages, Indonesia, Jack and Jill Politics, Johannes Mehserle, Laptop Computer, Latrice Sutton, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant III, Police Cover-Up, Police Murder, Police Shooting, Protesters, Rebooting, Republicans, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Technical Difficulties
Johannes Mehserle Sentencing Delayed to Find Grounds for Appeal
• July 17, 2010 • Comments Off on Johannes Mehserle Sentencing Delayed to Find Grounds for AppealPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Appealing, Barbara Rodgers, BART, BART Police, Beating, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Excuse, Fruitvale Station, Grounds for Appeal, Guilty, Indefinite Delay, Innocent, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Justice Delayed, Latinos, Michael Rains, MSM, Murder, New America Media, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Officers, Racism, Reckless, Sentence, Sentencing Delay, Shooting, Stalling, Tasering, The Grio, The Media, White Supremacy
Defense Attorney Releases Mehserle Letter Apologizing for Shooting Grant
• July 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Defense Attorney Releases Mehserle Letter Apologizing for Shooting GrantPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Apology, BART, BART Police, Blacks, Blaming the Victim, California, Cephus Johnson, Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, Constables on Patrol, Defense Attorney, Gall, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Killing, Letter, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Police Killings, Shooting, The Banality of Evil, Tony Coleman
Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…
• July 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted 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 on Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar GrantPosted 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
BREAKING: A Verdict Has Been Reached in the Oscar Grant-Johannes Mehserle Case
• July 8, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Acquittal, African Americans, BART, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Decision, Drama, Gun, Involuntary Manslaughter, Johannes Mehserle, Jury, Justice, Murder, Oscar Grant, Police, Racism, Second Degree Murder, Taser, Tasering, Transit Cop, Verdict, Voluntary Manslaughter
Woman BART Cop Who Helped Nab Oscar Grant is Fired
• March 26, 2010 • Comments Off on Woman BART Cop Who Helped Nab Oscar Grant is FiredPosted 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
Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant Case
• January 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant CasePosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television
Tags: "Grand Theft Auto", "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Los Angeles Times", Alameda County, Anthony Sowell, BART, BART Police, Bled to Death in Custody, C-Span, California, Changing Stories, Chuco's Justice Center, Criminal Record, DeAndre Brunston, Flight from Justice, Fruitvale Station, Gag Order, Hayward CA, Johannes Mehserle, Judge Perry, Judge Robert J. Perry, Keishia Brunston, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, Marysol Domenici, Michael Rains, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Nevada, New Year's Day, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Property Damage, Public Television, Riots, San Francisco Bay Area, Taser, Tasering, Tatiana Grant, Televising Court Cases, Tony Pirone, Wanda Johnson
Update: BART Cop Trial for Shooting of Oscar Grant Sent to Los Angeles, Not San Diego
• November 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted 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 CommentPosted 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
Skip Gates Talks
• July 21, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, History, Race
Tags: BART, Cambridge MA, Charles Ogletree, Constables on Patrol, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University, Oscar Grant III, Police Harassment, Residing While Black, Skip Gates, The Root
Oscar Grant Update, June 4: Mehserle to Stand Trial
• June 11, 2009 • Comments Off on Oscar Grant Update, June 4: Mehserle to Stand TrialPosted 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
Lovelle Mixon Raped Two Women Day of Final Shootout with Cops, and Yet…
• May 8, 2009 • Comments Off on Lovelle Mixon Raped Two Women Day of Final Shootout with Cops, and Yet…Posted in Black People, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Journalism and Ethics, Race
Tags: BART, Cedric Daniels, Enjoli Mixon, J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor, Latressa Gary, Lovelle Mixon, Modesto, Modesto CA, Oakland CA, Oakland Police Department, Oakland Tribune, Oscar Grant III, Reynete Mixon, San Francisco Chronicle, SWAT, The Mac Arthur Shootings, The Oakland Tribune
Lovelle Mixon is NOT a Hero
• March 31, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Race
Tags: BART, California, Constables on Patrol, Eldridge Cleaver, Johannes Mehserle, Lovelle Mixon, O.J. Simpson, Oakland, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant III, Rape, Stagger Lee