“Fruitvale Station,” The Drama About The Death of Oscar Grant, Premieres in July, 2013
• May 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Film, History, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Ariana Neal, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Blacks, California, Cannes Film Festival, Cell Phone Videos, Cell Phones, Chad Michael Murray, Constables on Patrol, David Silva, Drama, Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, Grant, Latinos, Love, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Motherhood, Murder, Octavia Spencer, Oscar Grant, Racism, Ryan Coogler, Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein Company, YouTube
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
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
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
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