oscar grant

   The manslaughter verdict returned against former BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cop, Johannes Mehserle, for the videotaped murder of Oscar Grant, sent hundreds of protesters back into the hot streets of Oakland, California, Grant's hometown.

   The corporate media scratched its collective head, essentially asking 'Why protest when the guy was convicted?"

   The protesters knew, however, that the court system bent heaven and earth to return the lightest verdict possible; involuntary manslaughter' and that Mehserle faces a possible sentence of probation to a maximum of 4 years in prison.

   They knew that Mehserle got a non black jury, hundreds of miles from Oakland.

   They knew that each of those hundreds could've been Oscar Grant, unarmed, shot to death on tape and the same thing would've happened.

   Of course, the corporate media doesn't get it.

Community Responds to U.S. Systemic Racism as Evidenced by the MURDER of Oscar Grant, then Reinforced by the Mehserle Verdict

Oakland Police Department ordered an "LRAD," one of those 'acoustic cannons' we've been hearing about - just in time for the Oscar Grant verdict!       READ THE LETTER BELOW:

Johannes Mehserle pulverized on the witness stand

Juanita Young is the mother of Malcolm Ferguson (killed by NYPD’s Street
Crimes Unit, cop Louis Rivera in the Bronx in 2000)

Nicholas Heyward, Sr. is the father of Nicholas Heyward, Jr. (killed by
NYC housing cop Brian George in Brooklyn in 1995)

Juanita Young and Nicholas Heyward, Sr. have been powerful voices in the
movement against police brutality. Through their own experiences, both of
these activist parents have also brought strength to many others who
suffer and/or have lost their loved ones to police violence.

Juanita just returned from Detroit, where she was giving support to the
family of Aiyana Jones, the seven-year old who was shot and killed
sleeping in her bed by Detroit police raiding her family's home. She

Have a listen to this Special Radio Hour on Oscar Grant! Includes music,
interviews with family spokesperson Jack Bryson, father of 2 of Oscar's
friends, and Aidge & Erinn Carter, organizers for the LA Coalition for 
Oscar Grant...

Last night on "Beautiful Struggle," on KPFK 90.7fm in Los Angeles,
www.kpfk.org
On the web:
http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/mp3/kpfk_100511_190030beautifulstruggle.MP3

Most of you know by now of Oscar Grant, the young father who was murdered by
BART police in Oakland last New Years. And that the cop who shot Oscar while
he laid on the ground, Johannes Mehserle, is the 1st cop in CA history to
face a Murder Trial.

BUT did you know the Trial has been moved to LA in an apparent cover-up, and
is starting on June 14th?!?! Well if not, now you do... LA it is OUR
time to stand up & finally DEMAND Justice for Oscar!

On Monday, June 14th we will be gathering in MASS in front of the LA
Superior Courthouse in Downtown LA, in support of Oscar Grant¹s young
daughter, girlfriend, mother, family, friends & community in their uphill
battle for justice.

June 10-17, 2010, the week of the start of trial, has also been declared the
NATIONAL WEEK OF ART FOR OSCAR GRANT!!

Artists of all types (Visual Arts, Music, Poetry, Film, Theatre, Dance,
etc), all capabilities, and all ages will be dedicating their art & events
that week in a Nationwide show of support for Justice for Oscar Grant & All
Stolen Lives.

Justice for Oscar Grant! 
Murdered by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle
All out to Court  
Monday June 14th!  Starting at 7am, come thru all day!

Please post and distribute widely -

A message from the Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal -  

An Injury To One Is An Injury To All -

DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST HOLLY WORKS!

In many instances, the second pre-trial hearing for Johannes Mehserle could be seen as a victorious day for the family and supporters of Oscar Grant, who was fatally shot by Mehserle as he lay unarmed on a platform in Oakland on New Year’s Day 2009.

After weeks of nervous speculation, presiding Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry rejected motions put forth by Mehserle’s legal team to reduce his bail amount and remove the Alameda County district attorney from the case.

While Perry acknowledged that prosecutors employed some questionable and perhaps unconstitutional tactics during their investigation, those acts failed to substantiate the extreme requests of defense attorney Michael Rains.

Victory also extended to outside of the courtroom as scores of activists and supporters braved the early morning chill to hold signs, recite chants, and talk to onlookers — all in the name of making the often-apathetic L.A. populace aware of one of the most significant court cases in state history.

Witness to a Shooting, Karina Vargas

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=0a328d6a244268cf99a62d5a44668da1

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia , News feature, VIDEO, AUDIO, Words by Karina Vargas, as told to Josue Rojas, Posted: Feb 20, 2009  

Tatiana Grant, 5 years old, daughter of Sophina Mesa and Oscar Grant.

There has been a civil lawsuit SETTLEMENT for Tatiana Grant, Oscar's 5 year old daughter.  Oscar's Mother still has a lawsuit against the Oakland BART cops, as do the 5 young men, close friends, who were with Oscar when he was murdered. The young men recieved abuse themselves and witnessed the cops execute their friend who was laying on his stomach in handcuffs.

RALLY on Thursday (June 18, 09) at the arraignment of Johannes Mehserle!
Mehserle's attorney is trying to get a change of venue to move the trial out of Alameda County. We must continue fighting to win justice!

OSCAR GRANT, father of a baby girl