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Raisethefist.com: Oscar Grant: 1st unarmed black man Killed by police

Oscar Grant: 1st unarmed black man Killed by police
by NowPublic.com Tue Sep 15 22:09:51 CDT 2009

Oscar Grant Murdered on sub-way by Police man for no purpose.

THE YEAR 2009 STARTED WITH A BANG that ended the life of 22-year-old African American man in the California Bay Area. Oscar Grant’s shooting death was captured on the video footage below. He was killed by police in what some people are calling cold blooded murder. (Read the whole story here. Report by KTVU San Francisco, Jan. 5, 2009)

I received the following account of Grant’s death in my email today along with the video footage.

BART-Police who patrol the Bay Area's subway system entered the train to break up a fight. They pulled a number of young African American men from the train, and lined them up in a seating position against the concrete wall of the train station. Two police officers pulled Mr. Grant from his seating position, and he raised both his hands as though to show his complete surrender. Nevertheless the unarmed, handcuffed young man was stretched out on the ground by two officers while a third officer (a two-year veteran) pulled his gun, pointed it at his helpless cative, and killed young Grant with a single gunshot. Commuters were horrified at the violence, and the other young men who police had removed from the train with Grant were terrified, believing it would be their turns next.

Videos to this horrific shooting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih0zWbVZb8I&feature=related

and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmJukcFzEX4

When the story first broke there were stories about the police snatching people's cell phones and video cameras. Witnesses to the shooting were being hushed up or discredited. But apparently, the police didn't get all of the cameras. The person who filmed this footage is said to be too frightened to be identified because the police really enforce the “don't snitch” rule in that community.

There was a press conference today about a 25 million dollar lawsuit, but no amount of money brings back a life. More information will be provided as it is made available.

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UPDATE - 1/8/09 - Riots erupt in Oakland after slain father laid to rest

RIOT VIDEO FOOTAGE is at this link:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/08/BART.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

(CNN) -- Protests erupted shortly after a young man killed by a subway police officer was laid to rest in Oakland on Wednesday night, according to local media and iReporters.

Oscar Grant, 22, was killed January 1 in a shooting at a subway station in California's Bay Area.

The Oakland Police Department made 105 arrests, including a mass arrest of about 80 people at 11 p.m., said Officer Jeff Thomason. The charges include inciting a riot, vandalism, assault on a police officer and unlawful assembly, he said.

One officer was injured, but not seriously, Thomason said.

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