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Ayoola Mitchell by Ayoola Mitchell On the first of January this year, 2009, a very tragic event took place. Oscar Grant was murdered by a BART police officer as he rode BART home from a New Year’s Eve...
View ArticleVideo: BART cop slams passenger into window
by Mary Ratcliff In this video frame (see the full video below), a BART cop has just slammed a passenger into a thick, 30-foot high window, shattering it. This new assault provides more credence to the...
View ArticleNY Times underestimates Oakland’s radicals
by Davey D Hunters Point filmmaker Kevin Epps speaks at a rally for Oscar Grant. – Photo: Thomas Hawk, Flickr The New York Times published a piece called “Oakland, the Last Refuge of Radical America”...
View ArticleCity auditor spanks Black council members for trying to bring jobs to Oakland
by Joseph Debro Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks – Photo: Megan Molteni Like President Clinton in his first run for president, Oakland’s city auditor developed her creds in the conservative...
View ArticleFive years after the Oscar Grant murder: Author of ‘No Doubt: The Murder(s)...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR It has been five years since Oakland was set on fire during the Oakland Rebellions that were a result of the BART police murder of Oscar Grant on the morning...
View ArticleCenturies of rage: The murder of Oscar Grant III
by Malaika Kambon Six years ago, on Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant III, 22, was shot and later died of bullet wounds received when Johannes Mehserle, then a BART police officer, fired his gun at point blank...
View ArticleAfter Baltimore, mothers of police murder victims issue a call to reclaim...
Mothers of victims of police murders stand outside of the White House following a refusal by Obama to meet with them in December 2014. – Photo: Code Pink Why I will march for my son, Sean Bell, and all...
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