Justice for Oscar Grant Committee http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org UNDER CONSTRUCTION! We will have this website up and running in a day or so. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:25:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Reiko, Revolution Books; People’s Tribunal: Oscar Grant’s Murder and the Nationwide Epidemic Of Police Brutality http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/peoples-tribunal-video/reiko-revolution-books-peoples-tribunal-oscar-grants-murder-and/ http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/peoples-tribunal-video/reiko-revolution-books-peoples-tribunal-oscar-grants-murder-and/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:43:56 +0000 web-tech http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/?p=123

Testimony of Reiko for Revolution Books at the

PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL:

The Murder of Oscar Grant and the Nationwide Epidemic Of Police Brutality

which took place in Oakland CA on March 22, 2009.

Reiko’s testimony for Revolution Books is in four parts:

1. Police murder epidemic; no convictions

2. Revolution Books and building mass resistance for a whole different world

3. Media lies & BART lies

4. Timeline of events walk-through; What the videos show - tied in with eye-witness accounts and the evidence

]]> http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/peoples-tribunal-video/reiko-revolution-books-peoples-tribunal-oscar-grants-murder-and/feed/ Cell Phone Videos of Oscar Grant’s Murder by Police http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/cell-phone-videos/cell-phone-videos-of-oscar-grants-murder-by-police/ http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/cell-phone-videos/cell-phone-videos-of-oscar-grants-murder-by-police/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:04:53 +0000 web-tech http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/?p=93 BART Platform Cell Phone Video positions diagram
camera-angles

Track Download Video Length Size Description & Source
1. slomo-cam2 00:36 000MB slow motion showing gun, cop and victim most clear
2. complete?-cam2 02:00 000MB complete cam2
3. ktvu-partial-cam3 00:46 000MB partial cam3
4. ktvupunch-cam2&3 03:41 000MB On cam3, pig viciously punching Oscar Grant’s face as collective police violence built toward the murder. This video is a news report containing the punch on cam 3 and some cam2.
5. compl?vargas-cam1 10:30 000MB “ ¶ Vargas several times makes attempts to get closer. When her camera focuses on Grant, he is sitting with his back against a wall, surrounded by others in handcuffs. He holds up his hands, apparently speaking with the officers, when they force him to the ground. ¶ Two officers struggle to turn him over, even as he appears to be strewn across another man’s legs, when suddenly one of the men retrieves his gun from its holster. ¶ At this point in Vargas’ video, she turns to her immediate left and focuses on an officer wrestling another man to the ground. Then, the shot rings out.” -quoted from RawStory.com

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]]> http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/cell-phone-videos/cell-phone-videos-of-oscar-grants-murder-by-police/feed/ Justice for Oscar Grant Committee: Official Statement http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/documents/justice-for-oscar-grant-committee-official-statement/ http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/documents/justice-for-oscar-grant-committee-official-statement/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:35:05 +0000 web-tech http://www.justiceforoscargrant.org/?p=9
  • Arrest and Jail Mehserle for the Murder of Oscar Grant — Right Now!
  • Drop All Charges Against All Protesters — Right Now!
  • No More Police Murder!

Justice for Oscar Grant!

Oscar Grant was a young Black man returning home by way of the Fruitvale BART station after celebrating the New Year. This was the only excuse the cop needed to end Grant's life execution-style. Maybe Oscar was too loud, too proud, too Black. Maybe he was too calm during the taunts of the police. Or maybe it was for nothing at all. The oppression of Black people runs deep in this country. Emmet Till was killed in 1955 by white racists for the "crime" of whistling at a white woman.]]>
  • Arrest and Jail Mehserle for the Murder of Oscar Grant — Right Now!
  • Drop All Charges Against All Protesters — Right Now!
  • No More Police Murder!

Justice for Oscar Grant!

Oscar Grant was a young Black man returning home by way of the Fruitvale BART station after celebrating the New Year. This was the only excuse the cop needed to end Grant’s life execution-style. Maybe Oscar was too loud, too proud, too Black. Maybe he was too calm during the taunts of the police. Or maybe it was for nothing at all.

The oppression of Black people runs deep in this country. Emmet Till was killed in 1955 by white racists for the “crime” of whistling at a white woman. More than five thousand African-American people were brutally lynched, from 1882 to 1964, often in a carnival-like atmosphere, with people posing for pictures next to the burnt bodies of Black human beings hanging from a tree.

Today, it is mostly the police who carry out the system’s brutality and terror against Black people, youth and people of color. Look at the case of Sean Bell, killed by the NYPD in 2006, while out celebrating before his wedding day. And on the same day that Oscar Grant was killed, Adolph Grimes was shot by New Orleans police, 14 times, 12 in the back, killed while sitting in a car outside his grandmother’s house. And in Houston, Robbie Tolan was shot and wounded by police in his own front yard after being the victim of racial profiling. This needs to stop!

In Oakland, on the day of Oscar Grant’s funeral, people refused to accept the unacceptable and began to stand up and demand justice for Oscar Grant! They made a powerful statement as youth and others took to the streets. We firmly uphold the spirit of these protests, and we promise to awaken, mobilize, encourage and help to build massive political resistance demanding justice for Oscar Grant. We challenge everyone to do the same. If you have joined the struggle, struggle harder. If you have not yet acted or spoken up, now is the time to demand the following:

  • Arrest and Jail Mehserle for the Murder of Oscar Grant — Right Now!
  • Drop All Charges Against All Protesters — Right Now!
  • No More Police Murder!

- Justice for Oscar Grant Committee

email: justiceforoscargrant@gmail.com

(This statement was written as the committee was formed on the night of January 11, 2009 at an emergency mobilization meeting on Oscar Grant at Revolution Books in Berkeley, CA.)

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