The pigs were NOT under attack when Duggan was shot and killed. They were also NOT under attack when a 16 year old female child was beaten…. these are confirmed reports…

so hey, superior, what's your spin on this? And how is this different from Kenneth Harding, a 19 yr old Black Man being shot numerous times by pigs and being allowed to bleed to death in a pool of his own blood in broad daylight after being chased down for not having a $2 train fare?

superior, hey mr/ms euro- superio – are u listening? huh?

can u hear me now????

which shallow foundations are now burning to the ground?

http://sosbeevfbi.ning.com/forum/topics/fbicia-po…

http://sosbeevfbi.ning.com/profiles/blogs/we-are-…
http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/governmentmustcr.html

http://sosbeevfbi.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-mea…

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than
those who falsely believe they are free."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"These bastards, (sorry PL but that is what they are), would not be satisfied unless he was given the death penalty! This Officer should never have been charged, much less tried and convicted. It was a tragic accident that never would have happened if the POST that was shot had simply submitted to arrest, or better yet, had not been involved in the illegal activity in the first place. This has already destroyed the life of a fine young man who put his a$ on the line to help the very people that convicted him. FOR SHAME! I say declare Marshal Law and stop this immediately!”
http://policelink.monster.com/news/articles/14742….

Regardless of how people and media have demonized Oscar Grant, he did NOT deserve to die, especially in such a cruel, depraved, and heinous manner. When police responded to a robbery call five years ago, guess who's home they broke into? ME! It didn't matter that I was and still is a peaceful person with no criminal or even an arrest history. My ethnicity was the only thing that mattered.

I always wonder what would have happened as I lay spreadeagled on my bed (like Oscar Grant) if one of the cops got overzealous (JUST LIKE MEHSERLE!) how I would've gotten written up by the department and the media, hmmmm?

Yes, we are all Oscar Grant!

Marlon Crump
POOR Magazine/PNN.

But, he made BART's violation of civil rights an issue in the campaign:

"BART had violated the civil rights of minority bus riders in the East Bay when it decided to replace a $3 shuttle to Oakland airport with an elevated guideway that will cost commuters at least $6 each way — and didn’t conduct a study of the impact on minority riders." http://goo.gl/YWdWG

As someone watching the march very closely for possible physical conflict, I saw the the vandalism that folks are up in arms about, and it was not representative of the march in general. Also, I believe that any characterization of the people as "thugs," "outside agitators," "undercovers," or any other label should be questioned. Anger takes many forms, but despite the obvious anger in the crowd, many people were trying to keep vandalism from becoming too widespread. (I can second the comment by Reginald James.) At the same time, people were trying not to put themselves and others in danger by physically confronting the people breaking things or alerting the police.

As for the comments questioning the "military" status of the police, I would argue that the police action Friday was much like a military operation, including some of the equipment used (riot tanks, etc.) and tactics (multiple attempts to surround marchers or cut them off at key points toward Fruitvale BART.) Were the police not acting as a military-like force, the march would have made it to Fruitvale and folks would have been able to speak out about police brutality at the very place where Oscar Grant was murdered. Had the police been attempting to serve and protect that night, perhaps they would have followed the march to Fruitvale, closing off streets on either side to avoid confrontations between cars and marchers, which happens oftentimes when people take the streets in protest.

I believe that the marchers in general should be commended for their discipline considering the spontaneity of the action, overwhelming and provocative police presence and the anger we all felt at the sentencing.

People took to the streets on Friday to say that this was intolerable! The courageously faced an army of brutal cops in riot gear armed with shotguns, helicopters and more. To those who would condemn the protest ask yourself — what are you more upset at — that a few windows were broken or that this society says that the life of a young Black man is not worth very much.

But, in the meantime, I'd like to hear the Mayor of Oakland, the City Council, and the Oakland Police condemn the racist murder, the barely trained BART cops armed to the teeth, and the sentence, and say that they will not tolerate anything like the Oscar Grant shooting in Oakland. (Now maybe someone's going to tell me they've arleady said that? Or, that they already tolerate that? Or both? Please do let me know what I don't know. And that's still what I'd like to hear, and see for real.)

I'm also hoping that some of the Oscar Grant Movement got involved in the BART Board of Directors elections. In San Francisco, I don't think so and the best candidate, Bert Hill, who was most likely to challenge the idea that these cops are fighting the War on Terror in our transit system, lost to undesirable incumbent James Fang.

I wrote some Facebook Notes urging involvement in the East Bay BART elections back in July, but don't yet know what the outcome of those races was in the East Bay. I understand the street protest, and the need to get together and speak out, but the heavy police presence and arrests–is predictable and not likely to change much.

I'm guessing that Oakland had that many police present for fear that Mehserle might have gotten parole, which could have put the whole City in danger of burning down and not done anybody much good.

Did the Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant participate in the BART Board District elections in the East Bay?

Goddess willing, we'll soon be stacking on beer and calling in sick to watch a race war in the USofA broadcast live on our TV in Europe and cheer as America's shallow foundations disintegrate in flames! Hip, hip, hooray!