Oscar Grant Shooting: Johannes Mehserle's Murder Trial

Judge Don Clay ruled on June 4 that Johannes Mehserle will stand trial for the January 1 murder of Oscar Grant, an unarmed African American man, age 22.  Mehserle shot Grant on the platform of a San...

Human Rights for Prisoners March Was Postponed - Weather

WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD RAIN ON OUR JUSTICE PARADE, BUT IT DID.  MAN PLANS, BUT GOD DECIDES.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, AND MORE WERE FORCAST THROUGHOUT...

Oscar Grant's Family's $50 Million Suit - Cost of Police Violence

OSCAR GRANT'S FAMILY filed a $50 million lawsuit against Bay Area Transit Agency for his wrongful death.  Oscar Juliuss Grant, III was the first unarmed African American killed by police in...

Oscar Grant: 1st Unarmed Black Man Police Killed in 2009 - Next?

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...