Protesters stream into Port of Oakland, November 2, in response to Occupy Oakland call for “general strike” over brutal police attack last week. Union bureaucrats declared “support,” refused to strike. (Photo: Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

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Four Police, One Black Man Dead After Exchange of Fire in Oakland

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 23:01

reposted from Indybay: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/22/18580559.php

After two officers were shot hours earlier, police in Oakland shoot and kill a young African American male suspect when alternative remedies might have been available. Confrontation that could have ended with only one death turns into four.

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Millitant Protests in Oakland Over Police Murder of Oscar Grant

Submitted by haloka on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 10:49

see www.indybay.org for more

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/08/18559668.php

On January 7th at 11am, a memorial service was held for Oscar Grant at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Oakland.

In the early afternoon of January 7th, it was announced that officer Johannes Mehserle had resigned from the BART police force so he would not be forced to testify at an internal hearing.

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