What part of ‘killed_unarmed_Black_man = murder’ doesn’t OPD understand?
March for justice for Brother Derrick Jones Thursday, Nov. 11, 3 p.m., from Bancroft & Seminary to Oscar Grant (Fruitvale) BART Station by mesha Monge-Irizarry, Idriss Stelley Foundation Another...
View ArticleA man in the mirror
by Theo Ellington In the wake of the senseless acts of violence that have taken away the lives of Oscar Grant, Derrick Jones and countless other Black men, I’ve grown to feel numb. In my childhood,...
View ArticleWhen sentencing Mehserle, judge said race is irrelevant to Oscar Grant case
Transcript of Block Report interview with Jack Bryson by Minister of Information JR broadcast Nov. 26 on Flashpoints’ National Police Terrorism Special Minister of Information JR: Right now we have on...
View ArticleDerrick Jones didn’t have to die
by readers of Revolution, revcom.us Just days after Johannes Mehserle was given a mere two-year sentence for the cold-blooded murder of Oscar Grant (see “Token Sentence for Oscar Grant’s Killer: Anger...
View ArticleNew Year’s Day vigil commemorates Oscar Grant killing
by Judy Greenspan Oakland – Over 100 family members, religious leaders and community supporters held a prayer vigil and speak-out on New Year’s Day in front of the Fruitvale BART station to commemorate...
View ArticleThe Oakland school police killing of Raheim Brown Jr.
In this Block Report, Minister of Information JR interviews the parents of Oakland school police murder victim Raheim Brown Jr. Lori Davis and Raheim Brown Sr. talk about the police killing their son...
View ArticleA life worth less than train fare
by Mike King Another young, unarmed Black man, Kenneth Harding, has been gunned down in broad daylight. He was shot numerous times in the back as he fled, his empty hands held in the air. His crime had...
View ArticleJustice 4 Alan Blueford – JAB – power punching the Oakland PD
On Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., join Angela Davis and Alan’s parents for ‘Honoring Alan Blueford’ on what should be his 19th birthday: Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon, Oakland by Malaika H Kambon...
View ArticleMedical neglect and pepper spray bring death to mentally ill man in SCI...
by Andre Jacobs If only Lady Liberty knew That I sit in prison an innocent man Railroaded and denied my right to testify And how I see other innocent men, women and children Who got “justice” because...
View Article‘C.O.P. Crimes of Police’ coming to SF Black Film Festival
by Denika Chatman On April 4, 2013, the Oakland Film Festival premiered the long anticipated documentary “Crimes of Police,” directed by Ansar El Muhammad and produced by Derrick Bowman. Now the...
View Article22 months after Oscar Grant: OPD ‘justifiably’ murder unarmed Black...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Twenty-two months after the police murdered Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland Jan. 1, 2009, local barbershop owner Derrick Jones was killed...
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