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Memorial March and Rally on the 3rd Anniversary of the Murder of Oscar Grant

by Bradley Stuart (bradley [at] riseup.net)
On January 1st, 2012, hundreds of people marched from Oscar Grant Plaza (a.k.a. Frank Ogawa Plaza) at 14th & Broadway in Oakland to the Fruitvale BART station for a rally to commemorate Oscar Grant and many more people killed by the police. Three years ago on January 1st, 2009, Oscar Grant, an unarmed black worker, was executed by Johannes Mehserle, a white BART police officer. In the wake of that killing, a major political movement was launched in Oakland and across the country.
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While the case is over and Johannes Mehserle is back on the streets, the Oakland community has not forgotten the father who was murdered three years ago. The memorial march was held in honor of Oscar as well as other victims of police brutality and murder.

"The murder of Oscar Grant awakened Bay Area residents already reeling from police brutality and state repression in their communities," said Anita Wills of the Oscar Grant Committee. "Oscar and all the young people that were attacked and terrorized by the BART police that night, in addition to the many victims of police brutality in the greater Bay Area, have become ingrained in our collective memory."

For more information, and video of Oscar Grant's family speaking at the rally, see Oscar Grant: Gone But Not Forgotten.
§Justice 4 Raheim Brown
by Bradley Stuart
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Twenty-year-old Raheim Brown was killed by Oakland Unified School District Police at Skyline High School on January 22nd, 2011.
§Strength in Mothers
by Bradley Stuart
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§4th Ave
by Bradley Stuart
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§End Police Brutality
by Bradley Stuart
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§Gone But Not Forgotten
by Bradley Stuart
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§Justice For Oscar Grant
by Bradley Stuart
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§Bring The Ruckus
by Bradley Stuart
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§Solidarity
by Bradley Stuart
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§Long Live Oakland Commune!
by Bradley Stuart
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§Kids on Scooters
by Bradley Stuart
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§Community Movement
by Bradley Stuart
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§Stolen Lives
by Bradley Stuart
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§Jabari Shaw
by Bradley Stuart
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Jabari Shaw is a hip-hop artist and participant of Occupy Oakland.
§Kenneth Carruthers
by Bradley Stuart
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Three weeks before he shot Oscar Grant, Johannes Mehserle viciously beat up Kenneth Carruthers.
§Denika Chatman
by Bradley Stuart
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Denika Chatman is the mother of Kenneth Harding, Jr. Nineteen year-old Kenneth Harding, Jr. was approached by San Francisco police officers doing fare inspections on the Muni platform at Third and Palou on Saturday, July 16th, 2011. Within a half block of running from police through a plaza, he was shot down on Oakdale Street and left to bleed to death as police offered no medical assistance.
§Danny Garcia
by Bradley Stuart
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Danny Garcia is the brother of Mark Garcia, who was brutally murdered by the San Francisco police on April 6, 1996.
§Sharena Curley
by Bradley Stuart
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Sharena Curley is the sister of Antioine Thomas, who was brutality framed-up by police in Solano County, and currently caged-up at Soledad prison with a 65-year sentence!
§Fruitvale Rally
by Bradley Stuart
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§Wanda Johnson
by Bradley Stuart
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Wanda Johnson is Oscar Grant's mother.
§Tatiana Grant
by Bradley Stuart
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Oscar Grant's daughter, Tatiana Grant said, "I just want to thank you everybody for coming."
§Jack Bryson
by Bradley Stuart
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Jack Bryson is the father of two sons who were with Oscar Grant the night he was murdered on the Fruitvale BART platform on New Year's 2009.
§Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson
by Bradley Stuart
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Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson is Oscar Grant's uncle.
§Soul
by Bradley Stuart
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Soul is a participant in Occupy Oakland, the Oscar Grant movement, and Berkeley Liberation Radio.
§Khalid
by Bradley Stuart
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Khalid is a participant in Occupy Oakland.
§name spelling
by inga
thanks for the photos. i believe the man in the last photo is khalid, not khali.
§re: name spelling
by Bradley Stuart (bradley [at] riseup.net)
Thanks Inga. The title and caption have been updated.
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