Just two weeks away from the opening of Fruitvale Station, the highly-acclaimed feature film about the last days of Hayward-resident Oscar Grant and the city of Oakland and Alameda County can’t help but unwittingly promoting the film. On Monday morning,… Read More ›
OAKLAND//OSCAR GRANT | First-time Bay Area filmmaker Ryan Coogler is sure going to make locals who ridiculed the slain Oscar Grant for supposedly being a thug who somehow got what he deserved feel quite uncomfortable over the next year. Fruitvale Station,… Read More ›
CARSON SAYS SENTENCE IS ‘EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM’By Steven Tavares Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson along with other local groups denounced late Friday the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART cop convicted of killing Oscar Grant two… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CANDIDATE WOULD BE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER JUDGE IN U.S. HISTORYBy Steven Tavares Victoria Kolakowski “My commitment to public service and equal rights leads me to seek election to Judge of the Alameda Superior Court,” Victoria Kolakowski wrote in… Read More ›
RALLY REMAINED PEACEFUL, BUT NOT WITHOUT ANGRY WAR OF WORDSBy Steven Tavares WALNUT CREEK – Pro-Oscar Grant prostesters over-shouted and overwhelmed with numbers a rally Monday afternoon in Walnut Creek meant to support convicted former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. A brick retaining… Read More ›
As far as bad ideas go, planning a rally in support of former BART cop Johannes Mehserle seems to be high on the list. Especially after general unrest followed last Thursday’s verdict of involuntary manslaughter. A Facebook page planning a demonstration in… Read More ›
FIRST PERSON FROM THE OSCAR GRANT PROTESTBy Steven Tavares Over the course of two hours Thursday night a line of Oakland police clad in riot gear creeped towards the vast majority of people protesting the involuntary manslaughter verdict against BART cop Johannes… Read More ›
