A hard look at the trial of Oscar Grant triggerman Johannes Mehserle, Part 2
Don’t miss: Oscar Grant special Saturday, June 12, 10 a.m.-12 noon on KPFA 94.1 FM or kpfa.org, hosted by Minister of Information JR Mass protest Monday, June 14, 7 a.m. all day at LA Courthouse, 210...
View ArticleThe Mehserle effect: Vallejo shooting tests era of police accountability
by Kevin Weston Guy Jarreau Jr. from New America Media on Vimeo. – Video: Ann Bassette, Malcolm Marshall and Paul Billingsley Vallejo, Calif. – In the Bay Area, the veneer of police impunity seems to...
View ArticleTwo trials and an anniversary: Bonds, Bailey and Mixon
by Kevin Weston Barry Bonds: The greatest, regardless San Francisco – AT&T Park shook so hard I thought I was on a pogo stick the night Barry Bonds crushed a 3-2 Mike Bacsik pitch into right center...
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 ArticleAn innocent man, DeWayne Ewing wins order to show cause
by Charlie Hinton DeWayne Ewing In January 1994, 23-year-old DeWayne Ewing and a girlfriend discarded a condom as they left a park in the Oakland hills. A rape took place in the same park a few days...
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