Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority (BART) Police Protests Intensify in Oakland

Thu, 01/08/2009 - 13:50
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Demonstrators took to the streets of Oakland, California to protest the killing of unarmed black man by BART Police.  Oscar Grant was twenty-two years old, and the father of a four year old daughter.  He was shot in the back as he lay on the ground in a public transit station on New Year's Day. People in the community are angry - and the protests in support of Oscar Grant have been growing in scale and intensity. From Oakland, Africa Jones reports.

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