WATCH THE VIDEO of the Independent Public Tribunal to Investigate Oscar Grant's Killing

The March 4, 2009 independent public tribunal to investigate the killing of Oscar Grant is essential viewing, and the VIDEO of it should be seen by the new civil rights movement far and wide.

The March 4th tribunal:
• Established that THIS WAS MURDER: Johannes Mehserle intended to use his gun, not his taser. It also established some of Mehserle's racist and violent history. Tony Pirone and the other BART police were accomplices to murder.
• Systematically exposed the cover-up by Alameda County prosecutor Tom Orloff, who intends to let ex-BART Officer Johannes Mehserle go free. The movement for justice for Oscar Grant must independently organize and act if we are to win justice.
• Laid out a political analysis, perspective, and plan that can win justice for Oscar Grant and for other victims of police brutality. (Make sure to watch BAMN National Chair Shanta Driver's introductory speech.)
• Family and friends of Oscar Grant shared with movement supporters who Oscar really was, countering the racist demagogy that Mehserle's attorney and police supporters have promoted and will promote before and during the trial.

CHAPTER LIST (time stamps):
0:31 - Introduction
4:35 - Opening Presentation by BAMN National Chair Shanta Driver
22:42 - Traci Cooper - Oscar Grant's aunt
32:38 - Slideshow of Oscar Grant
37:06 - Jack Bryson - Father of Oscar's friend Jackie who was on the BART platform
44:37 - Bobby Cephus Johnson - Oscar Grant's uncle
61:15 - Anatomy of a Coverup - The District Attorney's Brief
74:44 - Analysis of the Video
98:45 - 2nd Video: Mehserle reached for his gun, not his taser
102:37 - Kenneth Carrethers - Previous victim of Johannes Mehserle
108:32 - Stephanie Montoya - Sister of Jerry Amaro, murdered by Oakland Police's present head of internal affairs Edward Poulson
116:16 - Closing Remarks

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