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January 9, 2009

105 Arrested Protesting Oakland Police Shooting of Unarmed Man
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And an update to yesterday’s headline on a protest Wednesday in Oakland.
At least 105 people were arrested demonstrating against the killing of
an unarmed transit passenger by a Bay Area police officer. The officer,
Johannes Mehserle, resigned earlier Wednesday before he was to meet with
investigators. Cell phone videos show Mehserle pulling out a gun and
shooting twenty-two-year-old Oscar Grant in the back while he was lying
face down on the ground on a subway platform. Grant worked as a butcher
at an Oakland grocery store and was the father of a four-year-old
daughter.



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