Friday, January 09, 2009

Hundreds demand answers, action in subway shooting

A BART spokesman has said there is more to the story than what can be seen on the grainy images.

Yes, I'll bet they hope we see another story there, just not the one that is glaringly obvious...

The article spends too much time on the protests, and not enough on what is clearly a cold blooded shooting.

Hundreds of citizens and community leaders packed into the Bay Area Rapid Transit board room and two overflow rooms Thursday, demanding the group take responsibility for a subway officer's shooting that left a young man dead.

The BART board of directors meeting started with a moment of silence for Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old father who was killed on New Year's Day in a crowded train station, but it quickly turned into a parade of angry speeches by elected officials, activists and outraged citizens.

For nearly six hours, according to local media, about 60 people addressed the board.


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