BART murder update
Jan. 13th, 2009 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gordonzolaHey,
You may have already seen this but if not check it out. BART cops have been more rogue than other cops for a long time now and community activists have been pushing for some kind of oversight for decades. Oversight isn't perfect by any means, but it is certainly better than nothing.
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I know you have heard about the shooting death of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer. Did you know that BART police have been accused of using excessive and unnecessary force in two other shooting deaths in the past? And that BART has resisted creating a civilian oversight board to provide public accountability?
We can do something about that. Click the link below to learn about Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and State Senator Leland Yee's efforts to create a civilian oversight board, and join me, the Courage Campaign and Color of Change in signing a letter in support of their proposed law -- and to demand that they pass the strongest bill possible:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/NeverAgain
The officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant must be held accountable. But that alone will not ensure this never happens to any other BART rider again.
We all need to talk to our family and friends about the importance of bringing accountability to the BART police to ensure this tragedy never happens again.
That is why I am asking you to sign this letter in support of Ammiano and Yee's bill, and help build the progressive movement for justice in California.
Thanks.
You may have already seen this but if not check it out. BART cops have been more rogue than other cops for a long time now and community activists have been pushing for some kind of oversight for decades. Oversight isn't perfect by any means, but it is certainly better than nothing.
----------
I know you have heard about the shooting death of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer. Did you know that BART police have been accused of using excessive and unnecessary force in two other shooting deaths in the past? And that BART has resisted creating a civilian oversight board to provide public accountability?
We can do something about that. Click the link below to learn about Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and State Senator Leland Yee's efforts to create a civilian oversight board, and join me, the Courage Campaign and Color of Change in signing a letter in support of their proposed law -- and to demand that they pass the strongest bill possible:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/NeverAgain
The officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant must be held accountable. But that alone will not ensure this never happens to any other BART rider again.
We all need to talk to our family and friends about the importance of bringing accountability to the BART police to ensure this tragedy never happens again.
That is why I am asking you to sign this letter in support of Ammiano and Yee's bill, and help build the progressive movement for justice in California.
Thanks.
