I remember back around 1992 (when I was, um...associated with a certain activist group whose name included my favorite tasty baked good), sitting in a meeting with Pat Norman from the SF Police Commission, Van Jones from CopWatch, Tom Ammiano (who'd been kind enough to broker the meet), and a man named Hall. We were trying to talk about how the cops could maybe stop beating the shit out of people of color, queers, and both.
Hall's son had been murdered by the BART police, shot in the back of the head, because he resembled a suspect that stole a walkman on a BART train. He was unarmed. (that story is here: http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7799)
BART police weren't accountable then, not by a long fucking shot. Jesus god I hope people start holding them accountable now.
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Date: 2009-01-13 10:39 pm (UTC)Hall's son had been murdered by the BART police, shot in the back of the head, because he resembled a suspect that stole a walkman on a BART train. He was unarmed. (that story is here: http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7799)
BART police weren't accountable then, not by a long fucking shot. Jesus god I hope people start holding them accountable now.