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Oscar Grant 2

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

From our Oakland correspondent:
More following as I find out, but on a walk down 14th this morning I saw these two incredible murals. All the businesses put up plywood sheets over their windows yesterday afternoon, and in the mostly youth-led demonstration, some of the plywood got turned into canvases.
Outside a Chinese trinket shop:

The owner came [...]

Getting real about the Oakland Riots

Friday, January 9th, 2009

From one of our collaborators, who lives at “ground zero” of the rioting in Oakland:
OAKLAND, CA. January 8, 2009. Okay, so I’ve heard a lot of stuff from neighbors, seen a bunch of the damage, and read a lot of stupid-ass comments on the internet from people who don’t know anything, and it’s pretty obvious [...]