TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 In the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2009, police responded to reports of an altercation on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train in Oakland. Not long after, 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who had been celebrating New Years Eve in San Francisco, was shot dead by police officer Johannes Mehserle while being detained along with his friends on the subway platform of the Fruitvale station. Amid Bay Area protests of police brutality and racial profiling, the event and the ensuing trial received national attention. The name Oscar Grant has joined Rodney King and Amadou Diallo as a byword for the tense relationship between law enforcement and minorities. SEATS ARE LIMITED - DOORS OPEN AT 6:30PM & THE 7:00PM FILM SCREENING WILL ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED BY A FEEDBACK & ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION SESSION. FREE ADMISSION - BUT A SMALL DONATION IS REQUESTED FOR FOOD & BEVERAGES. PLEASE BE ON TIME WITH YOUR PHOTO I.D. CLASSES ARE HELD IN THE ASSATA SHAKUR-GUILLERMO MORALES COMMUNITY & STUDENT CENTER @ CITY COLLEGE HARLEM CAMPUS ROOM 3-201 (NAC) BUILDING PHONE: (212) 650-5008 (USE THE AMSTERDAM AVENUE ENTRANCE @ W. 139TH STREET) WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE & DVD COPIES FROM THE PAST FILM SERIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS WELL! PEACE & POWER, BRO. SHAKA SHAKUR, P.E. & CULTURE CLASS FACILITATOR - THE PEOPLES SURVIVAL PROGRAM (PSP)
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