RIP #OscarGrant. On 1 January 2009, 22 year old Oscar Grant was murdered in Oakland by BART police officer, Johannes Mehserle. Rest in power! Never forget. #FruitvaleStation #Oakland #BayArea #NoJusticeNoPeace #Fruitvale
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
RIP #OscarGrant. On 1 January 2009, 22 year old Oscar Grant was murdered in Oakland by BART police officer, Johannes Mehserle. Rest in power! Never forget. #FruitvaleStation #Oakland #BayArea #NoJusticeNoPeace #Fruitvale
Mehserle resigned & pleaded not guilty. In a rare example of justice (however minor) for Black victims of police violence, on 7/8/2010, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but not guilty of the murder charge & voluntary manslaughter. He sentence was only to 2 yrs.
#OscarGrant
6/6
#OscarGrant
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January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Mehserle resigned & pleaded not guilty. In a rare example of justice (however minor) for Black victims of police violence, on 7/8/2010, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but not guilty of the murder charge & voluntary manslaughter. He sentence was only to 2 yrs.
#OscarGrant
6/6
#OscarGrant
6/6
The violence was captured on multiple official & private digital video as well as privately owned cell phones. Owners disseminated their footage to the media & to various websites where it went viral. On 1/30/2010, Alameda County prosecutors charged Mehserle w/ 2nd-degree murder.
#OscarGrant
5/6
#OscarGrant
5/6
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
The violence was captured on multiple official & private digital video as well as privately owned cell phones. Owners disseminated their footage to the media & to various websites where it went viral. On 1/30/2010, Alameda County prosecutors charged Mehserle w/ 2nd-degree murder.
#OscarGrant
5/6
#OscarGrant
5/6
Pirone saw Grant and removed him from the train. At some point, Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform. Officer Johannes Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Pirone saw Grant and removed him from the train. At some point, Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform. Officer Johannes Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
Pirone threw three people against a wall & turned to the train, yelling for everyone who was fighting to exit the train & come to him. Everyone remained on the train, so Pirone walked into the train looking for people who looked as if they were involved in the fight
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Pirone threw three people against a wall & turned to the train, yelling for everyone who was fighting to exit the train & come to him. Everyone remained on the train, so Pirone walked into the train looking for people who looked as if they were involved in the fight
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
Facts: As BART police officers got closer to the train, they started to pick out people they believed to have been involved in the fight. BART officer Anthony Pirone walked up to two African American men & ripped the jacket off one.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Facts: As BART police officers got closer to the train, they started to pick out people they believed to have been involved in the fight. BART officer Anthony Pirone walked up to two African American men & ripped the jacket off one.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OTD in #History 2009
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
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Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
#OTD in #History 2009
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
1/6
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
1/6
New poem out now & new video & I put my heart in it too
youtu.be/NPzzVJNiZGs?...
#YouTube #Poems #Poetry #YouTubePoetry #YouTubePoem #OscarGrant #codypandajones #codypandajonesyt
youtu.be/NPzzVJNiZGs?...
#YouTube #Poems #Poetry #YouTubePoetry #YouTubePoem #OscarGrant #codypandajones #codypandajonesyt
As Tears Fall... (For Oscar Grant) [Poem]
YouTube video by Cody Panda Jones
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
New poem out now & new video & I put my heart in it too
youtu.be/NPzzVJNiZGs?...
#YouTube #Poems #Poetry #YouTubePoetry #YouTubePoem #OscarGrant #codypandajones #codypandajonesyt
youtu.be/NPzzVJNiZGs?...
#YouTube #Poems #Poetry #YouTubePoetry #YouTubePoem #OscarGrant #codypandajones #codypandajonesyt
Almost 20 years ago, I watched #OscarGrant get shot IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD while in handcuffs for hopping a turnstile, skipping out on a $1.25 BART ticket, in 480p from at least 20 camera angles.
This trend is wrong. It has been wrong. But it's not new. Some things are new. It's not this.
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This trend is wrong. It has been wrong. But it's not new. Some things are new. It's not this.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Almost 20 years ago, I watched #OscarGrant get shot IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD while in handcuffs for hopping a turnstile, skipping out on a $1.25 BART ticket, in 480p from at least 20 camera angles.
This trend is wrong. It has been wrong. But it's not new. Some things are new. It's not this.
2/2
This trend is wrong. It has been wrong. But it's not new. Some things are new. It's not this.
2/2
I can walk home with Skittles (TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (PhilandoCastile)
(4/6)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (PhilandoCastile)
(4/6)
September 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I can walk home with Skittles (TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (PhilandoCastile)
(4/6)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (PhilandoCastile)
(4/6)
told me with Sas and Attitude you ain’t sending nothing superhelpfulkwame.com I must risk castration #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #Injustice #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
July 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
told me with Sas and Attitude you ain’t sending nothing superhelpfulkwame.com I must risk castration #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #Injustice #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
told me with Sas and Attitude you ain’t sending nothing superhelpfulkwame.com I must risk castration #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #Injustice #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
July 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
told me with Sas and Attitude you ain’t sending nothing superhelpfulkwame.com I must risk castration #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #Injustice #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
told me with Sas and Attitude you ain’t sending nothing superhelpfulkwame.com I must risk castration #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #Injustice #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
told me with Sas and Attitude you ain’t sending nothing superhelpfulkwame.com I must risk castration #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #Injustice #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
superhelpfulkwame.com so I must risk castration and bass and manhood reduced too be at my mothers #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #InjusticeGodsAmongUs #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
July 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
superhelpfulkwame.com so I must risk castration and bass and manhood reduced too be at my mothers #Beastcoast #ProEra #LongLiveSteelo #LordSHiVa #SHango #eSHu #YeSHua #InjusticeGodsAmongUs #CunyLaw #Complex #Spin #EgoTrip #Vice #TheSource #EdwardCrawford #SeanBell #Sodom #Gomorrah #OscarGrant #NOI
#FilmFriday: check out Ryan Coogler's 2013 film #FruitvaleStation, which tells the real-lifestory of #OscarGrant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with family, friends, and enemies on the last day of 2008.
Fruitvale Station -- Official Trailer 2013 -- Regal Cinemas [HD]
Get showtimes & tickets: http://regmovi.es/15NzWthFRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area residen...
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March 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#FilmFriday: check out Ryan Coogler's 2013 film #FruitvaleStation, which tells the real-lifestory of #OscarGrant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with family, friends, and enemies on the last day of 2008.
Today for #BlackHistoryMonth we celebrate director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler.
Of his several feature scripts, he says Fruitvale Station is the closest to his heart. It's the true story of #OscarGrant, an unarmed man shot in the back by a cop in the early hours of New Year's Day 2009 in Oakland.
Of his several feature scripts, he says Fruitvale Station is the closest to his heart. It's the true story of #OscarGrant, an unarmed man shot in the back by a cop in the early hours of New Year's Day 2009 in Oakland.
Ryan Coogler | Filmmaker Magazine
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February 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today for #BlackHistoryMonth we celebrate director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler.
Of his several feature scripts, he says Fruitvale Station is the closest to his heart. It's the true story of #OscarGrant, an unarmed man shot in the back by a cop in the early hours of New Year's Day 2009 in Oakland.
Of his several feature scripts, he says Fruitvale Station is the closest to his heart. It's the true story of #OscarGrant, an unarmed man shot in the back by a cop in the early hours of New Year's Day 2009 in Oakland.
Today's agenda in our one woman army, with Ani DiFranco in our headphones: #livinginclip
— Day Two: storytelling time. This is a good one, it's about how some of us who know how to cast the right spells reversed the local cycle of violence. #oscargrant #presente
— Day Two: storytelling time. This is a good one, it's about how some of us who know how to cast the right spells reversed the local cycle of violence. #oscargrant #presente
January 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today's agenda in our one woman army, with Ani DiFranco in our headphones: #livinginclip
— Day Two: storytelling time. This is a good one, it's about how some of us who know how to cast the right spells reversed the local cycle of violence. #oscargrant #presente
— Day Two: storytelling time. This is a good one, it's about how some of us who know how to cast the right spells reversed the local cycle of violence. #oscargrant #presente
END white supremacy: Jan 1, 2009: #OscarGrant murdered in Oakland, CA by racist BART cop, #JohannesMehserle who already had Grant handcuffed & laying on ground!
#newyears #2025 #sayTheirNames
Into the streets inauguration day nationwide, Jan. 20, 2025! wefightback2025.org
#newyears #2025 #sayTheirNames
Into the streets inauguration day nationwide, Jan. 20, 2025! wefightback2025.org
January 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
END white supremacy: Jan 1, 2009: #OscarGrant murdered in Oakland, CA by racist BART cop, #JohannesMehserle who already had Grant handcuffed & laying on ground!
#newyears #2025 #sayTheirNames
Into the streets inauguration day nationwide, Jan. 20, 2025! wefightback2025.org
#newyears #2025 #sayTheirNames
Into the streets inauguration day nationwide, Jan. 20, 2025! wefightback2025.org
Mehserle resigned & pleaded not guilty. In a rare example of justice (however minor) for Black victims of police violence, on 7/8/2010, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but not guilty of the murder charge & voluntary manslaughter. He sentence was only to 2 yrs.
#OscarGrant
6/6
#OscarGrant
6/6
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Mehserle resigned & pleaded not guilty. In a rare example of justice (however minor) for Black victims of police violence, on 7/8/2010, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but not guilty of the murder charge & voluntary manslaughter. He sentence was only to 2 yrs.
#OscarGrant
6/6
#OscarGrant
6/6
The violence was captured on multiple official & private digital video as well as privately owned cell phones. Owners disseminated their footage to the media & to various websites where it went viral. On 1/30/2010, Alameda County prosecutors charged Mehserle w/ 2nd-degree murder.
#OscarGrant
5/6
#OscarGrant
5/6
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The violence was captured on multiple official & private digital video as well as privately owned cell phones. Owners disseminated their footage to the media & to various websites where it went viral. On 1/30/2010, Alameda County prosecutors charged Mehserle w/ 2nd-degree murder.
#OscarGrant
5/6
#OscarGrant
5/6
Pirone saw Grant and removed him from the train. At some point, Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform. Officer Johannes Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Pirone saw Grant and removed him from the train. At some point, Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform. Officer Johannes Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
4/6
Pirone threw three people against a wall & turned to the train, yelling for everyone who was fighting to exit the train & come to him. Everyone remained on the train, so Pirone walked into the train looking for people who looked as if they were involved in the fight
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Pirone threw three people against a wall & turned to the train, yelling for everyone who was fighting to exit the train & come to him. Everyone remained on the train, so Pirone walked into the train looking for people who looked as if they were involved in the fight
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
#OscarGrant
#AmericanHistory
3/6
Facts: As BART police officers got closer to the train, they started to pick out people they believed to have been involved in the fight. BART officer Anthony Pirone walked up to two African American men & ripped the jacket off one.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Facts: As BART police officers got closer to the train, they started to pick out people they believed to have been involved in the fight. BART officer Anthony Pirone walked up to two African American men & ripped the jacket off one.
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OscarGrant
#PoliceBrutality
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
2/6
#OTD in #History 2009
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
1/6
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
1/6
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#OTD in #History 2009
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
1/6
Jan 01: #OscarGrant was Murdered by a BART Cop
Context: Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded BART train returning to Oakland from San Francisco, BART cops detained Grant & several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in CA.
1/6