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Car Burning From Rioting in Oakland, 01/07/2009
kenrom Posted by: kenrom // 5 months ago // viewed 64,565 times // shared 136 times
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01/07/2009 - (21:00) P.S.T. 

 

A car burns in my neighborhood, in the wake of angry protests turned to rioting on the streets of Oakland this evening. The New Year's Eve shooting of Oscar Grant a week ago, by (now former) BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle, was caught on video by numerous sources and helped fan the flames of an outraged public--so tonight some people torched my neighbor's car.

 

This video was shot from my apartment building.

In response to assignment: Protests, anger in Oakland
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