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...America as a Wyeth painting, some might see it as Rothko, but in the end we all came to the same conclusion. Calling Wyeth “America’s painter” is a stretch, but whether his critics would agree or not, I am willing to grant him common footing with the most outré expressionist of his day. In other words, I’m back to believing...
...most of the nation celebrated a hallmark of racial reconciliation on Tuesday, Oakland stood apart. For the past two weeks, the California city has been engulfed by racially tinged protests over the brutal New Years Day killing of 22-year old Oscar Grant III by transit officer Johannes Mehserle. Grant and a few friends were returning home from New Years Eve revelry, when they were stopped by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police for rowdy behavior. As documented by several amateur cell phone videos, Grant, who was unarmed, appeared to act cooperatively. Mehserle, however, threw him facedown onto the ground...
Certainly, this specific incident should be condemned on all fronts. Grant’s shooting was unwarranted, and so were the transit officers’ hyper aggressive and disrespectful treatment of Grant and his cohorts throughout the episode. The fact that Grant was black and Mehserle is white has aggravated the charges of misconduct...
...Oscar Grant is not the first to die from police brutality, but his murder has made headlines as one of the best documented. We hope this attention can be channeled into constructive change...
...state transportation department to say, 'Well, we were going to build road XYZ with 80-20 funds, but now that we've got federal funding, we'll just do it with 100% federal funds,'" Oberstar says. "No. The projects that we're proposing to fund with 100% grant money have to be in addition to that so that they're a real stimulus...