US cop shoots young unarmed man dead in public

Oscar Grant_320x200_editedHundreds demand answers, action in subway shooting

Hundreds of citizens and community leaders packed into the Bay Area Rapid Transit board room and two overflow rooms Thursday, demanding the group take responsibility for a subway officer’s shooting that left a young man dead.

The BART board of directors meeting started with a moment of silence for Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old father who was killed on New Year’s Day in a crowded train station, but it quickly turned into a parade of angry speeches by elected officials, activists and outraged citizens.

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