Before Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin, There Was Oliver Beasley

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jul 31, 2013 Twenty-three years after an L.A. sheriff's deputy shot and killed a quiet, much-loved veteran, too many people still can’t move beyond their stereotypical view of race. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald on the Growing Surveillance State

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2011 Days after two British men were sentenced to four years in prison for using Facebook to incite disorder that never materialized, Glenn Greenwald writes fluently and concisely about the efforts of governments to maintain power and order by controlling the flow of information and communication online. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

San Francisco Bay Area’s BART Pulls a Mubarak

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 What does the police killing of a homeless man in San Francisco have to do with the Arab Spring uprisings from Tunisia to Syria? The attempt to suppress the protests that followed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FCC to Investigate BART for Cutting Cell Service

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2011 The Federal Communications Commission said Monday that it will investigate San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit because of its decision to interrupt cellphone service on Aug. 11 before a protest planned for that day. The interruption lasted three hours. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hackers Take Aim at San Francisco Transit

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2011 The hacker group Anonymous threatened to target the San Francisco Bay Area's transit website after officials cut the system's underground cellphone service to prevent a protest last week. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protests Rock Oakland in Wake of Verdict

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2010 More than 150 people were arrested Friday night as angry protesters marched through the Lake Merritt area of Oakland following the sentencing of a former BART police officer in the killing of a young black man on a transit platform in 2009. The protest was touched off by what was viewed as the lightness of the sentence, two years in prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BART Cop Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2010 The Los Angeles jury hearing the case of the BART cop who killed an unarmed Oakland man on New Year's Day 2009 went with the least serious of three possible charges, convicting the former officer of involuntary manslaughter. He faces two to four years in prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BART Officer’s Murder Trial Nears a Climax

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2010 Oscar Grant was killed on New Year's Day 2009 in Oakland by a white transit police officer in a case that has drawn comparisons to the notorious Rodney King case in Los Angeles. The trial of the BART officer on a murder charge was moved to L.A., where the jury could start deliberations this week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )