Oscar Grant

Everyone is talking about Lebron James and the brouhaha he has with Cleveland Cav’s owner Dan Gilbert.  Adding to the mix is Jesse Jackson. Lemme just say for the record this is not Hip Hop beef. It’s a beef between 3 men who have more money and resources than most of us could ever dream for… It’s important to not this because their beef becomes are distraction as we discovered the other night when Lebron’s ‘Decision’ where to make his next millions overshadowed the ‘Decision’ to slap an out of control cop on the wrist with manslaughter for the killing of unarmed Oscar Grant at the hands of the police.

It has been a year and a half since the fateful night a New Year’s celebration turned deadly for a 22-year-old Black man in California.  He wasn’t engaged in a gang transaction gone wrong, nor was he evading police or hiding somewhere as a fugitive.  No, Oscar Grant was handcuffed face down on the ground with a police officer’s knee pinning his neck when another cop decided to draw his weapon and shoot him in the back.  The single bullet ended his young life as his friends and a train station full of people watched on in horror.  And now, on the heels of a verdict in the trial against the accused officer, Johannes Mehserle, the revulsion only intensifies.