Oscar Grant " WE WANT JUSTICE - WE WANT A RIOT"

On July 8, 2010 Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter (2 to 4 years), for executing Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old supermarket worker from Hayward.

"WE WANT JUSTICE - WE WANT A RIOT," is a documentary of what happened that day in Oakland CA.

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awSv7fk_Dk

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLooY_fkxcM

oscar grant, border patrol, and responses to state violence

as you probably know, oscar grants murder has been deemed an accident. a group in san diego has called for peaceful mobilizations, which occurred last night in collaboration with the armory in downtown. i dont have much to say in the way of reporting or analysis, the links already do a good enough job, but in light of this and outright murders by border patrol it becomes obvious that violence like this is far more common that media reports. any state, whether socialist or capitalist, relies on violence to maintain the existence of its power.

what is an appropriate response, and how do we go about in following through with one? what moves us beyond merely denouncing these acts of violence and actually preventing or protecting our communities from state violence?