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Before #BlackLivesMatter, A Cop Held A Young Black Man Down On A Subway Platform And Shot Him Dead

A young man headed home on New Year’s Day 2009. He was detained by two cops on a train platform, and soon he was dead. This is the story of Oscar Grant.

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Matt Savener

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