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murder or not, let the video speaks for itself...
Saturday, Jan 17, 2009 5:17AM / Standard Entry
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Oakland protest, politicized or not?
Friday, Jan 16, 2009 6:33AM / Standard Entry
People from the bay area have probably heard about the new year bart incident, in which a white bart cop shot an unarmed black man during a confrontation. at first, the bart police suggested that the man resisted arrest and was shot by accident, but then videotaped footage by passer-by witness showed that the unarmed man was lying on his stomach with no sign of resistence at all, and then the cop shot him using his gun, which the authority wasn't sure if he misidentified the taser gun with the real thing...
so several big protests were held in oakland, including one last week and one yesterday, also another one in san franciso a few days ago, the first one last week actually led to a min-riot, hundreds of people were arrested for vandalism and people were commenting the case along with the rodney king incident in the 90s...
the white cop refused to talk during the investigation and resigned after the incident to avoid internal interrogation, and later fled to nevada, and at the end, the district attorney issued an arrest warrant, got him and brought him back for a murder charge, the guy is now detained in jail, waiting for his court date... but somehow a lot of people believed that he will be clear of his charge though...if it really happens, i guess most are worried that there will be another big riot, just like the one in 1992...
police abuse isn't really a new issue, but the point here is that a white cop killed an unarmed black man.. what do you think? is this politicized or not? even though this country is known as the melting pot, racial issue is never resolved... that's why nowdays after so many years since slavery ended, race is still a common topic for filmmakers..e.g. right now the movie topping the box office, gran torino, is another example..
p.s. the pics above were taken yesterday night (wed) in oakland downtown, due to the fact that a lot of cars were smashed and kindled last week, when i got there, there was almost no car parking in the street, and handful of cops were blocking broadway, the main street in downtown.. windows of some stores were smashed, and a few people were arrested...cops could be seen everywhere as if the downtown is under curfew....
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How many christmas cards did you get this year?
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008 6:39PM / Standard Entry
How many christmas cards did you get this year? I mean, paper one.. this year I got about 3, which kinda broke the lowest record again..
one is from an internet service i subscribed, another two are from some work connections, none from real friends... but then the number i actually mailed out was 0...
somehow i did make a xmas jpg card and sent to about 30~40 friends, but then I only received about 3~4 replies so far (i emailed a few days before xmas...)
does it signify that people don't care much about xmas now? or that it is a sign of a losing connection at the internet age? when it is too easy for us to get something, we just don't value it anymore..
i still remember the days when i relied on mail to keep in touch with my friends in other countries, now i can't remember how long i haven't actually written a letter using a pen....
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Milk - probably one of the best films of the year
Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 4:14PM / Standard Entry
just saw "Milk", like it a lot, definitely one of the best of 2008...
i'll write more about it soon...
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Blow Job
Thursday, Dec 18, 2008 4:20PM / Standard Entry
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