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In California people are rioting after Oscar Grant was shot in the back while being pinned down by a police officer on New Years Day. Nothing like capping an innocent black man in the back while being filmed by onlookers with their cell phone cameras in a busy subway station. In the video you can clearly see one officer pin the man down with his knee while another stands above him, draws his firearm and fire off a round into Grants back. So far an investigation into Grants slaying has not produced any kind of valid reason for why this horrendous crime occurred. I'm sure that this will be just one more incident of an innocent black man being shot for reasons unknown and will be swept under the carpet by the authorities and the media as soon as it is convenient to do so. There may be more to the story but after watching the video, it is apparent to anyone with a functioning brain that the use of deadly force in this incident was completely uncalled for. Grant left behind a 4 year old daughter and his family is now filing a lawsuit of twenty five million dollars. What I think is most unfortunate about this situation is it clearly shows that racial profiling and paranoia still run rampant among the authorities here in this country. It seems that simply being a black man can still be enough to get you killed for no reason.

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