The
Laney Black Student Union is a strong supporter in the struggle to receive
justice for Alan Blueford, Raheem Brown, Oscar Grant and all other brothers and
sisters who have been unjustly executed by police.
We
call on the city of Oakland, the Oakland District Attorney, and the soon to be
appointed Compliance Director, to fire and press criminal charges against Miguel
Masso for the murder of Alan Blueford.
The
Laney Black Student Union supports the Blueford family in their struggle to
receive justice because we fully understand how hard it is to get public
officials, investigators, lawyers, judges, police chiefs, and even community
members to look past the same standard, tired, cover-up story that some pig
felt threatened by an unarmed citizen, as a justification for murder.
We
support the Blueford family in their struggle for justice because we fully
understand that if we do nothing, a murder, on paid leave, will walk free,
unchecked, with no consequences, able to murder another member of our community
at will.
We
support the Bluefords in their struggle for justice because we are more than
just a student organization at Laney College.
We are deeply concerned members of the Oakland community. Communities where black, brown, and poor
people are under direct attack from a neo liberal state.
50% of black youth are unemployed in Oakland,
a concentration of wealth in Oakland is drastically changing the demographics
through urban removal, biological warfare has destroyed the black community
through the cocaine trade and the war on drugs, public school closures, mass
incarceration, racial discrimination, and homelessness are just a few of the
attacks our community faces.
The
Laney B.S.U. not only recognizes these attacks on our community, we also refuse
to lie down silently as it takes place.
We seek to organize with all those who are willing to actively combat
and resist these attacks.
The
Laney B.S.U. fully understands that police are not here to defend our
communities against these injustices. On
the contrary, they are here to keep this system running, and in doing so have
declared themselves enemies of our community.
This
is the reason why Alan Blueford was murdered.
He was murdered to send the message to the rest of our community that
resistance is useless, change is impossible, and we should just submit to the
unjust conditions of our community.
But
we refuse to accept this passive fate, and refuse to continue to look to a
corrupt city government, which is incapable of holding a corrupt police force
responsible for a clear murder and cover-up.
When
Oakland does nothing but charge the Bluefords for a coroner’s report, makes
them beg for a police report, while locking the doors to a public meeting, and
giving an estimated time of two years for a complete investigation, they have
exposed their true nature and intentions.
So
no matter what they come out and say, no matter how hard the try to convince
the community that they are on our side, we know that they are liars, and the
B.S.U. strongly stresses the need for direct action.
Direct
action, such as port shutdowns, city hall takeovers, and D.A. sit-ins are
proven tactics that produce much desired results. These are tactics that are gonna take
sacrifice, nevertheless direct action is the way forward.
Why
should we play by the city’s rules when they have already shown their
unwillingness to seek truth and justice?
To
get justice for our brothers and sisters some rules are gonna have to be
broken. To hold these murdering police
accountable, some laws are gonna have to be broken.
Out
of all the police murders in Oakland, from Lil Bobby Hutton to Alan Blueford,
Johannes Meshelie is the only one ever charged.
And a few squad cars had to get burnt, and a few windows had to get
busted. The people had to take direct action.
So
why the city of Oakland was telling the People that “Violence is not Justice”
and how wrong we were, and how brainwashed we had been by outside agitators, a
jury was being convinced that Mesherlie was just reaching for his taser, a
judge was giving Mesherlie a two year
sentence, Marysol Domenici was receiving
her job back, Mesherlie tried to get his job back, all officers involved in
Oscar Grants murder are currently seeking immunity from any civil liability,
and the city of Oakland has allowed every police officer who has murdered
someone since then to walk away free.
This
is why we support the Bluefords in their struggle for Justice for Alan
Blueford, and believe that we should do whatever is necessary to receive
justice for all of our fallen brothers and sisters.
