BART Police Shooting / The Crisis in the Congo

Michael Krasny

Jan 6, 2009 at

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On New Years Day, a BART policeman shot and killed an unarmed 22 year-old Hayward man. The shooting has prompted community outrage and a planned $25 million lawsuit by the Hayward man’s family. In the first half hour, we discuss the incident and the role of BART police. In the second half hour, we examine the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ongoing conflict there has claimed more than 5.4 million lives in the past 10 years, and continues to take an estimated 45,000 lives every month. Rape is routinely used as a weapon of war.

More: “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo” – A documentary film screening at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, presented by John Prendergast in conversation with Robin Wright Penn

Guests:

Robin Wright Penn, actor and activist working to create awareness of the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (second half hour)

John Prendergast, former director of African Affairs at the National Security Council and co-chair of The Enough Project, an organization working to end genocide and crimes against humanity in Africa (second half hour)

Linton Johnson, chief spokesman for BART (first half hour)

Tim Redmond, executive editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian (first half hour)

John Burris, civil rights attorney representing the family of Oscar Grant III, killed by a BART policeman (first half hour)

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