Posted on 04/09/2009 12:57:35 PM PDT by SmithL
Oakland -- A protester interrupted a BART board meeting this morning when he threw red paint at the transit agency's General Manager Dorothy Dugger.
The man, who witnesses said had been pacing the room, seemed to grow more agitated before he rushed toward Dugger and the assistant general manager and spattered them with paint.
Police chased the man before they were able to detain him. The suspect, whose name has not been released, could face charges of disrupting a public meeting or assault, according to BART Police Chief Gary Gee.
Nearly two dozen protesters came to today's meeting to demand the resignation and firing of Dugger and Gee, but protest organizers said the man was not part of their group.
BART board meetings, and Dugger and Gee in particular, have been the target of protesters since the Jan. 1 death of Oscar Grant. Grant, who was not armed, was shot and killed by BART officer Johannes Mehserle on the platform of the Fruitvale BART station. Mehserle has since resigned from the force and been charged with murder.
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Did they lock down the building and call in the HazMat team like soome would do for an envelope full of tea?
The peaceful redress of grievances by a Lib ... typical ....
Shut down BART for about a month, and see what the citizens want then.
I predict that the ordinary every-day passengers will whip to death anyone who tries to continue to disrupt BART and it’s movements.
All of this proves to me that there are waaaaayy too many people living in Oakland who are on government assistance and do not have a job to fill their days. They are also probably unemployable because they don’t seem to make it thru 12 grades of school.
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