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Protesters Demand Firing of SF Officer in 2009 Shooting

HeadlineApr 09, 2010

In San Francisco, dozens of protesters took over a central transit station on Thursday to call for the firing of a police officer linked to the 2009 shooting of the unarmed African American passenger Oscar Grant. The officer, Anthony Pirone, had arrested Grant before another officer shot Grant to death.

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