2010.54.572

BART Police: Who They Protect and Serve & Who They Killed.
c. 1992
17 in HIGH x 11 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.572


Poster is printed on white paper in black ink. Poster reads from top to bottom: "BART Police: Who They / Protect and Serve / & Who They Killed / Justice for Jerrold Hall! Accused of Stealing a Walkman, Jerrold was murdered by BART Police Officer / Fred Crabtree, November 15, 1992 at Hayward Station. Jerrold's friend, John Henry Owens was arrested. / Drop the Charges Against John Henry Owens! John is being railroaded on felony robbery charges to / justify the shooting of Jerrold Hall. John is facing up to 6 years in prison. / Prosecute BART Officer Crabtree! Crabtree shot Jerrold Hall in the back with a shotgun / from over 25 feet away. Crabtree was cleared of any wrong-doing and is back on duty. / STOP / BART / Murders, / Lies And / Cover-ups, / Before / They Kill / Again!". Bottom left corner of poster has a drawing of a police officer, with a badge that has the number 91 on it, he is holding up a shotgun in his right. To left of the officer is a barking dog and a BART train. The right corner of the drawing has the BART logo. This tragic event was repeated with the BART police officer shooting of Oscar Grant 1/1/2009. [LMC]

Bookmark and Share