Fruitvale Station opens with a cellphone video, one of many shot in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2009 and later posted online. We see a group of young men sitting against a wall at a subway platform in Oakland, Calif. Uniformed officers are interrogating them in a threatening manner. When one tries to stand up, he is forcibly pushed to the ground face down, his hands behind his back, a policeman's knee crushing his head. The shouts of outraged onlookers grow louder, complaining about excessive for...
Fruitvale Station opens with a cellphone video, one of many shot in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2009 and later posted online. We see a group of young men sitting against a wall at a subway platform in Oakland, Calif. Uniformed officers are interrogating them in a threatening manner. When one tries to stand up, he is forcibly pushed to the ground face down, his hands behind his back, a policeman's knee crushing his head. The shouts of outraged onlookers grow louder, complaining about excessive for...
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