Fruitvale Station - Based on Oscar Grant's LIFE

I recall the killing of Oscar Grant in '09 by a SF police officer who served only 11 months for the shooting.  I'm also aware of the recent vindication of Trayvon Martin's executioner. Fruitvale Station is the heartwrenching film of the '09 killing which left me in tears, unable to stir or speak.  Now, I will speak out on the dehumanizing of young black men, wrongfully & brutally prejudged & sentenced to their deaths. The movie focuses on the man, Oscar Grant.  Ryan Coogler's convincing film is paced slowly through the last day of Oscar's life, a life that held meaning.  Fruitvale begins with the fatal footage of Grant & several others being forcible removed from the Bart.  After a fight broke out, white officers at Fruitvale Station herded only young men of color from the train.  While on his back & restrained, an officer shot Grant in the back, killing him.  Despite knowing the tragedy, tension is pervasive throughout as we learn about Grant, the man.  He was a person, like you & me.  Someone who had screwed-up and someone with family & people he loved; who loved him.  Michael B. Jordan as Grant & Octavia Spencer as his mother are flawless in their roles.  Fruitvale is an important film with an important message: every life is precious and with meaning.  What we do in life also matters.  The movie addresses police brutality and demented white supremacy.  Every 28 hrs. in our country, a black man is killed by police or vigilantes.  The film is not without the poignancies of love & human kindness.  Grant's mother, when viewing her son's body said, "I was only trying to keep him safe."  What we all want for our families is the samething we all want as human beings, to keep keep each other safe and loved.