Yet it can be easy to forget exactly what happened on that Oakland train platform in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009. The shooting of Grant still ricochets: It touched off a national conversation about racism and police violence and initiated a form of stark, instantaneous documentary in which witnesses capture use-of-force incidents on cell phones and post the footage to YouTube and social media.
Ten years after BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle killed Oscar Grant, and six years after the shooting was depicted in the film “ Fruitvale Station,” the incident is recalled by many observers as the most seismic moment for police accountability since the 1991 beating of Rodney King, which also was caught on video.
(Bottom right) Mehserle looks up moments after discharging his weapon. (Bottom left) Mehserle holds his gun after shooting Grant. (Top right) Mehserle and another officer place Grant on his stomach. (Top left) BART police officers talk to Oscar Grant as he sits against the wall at the Fruitvale station platform. “There’s also the task of honoring and respecting the ongoing learnings and teachings from Chad as well."īlack Panther 2 is currently set to release in July 2022 with Ryan Coogler at the helm.Comments This composite image, made from a cell phone video released by attorney John Burris, shows the moments before and immediately after Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant on the Fruitvale BART station platform on Jan. Ryan Coogler is working very hard right now on the script with all the respect and love and genius that he has, which gives us great solace, so it was always about furthering the mythology and the inspiration of Wakanda,” Fiege said. "We’re not going to have a CG Chadwick and we’re not recasting T’Challa. He also added that Marvel has no plans on recasting the character of T'Challa to honor Boseman's memory. This was always and initially the primary focus of the next story." "Wakanda is a place to further explore with characters and different subcultures.
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"So much of the comics and that first movie is the world of Wakanda," Feige said. In an interview with Deadline earlier his month, Marvel Studios president/MCU mastermind Kevin Feige talked about how the world of Black Panther will explore different characters as the franchise continues without Boseman. "So to be able to be in that world again is something that, I think, will always be on the table in some capacity." We created a family over there," said Jordan, who starred in Coogler's first two films, 2013's Fruitvale Station and '15's Creed. "But being in that world in a character that I loved playing, and working with and all that good stuff, it's family. Jordan went on to say that despite the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman, he still holds everyone involved with 2018's Black Panther close to him, and that's why he would love to return to the Marvel Universe. And what that means for that franchise is it was devastating." "That's something that is very, very near and dear to my heart for a lot of obvious reasons," Jordan said. " had a really tough year losing somebody close to me. Jordan talked about his willingness to reprise his role as Killmonger in Black Panther 2 if asked, and got into the strong relationships he built with the rest of the cast. In a recent interview with People, Michael B.
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