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Riots erupt in Oakland after slain father laid to rest

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(CNN) -- Protests erupted shortly after a young man killed by a subway police officer was laid to rest in Oakland on Wednesday night, according to local media and iReporters.

Oscar Grant, 22, was killed January 1 in a shooting at a subway station in California's Bay Area.

The Oakland Police Department made 105 arrests, including a mass arrest of about 80 people at 11 p.m., said Officer Jeff Thomason. The charges include inciting a riot, vandalism, assault on a police officer and unlawful assembly, he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/08/BART.shooting/index.html

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