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Mehserle Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

(July 8) -- A jury has found BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar J. Grant III. Mehserle, who is white, shot Grant, who was black, in the back at close range as he lay face down on a Bay Area Rapid Transit platform. Following the incident riots erupted in downtown...

Clash Between BART Officer and Suspect Caught on Tape

(Nov. 23) - The Bay Area Rapid Transit system, which has been under fire since a transit officer was videotaped killing an unarmed passenger early this year, faces renewed controversy from a video that shows a man crashing into a plate glass window as he was being arrested. The officer had removed the man from a train...

Bay Area Rapid Transit News From the Web

05/10/12 Bombardier lands huge contract Source: Press Republican - Plattsburgh NY Bombardier Transportation has been approved for a contract for 410 rail cars with the Bay Area Rapid Transit authority, which portends secure jobs for years to come.
08/16/11 ACLU says no plans to sue over cellphone cutoff Source: NBC - KTUU 2 News - Anchorage AK Civil liberties groups are backing away from their threats to go to court over the decision by San Francisco's transit agency to shut down wireless service in some stations for a few hours last week.
08/14/11 Hackers protest BART decision to block cellphones Source: FOX - KMSB 11 - Tucson AZ Hackers broke into a website for San Francisco's mass transit system Sunday and posted contact information for more than 2,000 subscribers, the latest showdown between anarchists angry at perceived attempts to limit free speech and officials trying to control protests that grow out of social networking and have the potential to become violent.

Background on Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County.

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