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Johannes Mehserle Denied Bail

(Dec. 3) -- Put the riots on hold. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry denied bail to former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle today, the Oakland Tribune reported. As a result, Mehserle must remain behind bars as his appeal for his involuntary manslaughter conviction goes forward. Mehserle was sentenced...

Ex-Transit Cop's Sentence Sparks Oakland Protests

(Nov. 6) -- Police arrested more than 150 protesters who took to the streets in Oakland, Calif., after a Los Angeles judge sentenced Johannes Mehserle, a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, to two years in prison for his role in the shooting death of passenger Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009. Some of the...

Mehserle Sentence: Oakland Workers Flee as Protesters Gather

(Nov. 5) -- Will a two-year sentence mean a second wave of rioting in Oakland, Calif.? Fearing a reprise of the violent protests that followed the verdict in the trial of Johannes Mehserle, workers in downtown Oakland fled the area this afternoon as protesters flooded in to stage a response to news that a Los Angeles...

Watch Mehserle Sentencing [LIVE STREAM]

(Nov. 5) -- After being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of unarmed African-American commuter Oscar Grant, Johannes Mehserle, a white police officer for the BART commuter railway in the San Francisco Bay Area, appeared in an Oakland courtroom today to learn his sentencing. Grant had been riding BART...

Opinion: Ignore Rush and Criers of Reverse Racism

(July 12) -- Unless you live on some remote island that requires an intense psychological evaluation before admittance, chances are, you've encountered some mentally deranged individual on a street, bus stop or liquor store who spouts out the most ridiculous statements in order to grab your attention. Something like...

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Johannes Mehserle, Ex-BART Officer, Asks Court To Overturn Manslaughter Conviction (PHOTOS)

A former California transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform in 2009 urged an appeals court Wednesday to overturn his involuntary manslaughter conviction, saying that letting it stand would place police under an increased threat of prosecution for making mistakes.

Johannes Mehserle News From the Web

05/21/12 Ã¢Defend the dignity of our leaderÃ¢ Source: Namibia News Former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle took the witness stand at his murder trial Thursday, describing himself as an unaggressive cop who initially used words to try to defuse a confrontation that ended with him fatally shooting Oscar Grant.
05/12/12 Convicted transit officer seeks appeal Source: Thief River Falls Times - Thief River Falls MN Johannes Mehserle, a former San Francisco Bay Area transit police officer, is appealing his involuntary manslaughter conviction for the killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant in Oakland.
05/10/12 Mehserle Seeks Return to Law Enforcement Source: NBC - NBC 11 - San Francisco CA The former BART police officer found guilty of shooting unarmed passenger Oscar Grant in 2009 merely "made an error," according to attorneys for Johannes Mehserle.
05/01/12 Rodney King, Official Negligence and the LA Riots Source: Perth News Mehserle faces a range of possible sentences -- from probation to 14 years in prison.
04/17/12 Octavia Spencer, Oscar Award Winner, Might Star as... Source: SF Weekly - San Francisco CA Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer is reportedly in negotiations to play the role of Oscar Grant's mother in the upcoming indie film about the New Year's Day 2009 killing of the Oakland man.

Background on Johannes Mehserle

Oscar Grant was fatally shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Oscar Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station.

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