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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...

Officer Convicted in Calif. Train Station Killing

LOS ANGELES (July 8) -- A white former transit officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday in the videotaped shooting death of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform in an encounter that set off days of rioting in the city. Prosecutors had wanted Johannes Mehserle convicted of murdering...

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...

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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.

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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.