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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...

Johannes Mehserle's Apology Letter [Full Text]

(July 9)--Four days before he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a Los Angeles jury, former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle wrote a handwritten letter in which he described his feelings toward Oscar Grant, the man he shot and killed on a train platform. On Friday, Mehserle's lawyer, Michael Rains,...

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Oscar Grant's Killer Asks Court To Overturn Manslaughter Conviction

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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WATCH: Tragic BART Shooting Heading To The Silver Screen

According to the Hollywood Reporter , Octavia Spencer, the Oscar-winning actress from last year's Blockbuster film, "The Help", is allegedly in negotiation to star in "Fruitvale", an upcoming film about the shooting of Oscar Grant.

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05/09/12 Oscar Grant's Killer Asks Court To Overturn... Source: The Huffington Post - Local 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.
04/17/12 WATCH: Tragic BART Shooting Heading To The Silver... Source: The Huffington Post - Local According to the Hollywood Reporter , Octavia Spencer, the Oscar-winning actress from last year's Blockbuster film, "The Help", is allegedly in negotiation to star in "Fruitvale", an upcoming film about the shooting of Oscar Grant.

Background on Oscar Grant

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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