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Oscar Grant's Uncle: Mehserle Not Remorseful; Mehserle Family Friend: 'He's...
Johannes Mehserle, set to be released from jail Monday Johannes Mehserle, the former BART policeman convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Oscar Grant, will be released from Los...
View ArticleMehserle Released From Jail
(AP) LOS ANGELES – A white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man that has drawn continuing protest was released from jail early Monday...
View ArticleBART Agrees to Pay Oscar Grant's Mother $1.3 Million
(Bay City News) - Oakland - BART officials said today that the agency has reached a $1.3 million settlement with the mother of Oscar Grant III, a Hayward man who was fatally shot by former BART police...
View ArticleOscar Grant Friend, Present at BART Incident, Shot Dead
(Bay City News Service) The Alameda County coroner's bureau identified a man who was fatally shot in a gas station parking lot in Hayward Friday evening as Johntue Caldwell, one of the men traveling...
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Oscar Grant's Family Says Weren't Informed of Mehserle Appeal Hearing,...
Oscar Grant's uncle, Cephus Johnson, next to Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, at a press conference Friday. (Caitlin Esch/KQED)OAKLAND (Bay City News) The mother and uncle of Oscar Grant III, an unarmed...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction of Johannes Mehserle
SAN FRANCISCO (Bay City News) A state appeals court in San Francisco today upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in the killing of an unarmed...
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Oscar Grant Family Looking Forward to 'Fruitvale', Film About the Shooting
Fruitvale, a film about the shooting death of Oscar Grant, has been in production around Oakland, as some have been tweeting... Shot crazy scenes last night with a rad cast on a socially important...
View ArticleOakland Filmmaker's Oscar Grant Film Picked Up by Weinstein Co.
The Weinstein Co. has purchased rights to a feature film about the death of Oscar Grant, according to the Los Angeles Times: In a deal for about $2 million, the Weinstein Co. has acquired rights to the...
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Watch Oakland Filmmaker Ryan Coogler Accept the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for...
Ryan Coogler accepts the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic for "Fruitvale" onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) And the winner...
View ArticleWatch the Trailer for 'Fruitvale Station' Film About Oscar Grant
The trailer has been released for "Fruitvale Station," the film about the last day in the life of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was shot to death by BART police in the early morning hours of New Year's...
View ArticleOakland, Alameda County to Pay $1 Million in Oscar Grant Protest Settlement
(Bay City News) A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against the city of Oakland and Alameda County on behalf of 150 people who were arrested...
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'Fruitvale Station' Opens: The Movie About the Life and Death of Oscar Grant
Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar J. Grant III, was comforted by her supporters outside the Los Angeles Superior Court after Johannes Mesherle was sentanced to voluntary manslaughter. Mark...
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Court Rules Oscar Grant's Father, Friends Can Sue Mehserle, BART Officers
SAN FRANCISCO (KQED and AP) — A federal appeals court says Oscar's Grant father can proceed with a civil rights lawsuit against Johannes Mehserle, the BART officer who shot and killed his son on a...
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Oaktown Gears Up for New Year’s With March, Vigil
Protest during the sentencing of BART officer Johannes Mehserle for the death of Oscar Grant, in November, 2010.(Keoki Seu/Flickr) Oakland will mark the new year with a march tonight, and a vigil...
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BART Cop Johannes Mehserle Recalls Details of Oscar Grant Shooting
A 2009 police booking photo of former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle.\ Update, 3:20 p.m. Friday: Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer convicted of killing passenger Oscar Grant III, was on...
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Jury Rejects Lawsuit by Oscar Grant’s Father
Demonstrator march in Oakland in January 2009 to protest the BART police killing of Oscar Grant. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A federal jury in San Francisco has rejected a civil rights lawsuit filed...
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Anger Over Missouri Police Shooting Resonates Across Bay Area and Nation
Jeralynn Blueford speaks to the crowd at an Aug. 14 Oakland vigil for people killed by police. (Alex Emslie/KQED) Hundreds of people gathered Thursday at the Civic Center in both Oakland and San...
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Bay Area Residents to Join ‘Black Life Matters’ Ride to Ferguson
People gather at Oakland City Hall Aug. 14 and hold a moment of silence for people killed by police five days after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. (Alex Emslie/KQED) About...
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Michael Brown, Eric Garner Protesters Block I-880 in Oakland
A crowd of several hundred people blocked traffic on Interstate 880 and descended on West Oakland BART Station, resulting in a brief closure, in another night of sustained protests Friday over...
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San Leandro Police Face Opposition in Push for New Armored Vehicle
San Leandro residents sounded off Thursday night about the potential purchase of an armored transport known as a BearCat, objecting to what they say is the militarization of local law enforcement More...
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