Articles tagged with: murder trial
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Several events have been planned to peacefully react to the Johannes Mehserle murder trial verdict. The California Beat has compiled a list of events where Bay Area residents can voice their opinion on the jury’s decision nonviolently. If you want your event listed on this page, e-mail us: mehserletrial@californiabeat.org and we’ll add it.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(7/7) — UPDATED 18:45 PDT — LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury restarted deliberations in the murder trial of former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle Wednesday morning, but ended discussions at 11:45 a.m. because of a juror’s afternoon doctor’s appointment.
Deliberations struck a brief hiatus Tuesday when one of the jurors fell ill, canceling what was to be the first full day of reviewing evidence in the murder trial.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts, Oakland »
In downtown Oakland — where it seems nearly every business is preparing for the absolute worst that the BART shooting verdict could trigger — there are a handful of businesses who aren’t boarding up their storefronts or putting up posters of shooting victim Oscar Grant in fear of angry protesters breaking windows and torching cars.
They’re not giving in.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(7/2) — UPDATED 16:40 PDT — LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury will now consider whether former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who fired a single, fatal shot into the back of an unarmed Oscar Grant, is guilty of murder, manslaughter or no crime at all.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(7/1) — UPDATED 22:20 PDT — LOS ANGELES — The prosecution in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART Police officer who shot and killed unarmed passenger Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day 2009, urged a Los Angeles jury to convict Mehserle of second-degree murder during its closing argument today.
But the defense said the prosecution had not proven that Mehserle intended to shoot Grant beyond a reasonable doubt. “This was an accident, folks. Clear and simple,” Mehserle’s defense attorney Michael Rains said.
BART Police Shooting, Oakland »
As a Los Angeles County jury begins to deliberate the fate of former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle, unprecedented steps are being taken to avert vandalism in the city where the entire saga began.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(6/30) — 10:51 PDT — LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry ruled against key defense motions today, deciding to allow the jury in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART Police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on January 1, 2009, to consider voluntary and involuntary manslaughter charges during its deliberations.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(6/29) — 21:15 PDT — LOS ANGELES — Both sides finished presenting evidence Tuesday during a sometimes emotional day of testimony in the murder trial of former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who fatally shot unarmed passenger Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day 2009.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(6/28) — 20:18 PDT — LOS ANGELES — An expert witness retained by the defense for Johannes Mehserle, the former BART Police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of unarmed passenger Oscar Grant, said today that he had no doubt that Mehserle would have been justified in Tasing Grant because he was resisting being handcuffed.
But during a rough cross examination, retired LAPD Captain Greg Meyer, a police trainer who is an expert on Tasers and use of force by police officers, revealed a seeming lack of familiarity with the details of the case.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
Former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot and killed unarmed train passenger Oscar Grant on January 1, 2009, told a Los Angeles County jury Friday morning that he mistakenly drew his gun instead of his Taser — the first public explanation made by the ex-officer since the videotaped incident.
