Articles tagged with: Verdict
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts »
(7/8) — UPDATED 19:31 PDT — LOS ANGELES — Johannes Mehserle, the former BART Police Officer who shot and killed unarmed passenger Oscar Grant on January 1, 2009 at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Los Angeles jury.
The jury found Mehserle not guilty of the most serious charge he faced: murder. The verdict means Mehserle will face from five to 14 years in state prison for Grant’s death.
BART Police Shooting, Cops & Courts, Oakland »
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, 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, 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, Oakland »
(6/18) — 15:53 PDT — OAKLAND, CALIF. — Oakland Police began taking extraordinary steps today to prepare for a potential violent reaction to a verdict in the second-degree murder trial of ex-BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle.
