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The Hinterland Gazette: New video Shows BART Officer Johannes Mehserle Shooting Oscar Grant in the Back
StraightFromTheA [SFTA]: Murder on the Subway: Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed Man, Family Files $25M Suit
Video Shows Cop Shooting Man In The Back
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices —
Filed under: BlackSpin, NewsBlack Voices Blogs: An Oakland transit cop struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man, stood up over the suspect and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched. That what's seen in a short video taken on New Year's by a train passenger who... Read more >
New video Shows BART Officer Johannes Mehserle Shooting Oscar Grant in the Back
The Hinterland Gazette —
A new video has surfaced showing that a BART officer shot a Hayward man in his back on New Year's Day. A BART police officer, who according to the San Francisco Chronicle is Johannes Mehserle, was seen on a video struggling to handcuff Oscar Grant III. He stood up over the facedown man and fired a single shot in his back while a handful of officers watched. Simply reprehensible. The attorney for the family said that he plans to file a $25 million lawsuit against the department and asked prosecutors to consider filing murder charges against the officer. The shooting occurred ...
Murder on the Subway: Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed Man, Family Files $25M Suit
StraightFromTheA [SFTA] —
On New Year’s Day, Oscar Grant, III was fatally shot in the back by a subway police officer. The event occurred on California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) and was thankfully captured on film by several onlookers within the station. Video footage clearly shows that the unarmed Grant was cooperating with authorities, who had also detained several other young men. I posted the original video footage to show the inhumanity of the shooting. It is very disturbing to watch so please view at your own risk: Grant holds up his hands, appearing to plead with police. Burris said Tuesday that Grant was asking police not to use a Taser.“He said to them, ‘Don’t Tase me; I ...
NEWS ROUNDUP: OAKLAND BART POLICE OFFICER KILLS YOUNG MAN / FORMER KILPATRICK AIDE SENTENCED / ‘09 = TOTAL DECLINE
CONCRETELOOP.COM —
Oscar J. Grant III, 22, was shot in the back and killed by 27-year-old Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle early on New Year’s Day.
John L. Burris, long-time civil rights attorney who is representing Grant’s family, called the death “the worst I’ve ...
Footage of the FAMILY of the BROTHA that was SHOT to DEATH by BART Police in OAKLAND!!!
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