Topic: Oscar Grant

Mehserle, other BART officers cleared

San Francisco Chronicle - 76 days ago
0 A federal court jury on Thursday cleared five BART police officers, including Johannes Mehserle, of using excessive force against a passenger who...

Ed Lee taking his time with Occupy SF

San Francisco Chronicle - 87 days ago
0 . After playing tough guy with the tents on Market Street, Mayor Ed Lee has let it be known that he's willing to let the Occupy camp continue -...

Civil trial to begin in earlier Mehserle case

San Francisco Chronicle - 87 days ago
0 . Jury selection is set to begin today in a federal civil rights case brought by a man who said he was roughed up by former BART police Officer...

BART protest canceled

San Francisco Chronicle - 106 days ago
0 A group that has demonstrated against BART since the New Year's Day 2009 killing of Oscar Grant by a transit agency police officer abruptly...

Volatile Oakland faces general strike on Wednesday

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 106 days ago
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - After Oakland emerged as a new center for the Occupy Wall Street movement -- largely because an Iraq war veteran was seriously injured in a clash with police -- local protest leaders decided on a tactic with a storied history in ...

Highlights From The Chronicle's Crime Scene Blog

San Francisco Chronicle - 130 days ago
0 OAKLAND Some BART deputies can speak to media . BART has deputized several members of its Police Department to talk to the media directly rather...

Rap inspires revolution abroad; apathy at home

The Grio - 146 days ago
Much has been made of the role social media has played in fomenting the North African/Arab Spring uprisings. Twitter has been credited as being the...

Oscar Grant's Best Friend Shot, Killed

American Banking News - 214 days ago
A man connected to the infamous BART shooting that left Oscar Grant dead, has been killed in Hayward.. . "Oscar Grant's Best Friend Shot, Killed"...

Transit agency settles Oakland shooting case for $1.3 million

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 232 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The mother of a black man shot to death by a transit police officer on an Oakland train platform in 2009 agreed on Tuesday to settle her federal lawsuit against the transit agency, officials said.The $1.3 million ...

Former transit officer's attorneys seek bail

AP News - 457 days ago
Former transit officer's attorneys seeking his release on bail pending appeal of convictionAttorneys for a white former transit officer sentenced to two years for fatally shooting an unarmed black man are seeking his release on bail while he appeals his involuntary ...