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January 1, 2019
Ten years ago today, 22-year old, Oscar Grant III was fatally shot just hours into the new year by Oakland's BART Police…
July 2, 2014
(AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who…
July 31, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says Oscar Grant's father can sue the Northern California transit officer who…
January 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - 'Fruitvale', a narrative film that depicts the last 24-hours of Oscar Grant's life, ending with his shooting…
October 20, 2011
VIDEO - These days, Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson is a regular at nearly every community event in Oakland, Ca...
June 28, 2011
OAKLAND (AP) - John Burris, the family attorney for Oscar Grant, says Bay Area Rapid Transit reached the settlement with…
June 14, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Johannes Mehserle, who served one year of a two-year sentence, was released under California's non-revocable parole…
June 13, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer convicted in the fatal shooting of an…
June 13, 2011
OPINION - The juxtaposition of Obama's election and the cold-blooded killing of an unarmed 22 year-old at the hands of…
June 12, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif (AP) - Under a heavy police presence, the protesters held a peaceful demonstration near City Hall as they…
June 10, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Johannes Mehserle is scheduled to be set free Monday from a Los Angeles County jail where…
May 17, 2011
And Oakland community organizers who pressed Alameda County prosecutors to bring charges against him immediately after the killing are mobilizing…
December 3, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Superior Court Judge Robert Perry said Friday he didn't think any of the arguments made by…
November 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mehserle was sentenced Nov. 5 in last year's fatal shooting of Oscar Grant on an Oakland…
November 9, 2010
OPINION - The sentence has opened old wounds, causing many to question the extent to which the justice system values…
November 8, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police arrested 152 protesters, including seven juveniles, on suspicion of crimes including vandalism, unlawful assembly and…
November 6, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting…
November 5, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Johannes Mehserle was convicted in July of involuntary manslaughter in the videotaped, New Year's Day 2009…
November 5, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mehserle could face up to 14 years in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for…
October 27, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors told a judge that prison time would be the only appropriate punishment for a white…