The day before former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle was to be released from Los Angeles County Jail, about 200 people marched to 14th and Broadway in downtown Oakland in protest. Mehserle was released shortly after midnight Monday after serving 11 months of a two-year sentence. He was convicted in July of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant III. Here are images from Sunday's demonstration:...
By Erik Verduzco 6/13/11 9:22 a.m. PDT
Authorities released Johannes Mehserle from Los Angeles County jail just after midnight Monday. The former BART transit officer had served 11 months of his two-year sentence after his conviction for killing Oscar Grant III, an unarmed black man, on the platform of the Fruitvale station just after New Year's in 2009. A judge ruled Friday that Mehserle should be released early for time served and good behavior. The case has ......
By Bay Citizen Staff 6/13/11 7:09 a.m. PDT
The first of three protests against the release of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle from jail is set to begin Sunday at 3 p.m. Protesters will be marching from the Fruitvale BART station to City Hall in downtown Oakland. KTVU reports that some businesses have boarded up their storefronts with plywood in case of vandalism, and police say they'll have at least 100 officers on hand. Protesters also plan to gather Monday outside the offices ......
Former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle will be released from jail on Monday. According to KGO, authorities notified Oscar Grant's family of Mehserle's impending release. The former officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Grant's death last year and sentenced to two years. Authorities had expected Mehserle to be released in June, after 11 months behind bars, because of credit for time served and a lenient judge. Grant's family and ......
BART has been ordered to rehire one of two officers who were present at the Fruitvale BART station in January 2009 when then-officer Johannes Mehserle shot and killed Oscar Grant. Marysol Domenici, 30, is expected to be placed back on patrol duties without restrictions and full back pay, KTVU reports. Anthony Pirone is still appealing his firing. Domenici was fired in March on the recommendation of investigating law firm Meyers Nave ......
