Search results
Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station. BART officer Anthony Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform.
Aug 25, 2020 · On New Year’s Day 2009, then-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle shot and killed 22-year-old Oscar Grant III at Fruitvale BART Station. The murder was captured on video by several bystanders and quickly went viral on social media, prompting mass protests in Oakland.
Oct 6, 2020 · Grant was killed during an encounter with Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers on New Year's Day 2009. His killing sparked protests and inspired the 2013 film Fruitvale Station.
Feb 28, 2024 · Fifteen years ago on Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was killed at the Fruitvale BART station by former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle while face down against the pavement, with his arms...
Jun 27, 2013 · A pink, clay-like substance fills a hole in the tile floor on the platform of the BART Fruitvale station in Oakland where Oscar Grant was shot to death by a BART officer.
Dec 28, 2018 · On Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a BART police officer on the train platform at Fruitvale Station. Ten years after the loss of her only son, Wanda Johnson is still trying to...
Apr 27, 2015 · Early on New Year’s Day in 2009, a police officer investigating a disturbance at the Fruitvale BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Station in Oakland, California, shot and killed Oscar Grant. The officer was White, and Grant was Black.
