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Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old Black man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California.
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.
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...
Feb 23, 2024 · Fifteen years after BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle killed Oscar Grant, and more than a decade after the shooting was depicted in the film “ Fruitvale Station,” the incident is recalled...
Oct 6, 2020 · A Northern California prosecutor announced Monday that she will reopen an investigation into the killing of a Black man at a train station by a transit officer 11 years ago. Oscar Grant, 22, was ...
Oct 6, 2020 · A federal jury decided unanimously Tuesday that the BART police officer who killed Oscar Grant III in 2009 owed no compensation to Grant’s father, who was in prison during his son’s life.
Oscar J. Grant III was 22 years old, from Hayward, California, and worked in retail. On January 1, 2009, he was shot in the back and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, California.
