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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.
Instead, you should read up on who Oscar Grant really was. "Someone to never be forgotten" Give me a break with that sensationalist bullshit. He was a convicted felon that did time for drug dealing, possession of unlicensed weapon, and evading the police.
Oscar was a saintly individual who was helping an elderly woman across the street when the cops barreled over him in their squad cars, got out, called him a nigger, and shot him in the face. 203 votes, 63 comments. 974K subscribers in the reddit.com community. The original subreddit, now archived.
Posted by u/Shalmanese - 570 votes and 57 comments
More than a decade after the BART police killing of Oscar Grant, the transit agency has released a long-sealed report on a shooting that shocked the Bay Area, led to a rare criminal conviction for an officer's use of force and heralded a national movement for police accountability.
Oct 6, 2020 · Oscar Grant, 22, was fatally shot in the back by Bay Area Rapid Transit Officer Johannes Mehserle while on the floor of a train station on New Year’s Day in 2009. Mehserle was charged with...
Oct 6, 2020 · A California district attorney says her office is reopening its investigation of the shooting death of Oscar Grant, a Black man who was killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer more...
