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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. 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 ...
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. The family's protracted three-year struggle for justice resulted in the first officer in history in California to be ...
Dec 28, 2018 · 10 Years Later The Legacy of Oscar Grant. 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 understand why he had to die. “Sometimes I would think about Oscar, and I would laugh about something.
Feb 23, 2024 · Grant was shot and killed by a BART police officer on Jan. 1, 2009. Yoshi James / Courtesy Johnson family. As the Chronicle wrote in 2010, Oscar Grant III became a symbol in death, but in life he ...
The Shooting of Oscar Grant. In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009, Oscar Juliuss Grant III was fatally shot by former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle. BART officers had responded to a call about a fight on the Fruitvale station platform in Oakland around 2am. Oscar, who according to reports was not among those fighting, was ...
May 1, 2019 · UPDATED: May 2, 2019 at 6:46 p.m. OAKLAND — A newly released internal investigation from BART of the Oscar Grant shooting 10 years ago reveals a more complete picture of the traumatic night ...
May 10, 2017 · Oscar Juliuss Grant III was a resident of Oakland, California, and unfortunately, is best known for being killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2009. Grant was born to Oscar Grant Jr. and Wanda Johnson on February 27, 1986, in Oakland, California.
