Great lyrics on The Tragic Death of Oscar Grant III. What a tragedy indeed. I think he will recieve more than a slap on the wrist and a pat on the back though. 2nd degree murder is in order.
BART cop transported to Bay Area jail, charged with murder
Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who shot and killed an unarmed man in Oakland on New Year's Day, sat behind bars in a Bay Area jail on Wednesday night, charged with murder.
Appearing in a Nevada court Wednesday, Mehserle waived extradition and returned to the Bay Area, where he was taken to Santa Rita Jail on the murder charge — a rare filing against a police officer . . . .
Mehserle's arrest . . . for the shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant III, did little to dampen the outrage . . . .
Witnesses told authorities that Mehserle fired a shot into Grant's back while Grant was lying facedown on a train platform at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland. Grant and others had been pulled off a train after reports of fighting, as New Year's Eve revelers headed home after midnight.
New court documents say Grant had his hands behind his back and another officer was kneeling on his neck when he was shot.
[I]t appeared from cell phone video that "Mehserle shot and killed Oscar Grant while Grant was restrained and unarmed."
. . . Grant's grandfather, also named Oscar Grant . . . said, "We got to stop these people who have a gun and a badge and a license to kill."
(Full story by Sandra Gonzales, Mercury News 01/14/2009)
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