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| Nov. 5 |
BART Police Shooting |
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Mehserle Sentencing
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| Jul.17 |
Fruitvale |
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BART Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man
A knife-wielding man was killed in a shooting involving Oakland and BART police officers. Officers said the man charged at the officers
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| Jul.12 |
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9 Charged In BART Verdict Protests Prosecutors have filed charges against people who were arrested during protests following the verdict for a white former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer
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| Jul.11 |
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Uncle Of Victim Rejects Letter Of Apology The uncle of Oscar Grant, the unarmed man fatally shot by Johannes Mehserle, has harsh words to describe a letter of apology
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| Jul.10 |
BART Police Shooting |
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Mehserle Remorseful In Public Letter In the days before his conviction, Johannes Mehserle wrote a letter apologizing to the victim's family
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| Jul.9 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Dellums 'Proud' Of Response To Verdict Mayor Ron Dellums is 'incredibly, extraordinarily, unwaveringly proud' of the way city residents responded to Mehserle's manslaughter convic...
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Oakland Downtown |
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Businesses Clean Up After Verdict Protests Business owners swept up broken glass and scrubbed graffiti, as Oakland recovered from protests that splintered into rioting and looting
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| Jul.8 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Verdict protests take a violent turn
Map Protests sparked by the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the murder trial of a former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle
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Mehserle convicted of invol. Manslaughter A jury has convicted a former BART police officer of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform
| He was found guilty on Thursday in the New Year's Day 2009 killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant III. An attorney for the family of the man shot to death says the family is "extremely disappointed" with the verdict
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| Jul.7 |
BART Police Shooting |
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No Verdict In BART Deliberations A jury asked the judge about provocation during brief deliberations in the racially charged trial of a former BART officer accused of killing...
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| Jul.2 |
BART Police Shooting |
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BART Shooting Case In Hands Of Jury Jurors ended their first day of deliberations in the trial of an ex-police officer accused of murdering a man without reaching a verdict in the case
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BART Police Shooting |
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Defense Begins In Transit Shooting Trial Jackie Bryson was called as one of the first defense witnesses at Mehserle's trial. He gave an account of the fateful events
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| Jun.22 |
BART Police Shooting |
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Defense Starts In Train Shooting Trial
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| Jun.21 |
BART Police Shooting |
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Prosecution Rests In BART Shooting Case
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| Jun.18 |
BART Police Shooting |
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2nd Ex-Officer Testifies In Mehserle Trial
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| Jun.8 |
BART Police Shooting |
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Jury Seated In BART Officer Trial
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| Jun.2 |
BART Police Shooting |
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Jury Selection For BART Shooting Trial
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| May.2 |
San Francisco |
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Ex-BART Cop Lawyer Lays Out Strategy
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| Apr.22 |
BART |
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BART Fires 2nd Officer In Grant Case Tony Pirone, involved in the videotaped shooting death of an unarmed man last year, has been fired
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| Apr.8 |
SF Downtown |
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BART shooting protesters disrupt commute
More than 100 protesters converged at Embarcadero station in an effort to put the spotlight back on the killing of Oscar Grant III in 2009
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| Mar.26 |
BART Police Shooting |
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BART Case Lawyer Wants Cops On Jury The lawyer of a transit officer charged with murdering an unarmed man on BART station platform wants officers to be a part of the jury pool
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| Feb.5 |
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Victim's Lawyer May Back Out Of Deal The family attorney of a man fatally shot by a BART officer threatened to pull out of a recent wrongful death settlement
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| Jan.27 |
BART |
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BART To Settle Over Shooting BART officials have agreed to make a $1.5 million settlement payment in the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer
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| Nov.19 |
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BART Shooting Trial To Be Held In L.A.| Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson: The trial of Johannes Mehserle will be held in Southern California. Jacobson: The interest of justice will best be ser... | |
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| Oct.16 |
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Change Of Venue Granted In BART Case A judge agreed to move the trial for a former police officer charged in the killing of an unarmed man because of the extensive publicity the...
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| Oct.9 |
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Change Of Venue Hearing In BART Case
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| Oct.6 |
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Expert: knowledge of shooting widespread
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| Oct.1 |
BART |
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BART Promising Changes In Police Dept. In a special meeting board of directors said they would develop a plan to make changes in training, procedures in the department
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| Sep.25 |
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Venue Hearing In BART Shooting Delayed
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| Aug.18 |
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Report Critical Of BART Police In Shooting
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| Jul.23 |
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Lawyer Wants Murder Charge Tossed
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| Jun.22 |
BART |
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Forums In Aftermath Of Jan. 1 Shooting
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| Jun.4 |
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Mehserle to stand trial for Grant's murder
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| May.19 |
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Witnesses: cop surprised after gunshot Several witnesses to the fatal BART shooting of an unarmed man testified that the officer looked shocked after he pulled the trigger
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| May.18 |
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Witness: BART cop 'dumbfounded' |
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| Mar.22 |
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BART officer murder case to be delayed
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| Feb.18 |
BART |
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State legislators introduce BART police bill
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| Feb.6 |
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Ex-BART Officer Released On Bond
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| Feb.4 |
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New Claim Filed Against BART |
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| Feb.1 |
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Lawyer: cop who hit victim was provoked
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| Jan.30 |
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BART Cop Remains Jailed
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| Jan.27 |
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Civil rights lawyer takes on shooting case Burris, 63, was hired by the family of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old black man gunned down by a white transit police officer
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| Jan.25 |
BART |
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BART investigating video of cop punching
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| Jan.19 |
West Oakland |
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Hundreds Rally Over BART Shooting |
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| Jan.14 |
Oakland Downtown |
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18 arrested in Oscar Grant protest
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BART Officer Charged With Murder |
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| Jan.13 |
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BART Officer Arrested As Protests Loom
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DA under pressure in train station death
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| Jan.12 |
Fruitvale |
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BART completes prelim probe of shooting |
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| Jan.11 |
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BART hears another earful on death |
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| Jan.10 |
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Att. Gen. assigns prosecutor to BART case
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| Jan.9 |
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Att. Gen. Asked To Probe BART Shooting |
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Oakland Downtown |
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2nd Night Of Violent BART Protests
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| Jan.8 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Over 100 Arrested In Shooting Protest
Map| The unruly demonstration spurred by the Jan. 1 shooting death of Oscar Grant III at the hands of BART police officer | |
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| Jan.7 |
Fruitvale |
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Violent BART Shooting Protest
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| Jan.3 |
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Home Video Surfaces Of BART Shooting
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| Jan.1 |
Fruitvale |
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Police Fatally Shoot Man At BART Station
Map| Police confronted several young men at the Fruitvale station departing from SF train and were trying to restrain 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Police detained a number of people for questioning after the shooting and shut down the station to collect physical evidence. Later a protest ove... | |
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