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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.
Apr 20, 2021 · The office that shot Oscar was Johannes Mehserle, a 27-year-old who was later charged with Oscar’s murder. Curious to know what happened to him since? Here’s everything we know!
Apr 27, 2015 · Because Officer Mehserle was White and Oscar Grant was Black, many saw the murder as an incident of racial profiling, where excessive force was applied due to the irrational suspicion that Grant was a violent criminal.
Jul 9, 2010 · The officer, Johannes Mehserle, 28, had been accused of a more serious charge, second-degree murder, in the death of Oscar Grant III, 22, a butcher’s apprentice who was shot while lying face...
May 1, 2019 · Officer Johannes Mehserle was later convicted of fatally shooting Grant, a 22-year-old Hayward man, as he lay belly-down on the Fruitvale station platform on New Year’s Day, 2009.
Aug 20, 2021 · Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on January 1, 2009, while lying face down on a platform at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland, California. Johannes Mehserle, the officer who...
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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 by...