![]() Woman Beaten Repeatedly for Allegedly "Dancing on BART, Soliciting Money" Labor and BLM Demand: “Drop the Charges Against the Black Friday 14!”īlack Friday 14 Action a Prelude to Huge Rally to Raise Oakland Minimum Wage to $15/Hr Year-Long Campaign in Support of the Black Friday 14 Leads to All Charges Being Dropped Mother of Oscar Grant Calls for Peace and Unity to End Police Violence at Annual Vigil Seventh Anniversary Vigil Remembers Oscar Grant Without Rebellions and Protests, Oscar Grant Would Have Received Little Justice Oakland Remembers Oscar Grant on Tenth Anniversary of His MurderĪ Celebration of the Justice for Oscar Grant Protesters Oscar Grant Honored at Fruitvale BART Station ![]() For the very latest posts, check the Police State and/or Racial Justice pages' newswires. Numerous posts are included within most features. "Hands Off Oakland Rebels" short video to support Oakland 100 re-released |įamily of Oscar Grant Celebrates Victory, Mehserle to Face Murder Charge, 6/4/09 |īelow are the related Indybay features to date. It centralizes the multitude of related stories and has its own unique web address: Highlighted Videos: In order to consolidate the history and developments in the movement for justice for Oscar Grant, this feature was created. Since early January 2009, thousands of related posts have been published to Indybay - video, audio, photos, and reports such as first hand accounts of protests, court hearings, and more. The fight for justice for Oscar Grant and other victims of BART police violence continues. ![]() Activists protested these killings in BART stations and in the board room. BART police officer Joseph Mateu shot Sahleem Tindle three times in the back outside of the West Oakland BART station on January 3, 2018. On July 3, 2011, BART police killed Charles Hill inside of the Civic Center station. ![]() Justice Department to file civil rights charges against Mehserle, Tony Pirone, and other BART officers and supervisors involved in the shooting and ensuing cover-up, but the Justice Department never took any action towards holding BART accountable.įred Collins was killed by BART and Oakland police on July 17, 2010, near the Fruitvale station. Marysol Domenici has been rehired by BART. Mehserle was sentenced to two years and was released on Jafter having served only eleven months. On July 8, 2010, Mehserle was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter, with a gun enhancement, the least of the charges with which the jury could have convicted him. Mehserle's trial was held in the month of June 2010. Each had been paid over $100,000 by BART since the murder. One month later, on April 22nd, 2020, BART police officer Tony Pirone was fired. Marysol Domenici was the first person fired by BART related to the incident she was let go on March 24, 2010. BART hired outside organizations to conduct investigations of events surrounding the shooting and their police force overall, but in 2009 BART took next to no action to reprimand any of its officers or supervisors for their actions that night nor General Manager Dorothy Dugger for their handling of the situation after the murder (Chief Gee was allowed to retire at the end of the year with full benefits). Mehserle resigned before speaking to police investigators and was charged with murder on January 13, 2009. In the early hours of January 1, 2009, Oscar Grant III was murdered by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, shot in the back as he lay face-down on the Fruitvale BART platform with BART officer Tony Pirone's knee in his shoulder.
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