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Officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Oscar Grant killing

By The Admin on July 9, 2010

A jury has convicted a white former transit officer of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform. Johannes Mehserle was found guilty on Thursday in the New Year’s Day 2009 killing of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Involuntary manslaughter carries a sentence of two to four years. At [...]

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Illness postpones Oscar Grant shooting trial deliberations

By The Admin on July 6, 2010

A juror’s illness has postponed resumption of deliberations in the trial of a former San Francisco Bay area transit officer accused of murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform. The Los Angeles jury was to have returned to talks Tuesday, but will now reconvene on Wednesday. The jurors [...]

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Jurors deliberate California transit shooting case

By The Admin on July 2, 2010

Police in Oakland underwent crowd-control training and were put on 12-hour shifts as they awaited a verdict in the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white former transit officer who claimed he mistakenly drew his gun instead of his Taser. A jury in Los Angeles ended its first day of deliberations Friday [...]

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Oakland teeters on edge awaiting BART shooting trial verdict

By The Admin on July 2, 2010

This Northern California city is bracing for an upcoming verdict in the racially-charged murder trial of a former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer some 400 miles away. While Johannes Mehserle, who is white, awaits his fate in a Los Angeles courtroom, officials in Oakland are frantically preparing for any repeat of the violence that occurred [...]

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