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Trial set in Oakland train station shooting
Bart :: France | 5 months ago
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A former transit officer accused of murdering an unarmed man at an Oakland train station will stand trial in October, and his lawyer is asking to move the emotionally charged case to another city. Johannes Mehserle (yoh-HAH'-nes MEZ'-ur-lee) pleaded not...
Tags: Oakland, Alameda County Superior Court, Johannes Mehserle, Oscar Grant, train station, oakland train, transit officer
BART officer, video at odds in Mehserle case
Bart :: France | 5 months ago
Credibility Officer Johannes Mehserle was called into question by videotaped footage of the incident. Pirone conceded that the footage appeared to show Grant's hands behind his back as Mehserle fired. Mehserle's attorney called Pirone to the stand at a preliminary...
Tags: Johannes Mehserle, Oscar Grant, Tony Pirone, Oakland
Mehserle's defense says Grant was resisting
Bart :: France | 6 months ago
Credibility But the strategy angered relatives of Grant, who said the 22-year-old supermarket worker from Hayward had never resisted...On Tuesday, Officer Marysol Domenici testified that minutes before he was shot, Grant grabbed her arm as she tried in vain to get...
Tags: Oscar Grant, Marysol Domenici, Hayward, Johannes Mehserle, Tony Pirone
Defense presents case for ex-BART officer
Bart :: France | 6 months ago
Credibility Calif.— The partner of the officer charged in an Oakland train station death says the shooting happened during a chaotic scene where bystanders were yelling and one even threw a cell phone at him. During the third day of a hearing to determine whether...
Tags: Johannes Mehserle, Defense, Oakland, Oscar Grant, oakland train, presents case, defense presents, transit officer, officer johannes, train station
BART shooting case centers on video footage
Bart :: France | 6 months ago
Credibility Murder cases don't typically feature a replay of the death in question, over and over. Officer Johannes Mehserle, who is charged with murdering Grant. Grant, who was black, as the 22-year-old Hayward man lay unarmed on the Fruitvale Station platform.
Tags: Johannes Mehserle, Oscar Grant
Witness testifies in ex-BART cop shooting
Bart :: France | 6 months ago
Credibility Napa who is charged with murdering an unarmed man on a train platform was back in court Monday for a hearing expected to shed more light on the shooting. Johannes Mehserle is accused of killing 22-year-old Oscar Grant early New Year’s Day. Mehserle’s...
Tags: Oscar Grant, BART, Johannes Mehserle, South Hayward Station, unarmed man
BART lawyer calls fatal shooting a 'tragic error'
Bart :: France | 7 months ago
Credibility Friday in response to a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Oscar Grant, who was fatally shot at an Oakland transit station. Oscar Grant by former Officer Johannes Mehserle was "a tragic accident." Grant family attorney John Burris...
Tags: Oscar Grant, officer johannes, BART, Oakland, Johannes Mehserle, tragic error
Riders less satisfied, BART survey finds
Bart :: France | 8 months ago
Credibility On the other hand, riders are more pleased with the cleanliness of train cars. Overall satisfaction dipped from 85 percent to 84 percent, the second consecutive time that the bi-annual survey has shown a 1 percentage point drop...Passengers rated on-time...
Tags: oscar grant
BART cuts budget by $34 million
Bart :: France | 9 months ago
Credibility The transit agency is freezing hiring, deferring maintenance fund contributions and cancelling travel, not reducing service or raising fares...Faced with a shortfall, the agency's board voted to shrink its operating budget for the current fiscal year...
Tags: oscar grant, protest, fruitvale
BART brings in law firm for shooting probe
Bart :: France | 9 months ago
Credibility Wednesday that they have hired an Oakland law firm to look into the actions of police involved in the New Year's Day incident that culminated with one of the agency's officers shooting and killing an unarmed passenger. More Bay Area News Officials said...
Tags: Oscar Grant, BART, Johannes Mehserle
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