Police Magazine
MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCH
Prosecutors are making a case for prison time for Mehserle, 28, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in July and has been jailed in Los Angeles ever since. The defense seeks his release on probation.
Read More →In requesting a new trial, defense lawyer Michael Rains said information released by TASER International Inc. after the trial undermined Alameda County prosecutor David Stein's statement that no officer has ever mistook his black sidearm for a yellow TASER.
Read More →The sentencing date for former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle has been pushed back three months, to Nov. 5, to allow attorneys to prepare for what is expected to be a lengthy hearing.
Read More →
Walls with the names of 58 officers who died in the line of duty were covered in white paint, and notes were left stating, "Rest in peace Oscar Grant."
Read More →Many of the arrestees were anarchist agitators who weren't from Oakland.
Read More →In the letter, which was published by SF Gate.com, Mehserle apologizes for shooting the unarmed Oscar Grant on Jan. 1, 2009 on the Fruitville Station platform.
Read More →The verdict was the first conviction of an officer or deputy on any murder charge in Los Angeles County in almost three decades.
Read More →Major League Baseball has called the Los Angeles Angels to warn them about the possibility of riots in Oakland this weekend during their series with the Oakland A's if a verdict comes down in the case of a former Bart officer who is on trial for shooting an unarmed man on a train platform.
Read More →Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry said evidence proves that the former BART police officer did not plan to kill the 22-year-old Oscar Grant on Oakland's Fruitvale BART station platform.
Read More →Mehserle told a jury in a Los Angeles courtroom that he remembered hearing "a pop" that "wasn't very loud," thinking his TASER had malfunctioned, and then looking down to see his gun in his right hand.
Read More →