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Mesa testified that she talked to Grant, who told her, "They're beating us up for no reason. I'll call you back."
Read More →Grant is said to have used a cell phone camera to capture an image of the officer, who is now on trial in Los Angeles for murder.
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After a day of questioning of potential jurors on Thursday in the Los Angeles murder trial of the former officer, a judge empaneled a jury of eight men and four women that includes seven whites, four Latinos and one Indian American.
Read More →The only person who knows for sure why former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle killed an unarmed train rider is Mehserle himself. But whether he will explain the shooting at his murder trial is an open question - and a monumental one.
Read More →Potential jurors considering the fate of former BART transit officer Johannes Mehserle have been given a 15-page questionnaire with 121 questions on a broad range of topics.
Read More →The defense will argue not that Mehserle acted in self defense, but that the shooting was accidental because Mehserle believed he drew his Taser in the four seconds he drew his sidearm and fired.
Read More →Defense attorneys representing Officer Johannes Mehserle in a murder trial that begins Wednesday in Los Angeles plan to call to the stand a San Leandro, Calif., police officer who says Oscar Grant ran from him and a fellow officer with a loaded pistol in 2006 after a traffic stop, forcing the officers to shock him with a Taser and then kick him when he wouldn't put his hands behind his back.
Read More →Officer Tony Pirone was seen on cell-phone video punching Grant, then kneeling on him when Officer Johannes Mehserle shot him.
Read More →Two of the four finalists to lead the Bay Area Rapid Transit's police department are women.
Read More →The lawsuit came as a response to the shooting of 22-year-old Grant by 28-year-old BART officer Johannes Mehserle, who has said he meant to grab his TASER but used his gun instead.
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