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Mehserle's Intent Is the Focus of BART Trial Starting Today
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.
June 1, 2010
Patrol
BART Fires Second Officer in Fruitville Station Shooting
Officer Tony Pirone was seen on cell-phone video punching Grant, then kneeling on him when Officer Johannes Mehserle shot him.
April 22, 2010
Patrol
Two of Four Candidates for BART Chief Are Women
Two of the four finalists to lead the Bay Area Rapid Transit's police department are women.
April 18, 2010
Weapons
BART Police Relinquish TASERs
The BART police department has pulled the TASERs from its officers citing a sergeant's use of the less-lethal device on a 13-year-old Richmond boy on a bicycle.
April 15, 2010
Patrol
BART Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement In Grant Shooting
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.
January 27, 2010
Patrol
BART Officer's Glass-Shattering Arrest Makes YouTube
While arresting a belligerent passenger, a San Francisco BART transit officer and suspect bumped into a station window, causing shattered glass to rain down on the two men.
November 22, 2009
Patrol
Former Officer Charged with Murder in BART Shooting
Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer arrested on suspicion of murdering an unarmed passenger on an Oakland train platform early New Year's Day, waived extradition at a Nevada hearing and will be returned to Alameda County today.
January 13, 2009
Patrol
BART Police Complete Slaying Probe, Forward Results to D.A.
BART police wrapped up their preliminary investigation Monday of the officer-involved shooting New Year's Day of an unarmed man in Oakland and have forwarded the case to the Alameda County district attorney's office, officials said.
January 12, 2009
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Officer Involved in BART Shooting Abruptly Resigns
The BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on a station platform early on New Year's Day quit the force Wednesday, avoiding an interview with police internal affairs investigators trying to get to the bottom of an incident that has prompted broad outrage.
January 8, 2009
Patrol
BART Shooting Protest Organizer Devastated by Oakland Riot
When the marchers reached the Lake Merritt BART Station around 6:15 p.m., protest organizer Evan Shamar saw things start to go bad. Marchers began kicking newspaper stands and using papers to start fires. As he saw them throwing bottles and spitting on police cars, Shamar said he wept and returned to the Fruitvale Station.
January 8, 2009
Patrol
Off-Duty NYC Transit Cops Allegedly Beat Man Senseless
Two off-duty female New York City transit cops beat a man senseless, then fled and had to be tracked down and arrested like common criminals, authorities said Tuesday.
August 21, 2008
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