Alameda County DA reopens investigation into Oscar Grant killing
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Source: Associated Press
Oct. 5, 2020
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 7:14 p.m.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California prosecutor announced Monday that she will reopen an investigation into the killing of a Black man at a train station by a transit officer 11 years ago.
Oscar Grant, 22, was fatally shot in the back by Bay Area Rapid Transit Officer Johannes Mehserle while on the floor of a train station on New Year's Day in 2009.
Mehserle was charged with murder, but a Los Angeles County jury found him guilty only of involuntary manslaughter and he served 11 months.
Mehserle claimed he mistakenly grabbed his gun instead of his Taser.
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley's announcement came just hours after Grant's family held a news conference at the train station asking her to investigate the role of another officer in Grant's death, the Mercury News of San Jose reported.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Killing-of-Black-man-by-transit-officer-being-15623299.php
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