All posts tagged "Oscar Grant"

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A man shot and wounded by an Oakland police officer last weekend was a cousin of Oscar Grant, whose shooting death by a Bay Area transit officer sparked violent demonstrations in 2010, his attorney said on Wednesday.

[rebelmouse-image 24862839 original_size="190x286" expand=1]Back January of last year, America got a look, courtesy of a cell phone camera of a rider on a BART train in Oakland, CA, at the cold-blooded murder of a handcuffed, down-on-the-ground 22-year-old named Oscar Grant on a train platform.

[rebelmouse-image 24862839 original_size="190x286" expand=1]Now that Mehserle is in custody, I wonder if we will see Oscar Grant's family receive justice, given the history of BART cops getting away with murder.

And it's not me.