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Johannes Mehserle Sentence: 2 Years in Prison, Probation

By Deena on
DON'T MISS Johannes Mehserle Verdict: Involuntary Manslaughter Oscar Grant, Guilty Verdict Oscar Grant Pictures (Funeral) Johannes Mehserle was given a 2-year jail sentence this afternoon after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009 at a BART station in Oakland.  He will receive credit for 146 days in prison already served, then will get probation. Judge Perry came back with the sentence after lengthy jury deliberation beginning at...Read Full Story

Hundreds March in Oakland on Anniversary of Oscar Grant's Killing

By noelienoel on  From colorlines.com
Sunday marked the third anniversary of the shooting death of unarmed BART passenger Oscar Grant by a transit officer. Hundreds marched from Oakland's City Hall to the Fruitvale BART station where Grant was shot on New Year's Day in 2009 during a confrontation with former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. "The pain is still hurtful," Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, said at the vigil, according to the Oakland Tribune. She held a long red taper candle in the air and Grant's daughter...Read Full Story

Mehserle Sentencing Today

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DON'T MISS Johannes Mehserle Verdict: Involuntary Manslaughter Oscar Grant, Guilty Verdict Oscar Grant Pictures (Funeral) Johannes Mehserle , the man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for shooting and killing a man named Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009 at a BART station in Oakland, will be sentenced today. Judge Perry is expected to come back with the sentence momentarily, and Mehserle could face up to as many as 10 years in prison -- if a gun-enhancement conviction is included. Police...Read Full Story

Former BART Cop Johannes Mehserle Goes Back to Court in Civil Case

By noelienoel on  From colorlines.com
Jury selection began Monday in a federal civil rights case brought by a man who said he was roughed up by former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in 2009. The incident allegedly took place just seven weeks before Mehserle would go on to shoot Oscar Grant. Mehserle, 29, served just under one year of a two-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of Grant, who was unarmed and killed on New Year's Day. The "San Francisco Chronicle" reports Mehserle plans to attend the...Read Full Story

Protesters Planning to Swarm BART Station in "Spare the Fare" Campaign

By Onelove on  From hinterlandgazette.com
Protesters planning to swarm BART Powell Street station September 8th as part of "Spare the Fare" campaign in an aim to shutdown the BART police department. Protesters are set to swarm the BART system September 8th as part of the "Spare the Fare" campaign, that will undoubtedly test the limits of the transit system. The details are covered on the " Day of Rage " website. So exactly what is "Spare the Fare?" We are calling on anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and radicals (and everyone...Read Full Story
The audit, which was presented nine months after the killing of Oscar Grant — who was shot by a BART police officer in January 2009 — called for a more community-based crime prevention system to address what it identified as a lack of ...  
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Burris also represented the family of Oscar Grant III, an unarmed Hayward man shot to death in 2009 by BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle. Both shootings sparked protests against BART. To thwart one protest planned around the Hill shooting ...  
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While representing the family of Grant, who was shot and killed by BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle on Jan. 1, 2009, Burris helped secure a $1.3 million settlement for the slain man’s mother and a $1.5 million settlement for his daughter.  
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-We firmly believe that trend AXJ appreciation should resume in H2 on recovering global growth. In Q4, we expect US growth to accelerate to 2.4% q/q SAAR from 1.9% in Q3, euro-area GDP to rise to 0.4% y/y from 0.3% y/y, and China's growth to rebound to 9.1 ...  
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The family of Charles Hill, the "wobbly drunk" homeless man shot and killed by BART police last July has filed a civil suit against BART seeking monetary damages for the incident. According to the Examiner's report on the filing, Oakland attorney John Burris will be representing Hill's next of kin. Burris, anti-BART PD readers might remember, successfully secured nearly $3 million in damages for Oscar Grant's mother and daughter in the...  
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We have argued that there is a strong relationship between the global IP cycle, AXJ exports and AXJ currencies. The global IP cycle continues to recover. The US ISM manufacturing index rose to 54.1 in January 2012 from 53.1 in December 2011. In Asia ...  
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