The preliminary hearing for former BART police Johannes Mesherle concluded today. Over the seven days of the hearing, the defense and prosecution heard from numerous witnesses including BART police Anthony Pirone. According to The Oakland Tribune, yesterday Pirone admitted that Grant posed no threat while he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach before he was shot. Pirone himself has come under fire from the community for not being charged with assault after it was brought to light that he struck Grant earlier in the incident. Read more...
The preliminary hearing for former BART police officer Johannes Mesherle has been going on for almost two weeks now. Through these past weeks, the testimonies of BART police officers, witnesses for the prosecution and for the defense have all been heard. To this day, five months later, I still don’t know how to gauge my feelings about this case. I feel angry as an African-American male knowing the system would throw the book at me if I were to shoot a man (whether accident or not), but also sorrow for our system in failing the people that it’s supposed to protect.
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The phrases I constantly heard this weekend were “murder” murder-suicide” “shooting” “mass-murder”. All I could think was that's maniacal! Read more...
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Youth Radio talks to one of Oscar Grant's in laws who gives us in insight about what happened the day Oscar Grant was killed by former BART official and how the family is dealing with it.
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Youth Radio talks to Oscar Grant's cousin who witnessed former BART officer Johannes Mehserle shot and kill her love one after celebrating the New Year.
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(download mp3) A new video has surfaced that shows a BART officer, Tony Pirone striking a man believed to be Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day. This tape has gained attention because it has been speculated whether Pirone’s actions fueled the killing of Grant moments later. Prior to this latest video, the only man under questioning was Johannes Mehserle, who has now resigned from the BART police force. Read more...
