Former Oakland Transport Cop Arrested For Shooting Death of Oscar Grant

Some Justice May come from this.



A video of the shooting. It's low qaulity and shaky but you probably should see it. It's towards the end.

Police in the Californian city of Oakland have arrested a former officer in connection with the killing of an unarmed man on New Year's Day.

Johannes Mehserle, 27, was taken into custody last night as part of the investigation into the controversial shooting of Oscar Grant earlier this month.

The 22-year-old victim was killed after transport police intervened to stop a fight on a train from San Francisco to Oakland in the early hours of 1 January.

The manner of his death has sparked protests and rioting. Footage filmed by passengers on the train at Fruitvale station appeared to show Grant sitting calmly on the platform shortly before the scuffle that left him dead.

The films – many of which have been placed on YouTube and other video-sharing websites – show Grant being forced to lie face down on the floor before a brief struggle in which Mehserle draws his weapon and shoots once into Grant's back.

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