Officer who shot Oscar Grant found guilty of manslaughter
Oscar Grant was an unarmed black man traveling on the BART train in Oakland, California, on New Years Day in 2009, who was shot and killed by former transit officer Johannes Mehserle. The shooting, caught on a cell phone camera, went viral immediately and caused rioting in the city of Oakland. Last night, jurors in Los Angeles found Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter ? a sentence that carries jail time of two to four years. Grant’s family, who had been hoping for a murder conviction, was upset with the verdict.
We’re joined by Adimu Madyun, a resident of West Oakland, and a community correspondent for Oakland Voices, a project of the Oakland Tribune newspaper.
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