Some background at to what happened to Oscar Grant:
Several videotapes capturing the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Oakland by a transit police officer were released Thursday by a Los Angeles court, where the officer in on trial for murder.
Former Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who is white, fired a single round as he stood over Oscar Grant III, who was black and was lying face-down on the subway platform. Grant, 22, was struck in the back and died hours later.
Mehserle, 28, resigned from the department days after the shooting without explaining his actions. The trial was moved to Los Angeles amid concerns about the extensive media coverage of the killing in the Bay Area.
The shooting early New Year’s Day 2009 was captured on video by several passengers on a crowded BART train.
There were several videos of the murder:
The officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
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