Tag Archives: Oscar Grant

The Feministing Five: Andrea Prichett

By Anna | Published: September 17, 2011

Tweet In the time of Oscar Grant police brutality is anything but new. The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project found that from April 2009-June 2010, 5,986 reports of misconduct were recorded, 382 fatalities were linked to misconduct and 347,455,000 were spent in related settlements and judgments. Officers escape scot-free from any consequences for [...]

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$1.3 Million does not mean justice for Oscar Grant

By Lori | Published: June 29, 2011

TweetAs reported by the Grio, yesterday the San Francisco transit agency (known as BART) agreed to pay $1.3 million to the mother of Oscar Grant. You’ll remember Grant was the 22-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white transit officer in 2009. The officer was found guilty only of involuntary manslaughter, and [...]

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BREAKING: Oscar Grant’s killer, Johannes Mehserle, Gets Two Years in Prison

By Vanessa | Published: November 5, 2010

Tweet The San Jose Mercury News reports that Johannes Mehserle, the cop that killed Oscar Grant, has just received his sentence: Two years in prison, 146 days served. Colorlines has more. Tweet

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