What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 2009
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 37.78° N, 122.22° W
- Description
- 2009 shooting in Oakland, California
Killing of Oscar Grant
2009 police killing in Oakland, California
Oscar Grant was a 22-year-old Black man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station.
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