Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant III in 2009, was quietly released from jail early Monday morning. At approximately 12:01 a.m., Mehserle was released ...

(The Root) — Fruitvale Station — a film chronicling the final day of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Oakland, Calif., native who was shot and killed by a transit-police officer on New Year’s Day in ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - It's been 15 years since the tragic killing of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station, and today an organization honored his memory with a vigil in Oakland. Fifteen years ago, the ...

It’s been five days since the verdict of involuntary manslaughter was handed down to former Oakland, Calif., transit cop Johannes Mehserle for the shooting death of unarmed Oscar Grant III as he lay ...

This powerful audio piece captures the raw emotion and collective outrage following the fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant III by a BART officer on January 1, 2009. Through a mix of protest chants, ...

OAKLAND — Family members of slain BART passenger Oscar Grant III are calling for peace and forgiveness as the one-year anniversary of his shooting death at the Fruitvale station in Oakland approaches.

Community activist Tony Coleman joins Davey D to discuss the trial of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer convicted in the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III. Coleman shares the community ...

In the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009, on a platform of Oakland’s Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit Station, a young man named Oscar Grant III was shot in the back by a BART transit officer. The ...

It wasn’t until the death of Trayvon Martin that people started to hear the name Oscar Grant III. He was fatally shot by a police officer in Oakland, California in the early hours of January 1, 2009.

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2009, on a platform of Oakland's Fruitvale BART Station, a young man named Oscar Grant III was shot in the back by a transit officer. The officer later claimed ...

Several hundred people gathered in front of the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland today to remember and celebrate the life of Oscar Grant III, who was shot and killed by a BART police officer there on ...