The BART Officer charged with the senseless killing of an UNARMED African-American Passenger (22-year old Oscar Grant) at 2:00am on New Years Day, was arrested and extradited from Nevada back to California to face Criminal charges.
After appearing in a Nevada court and waiving extradition Johannes Mehserle, sat behind bars in a Bay Area Santa Rita Jail Wednesday night, charged with murder.
Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff, filed the charges against Mehserle after weighing the compelling evidence of the situation.
Orloff explained his reason for filing Murder charges against Mehserle with these comments:
"At this point, what I feel the evidence indicates, is an unlawful killing done by an intentional act and from the evidence we have there's nothing that would mitigate that to something lower than a murder."
Following the fatal shooting Violent Protests and Riots broke out in the Oakland area from crowds angry over not just the Grant killing but also other previous complaints of Police Racial Profiling and Abuse inflicted upon Minority citizens by BART Officers.
Video of the actual shooting incident.
Sources: Insidebayarea.com, Mercury News, CNN, SFgate, Youtube
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