32 Facts About Oscar Grant

Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California.

Oscar Grant was rushed to Highland Hospital in Oakland and pronounced dead later that day.

Oscar Grant served his time in Los Angeles County Jail protective custody, held in a private cell for his safety.

Oscar Grant worked as a meat cutter at Farmer Joe's Marketplace in Oakland's Dimond District after jobs at several Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets.

Oscar Grant had attended both San Lorenzo and Mount Eden high schools in San Lorenzo and Hayward, respectively, until the 10th grade and eventually earned his GED.

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Oscar Grant was on parole at the time of his death, having been released from prison following a sixteen-month sentence for gun possession.

Oscar Grant's funeral was held at the Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward on January 7,2009.

Oscar Grant had been celebrating with his friends at The Embarcadero in San Francisco on New Year's Eve.

Oscar Grant's family alleges in their civil claim against BART that an officer threw Oscar Grant against a wall and kneed him in the face.

Until the report became public in May 2019, Pirone's attorney had maintained that Oscar Grant provoked Pirone by trying to knee the officer in the groin and by hitting Domenici's arm when she tried to handcuff one of Oscar Grant's friends.

Oscar Grant raised his hands while seated against the platform wall.

Witnesses said that Oscar Grant pleaded with BART police not to shock him with a taser.

Oscar Grant stood up, unholstered his gun, a SIG Sauer P226, and fired a shot into Grant's back.

The day after the shooting, BART spokesman Jim Allison said that Oscar Grant was not restrained when he was shot, and multiple witnesses testified that Oscar Grant refused to give up his hands for handcuffing prior to the shooting.

Oakland attorney John Burris, who represented the family in their suit against BART over Oscar Grant's death, said BART confiscated numerous cell phone images that he believed contain additional evidence of the killing.

Oscar Grant said the platform cameras had recorded some of the incident, but footage did not include the shooting.

Oscar Grant retained a criminal defense attorney and refused to speak to the authorities, invoking the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act and the Fifth Amendment, claiming potential self-incrimination.

Oscar Grant was terminated by BART based on an accusation that she was untruthful in her statements to transit investigators.

Oscar Grant's attorney said Mehserle had gone after receiving death threats in the Bay Area.

Oscar Grant later imposed a gag order on attorneys and investigators in the case, prohibiting them from releasing future filings or otherwise commenting to the press.

Oscar Grant said she was fearful when she heard taunts coming from Grant, his friends, and passengers on the train.

Oscar Grant noted that Mehserle had held his weapon with both hands, but he was trained to use just his left if he was firing a Taser.

Oscar Grant protested that "Both rulings amount to grave errors under longstanding and never-questioned California authorities" and alleged that they "substantially interfere with Mehserle's federal due process right to defend against the murder charge".

Oscar Grant said that he would not allow cameras in the courtroom.

Oscar Grant's family expressed outrage at the absence of blacks on the jury.

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Oscar Grant called on the BART Board to hire two independent auditors to investigate the shooting, and to provide recommendations to the board regarding BART Police misconduct.

Oscar Grant's family claimed that officers used racial slurs during the arrest.

Oscar Grant's death has been cited as one of several police killings that contributed to the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement.

Fatal shooting of Oscar Grant was a catalyst for several protests.

Oscar Grant's family pleaded for calm and spoke out against the violence at a press conference the next day.

Oscar Grant claimed that Officer Marysol Domenici had used excessive force against her son while detaining him on the platform at Fruitvale.

Caldwell had testified in a video deposition in 2009 that after Oscar Grant III was shot, Officer Domenici dragged Caldwell across the platform, threatened him with a Taser, and shoved him on a departing train.