POLICE OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING DEAD UNARMED BLACK MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER

January 14, 2009

It’s about time! The BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform and then refused to explain his actions to investigators was arrested Tuesday in Nevada on suspicion of murder, authorities said. Johannes Mehserle, 27, was arrested in the New Year’s Day shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old supermarket worker from Hayward who was lying facedown after being pulled off a BART train by police investigating a fight. An Alameda County judge signed an arrest warrant […]