SF News Monday: Rally Planned for BART Civic Center Shooting A group called No Justice, No Bart will hold a rally to protest Sunday's officer-involved shooting of Charles Hill, 45, a man with no fixed address. If you recall, two BART cops responded
SF News Johannes Mehserle Could Be Out of Jail With Less Than Half His Sentence Served Johannes Mehserle, the former BART cop sentenced to two years in prison for the involuntary manslaughter of Oscar Grant, is scheduled to be back in court for a hearing on June 1st where
SF News Grant Family Attorney Gives a Statement on Mehserle Sentence John Burris, the Grant family's civil attorney, gave a lengthy statement for the press following the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle. Burris, who has been present at the trial along with the Grant family,
SF News Scenes After Johannes Mehserle Sentencing As many of you know by now, Johannes Mehserle received the minimum sentence of 2 years jail time, with time-served credit attached. In all, the former BART cop, convicted of killing Oscar Grant
SF News Mehserle Sentencing On Friday BART cop Johannes Mehserle, convicted of killing Oscar Grant on a Fruitvale platform on New Year's Day2009, will finally hear his sentence on Friday. "The sentence could range from 14 years in prison
SF News McCovey Cove 'Oscar Grant' v. 'Johannes Mehserle' Battle Continues At last night's victorious playoff game, a mini brouhaha went down in McCovey Cove, drama that started in September after a pro-Johannes Mersherle hoisted up during a Giants game. SFist commenter hillarys_quivering_
SF News Johannes "Doing Okay" Behind Bars, Says Mehserle's Father During a tearful interview with KTVU at San Jose City Hall, Todd Mehserle, father of convicted BART cop Johannes, said that his son "is in the wrong place" and that "it's a very,
SF News Johannes Mehserle's Public Apology Letter Here's the letter of apology (.pdf) from Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant, written on Sunday, July 4, days before the verdict was
SF News Justice Department Stepping in to Investigate Mehserle Case The federal government has decided to intervene following yesterday's verdict in the trial of Johannes Mehserle. The Justice Department's civil rights division, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco and
SF News Dumpsters Burn, Foot Locker Looted, Not Much Else Goes Down In Oakland Here's some raw footage, shot by ABC 7, intended to make you believe Oakland was just a big chaotic bonfire following the Mehserle verdict. In actuality, these were just a few fiery dumpsters
SF News SF Chronicle Agrees With Mehserle Verdict Well, that was fast. The San Francisco Chronicle has declared involuntary manslaughter "the right verdict in Mehserle case." Way to wait a day or two to let things settle. Or sink in. Sheesh.
SF News Scenes from Oakland After Mehserle Verdict Images from Oakland shortly after the Johannes Mehserle verdict was announced. Reactions ranged from calm and peaceful to violent and abrasive, including several small incidents of looting and arson. Read SFist's continuing coverage
SF News Mehserle's Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction: Right or Wrong? BART cop Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter today. Do you agree with the jury? Do You Agree With Mehserle's Involuntary Manslaughter Verdict?survey software Read SFist's continuing coverage of the verdict
SF News UPDATED: Johannes Mehserle: Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict: BART cop Johannes Mehserle is guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was convicted of killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day 2009. Involuntary manslaughter comes with a
SF News Verdict Reached In Mehserle Case; Announcement at 4 p.m. The jury has reached a verdict in the Mehserle case. Johannes Mehserhle, accused of killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day at the Frutivale platform, faces a conviction of 2nd degree murder (15
SF News Mehserle Verdict Update: Deliberations Cut Short The Mehserle jury is in recess now until 9 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday. The day was cut short after a juror had to go to a doctor's appointment this afternoon. The jury, according
SF News UPDATED: Mehserle Trial Deliberations Might End Today, Might Not Jurors in the Johannes Mehserle trial down in L.A. deliberated for a just few hours on Thursday before being set free for a four-day holiday weekend. They begin again this morning, however
SF News Scenes from Oakland Amid Johannes Mehserle Verdict Hoopla While we wait for the Johannes Mehserle case to conclude--for those of you who recently rose from a coma, the BART cop is on trial for the shooting death of Oscar Grant on
SF News How Guilty, If at All, Is Johannes Mehserle? As the Mehserle closing arguments wrap up, on Thursday, the Chronicle reports, jurors "were told that the video-recorded killing during an arrest at BART's Fruitvale Station in Oakland was either an intentional act
SF News Oakland Riot Speculation Swirls as Mehserle Verdict Looms Oakland riots, will they or won't they happen? Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop accused of killing Oscar Grant at the Frutivale station, could face 2nd degree murder (15 years - life), voluntary manslaughter
SF News Former S.F. Police Chief Frank Jordan Doesn't Believe Johannes Mehserle As the Mehserle defense rests its case today, former San Francisco Police Chief Frank Jordan told SF Weekly that he's not buying Mehserle's story. "My personal opinion is, [Mehserle's story] is pretty hard
SF News Mehserle Breaks Down In Court, Judge Clears Courtroom According to Beth Spotswood at Eye On Blogs, things took a turn for the LA Law-ish during today's Mehserle trial. It seems that, while testifying about shooting Oscar Grant, BART cop Johannes Mehserle
SF News Mehserle Trial Starts Today, Damning Evidence To Be Revealed As the Johannes Mehserle trial starts today, the prosecution has a surprise that might not bode well for the former BART cop accused of murdering Oscar Grant. See, according to BCN (via CBS
SF News Judge Denies Defense Motion In Oscar Grant Trial Judge Robert Perry denied "a defense motion to allow police officers to be part of the jury pool for the upcoming trial" of Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop accused of murdering Oscar Grant
SF News BART Fires Another Cop From Oscar Grant Shooting BART purged itself of another cop (tangentially?) involved in the 2009 New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant. BART cop Tony Pirone, accused of being an "instigator" in the shooting, was fired this
