SF News New Footage Reveals Police Brutality Prior to Oscar Grant Murder New cellphone footage of the night of Oscar Grant's murder has surfaced. What does it show? It seems, according to reports, a second BART officer, not Johannes Mehserle, can be seen assaulting a
SF News BART Wants to Reduce Service, Increase Fares Due to a budget shortfall of up to $90 million this year, BART officials are considering slower BART service and increased fares and fees. In addition to a possible fare hike of 10
SF News Unidentified Man Shot in Face at Hayward BART Station A 23-year-old man took a bullet to the visage on Saturday at the Hayward BART station. The incident happened just outside the East Bay station on Saturday. And although the police are investigating
SF News Mehserle Pleads 'Not Guilty' Johannes Mehserle, the ex-BART officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day, pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder. During a "tense" hearing, Mehserle "entered court for about three minutes ... spoke
SF News Peaceful Oakland Protest Turns Mildly Irate Even though BART officer Johannes Mehserle was arrested and charged with the murder of Oscar Grant, violence hit the streets of Oakland last night as yesterday's protest ended. About 18 people were arrested
SF News BART Cop Update: Suicide Watch! Murder Charges! Nevada! In an amazing twist, murder charges were officially filed against Johannes Mehserle, 27, who (allegedly) shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day on the Fruitvale BART station platform. The amazing part
SF News BART Cop Protest Planned for Tonight Although BART cop Johannes Mehserle was arrested yesterday, another protest is planned today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in front of Oakland City Hall (Frank Ogawa Plaza). But wait, there's
SF News BART Officer Arrested for Shooting, Killing Oscar Grant Johannes Mehserle was arrested in Nevada today in connection with the shooting and killing of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day. According the Chronicle, "Mehserle, 27, was taken into custody in Douglas County,
SF News Oscar Grant Killing and Gays = Wha? In an effort to dilute itself into irrelevance, Join the Impact, a grassroots No On 8 site, has now taken on Our Patron Saint of BART Police Oppression, Oscar Grant. In its most
SF News FAQ About the BART Shooting Investigation Say what you will about BART, they appear to be on top of their game PR-wise. Take, for example, their ultra-handy FAQ section on the shooting at the Fruitvale Station. While their nifty
SF News Non-Terror Wreaks Non-Havoc at Civic Center BART Protest Remember how there was supposed to be a protest cum riot at Civic Center tonight? "The kids in Oakland know how to party. Let's show them they are not alone," they puffed chest-ily
SF News BART Done with Grant Shooting Investigation BART announced this afternoon that they finished up their internal investigation into the shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day. The results haven't been made public, but they were handed over
SF News Demonstration Planned for Murder of Oscar Grant Seeing as how "the relationship of the police officer and the civilian is perverse," at least according to the good folks over at IndyBay, there will be a demonstration against the police murder
SF News Todd Mehserle's Angry Internet History by Hunter Walker Todd Mehserle, whose son Johannes is the BART officer who was captured on film shooting Oscar Grant as he lay unarmed and facedown on a subway platform, seems to have
SF News IndyBay Scribe Admits to Public Transit Mischief IndyBay, the Bay Area's best online humor site, admits to wreaking havoc -- havoc!! -- on a North Berkeley BART station. To save you precious index finger energy, we will repost the post
SF News Increase BART Police Oversight, Demand Elected Officials Photo by Jim Herd. Not too stupid to miss a prime opportunity to get in some face time, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Senator Leland Yee, and freshly crowned San Francisco Supervisor David Campos stood
SF News Melee Hits Oakland Streets for Second Night Police in riot gear closed down a main street in Oakland after protesters tried to stop cars, light a fire, and threw trash cans into the street last night. Office buildings around 14th
SF News Community Expresses Rage at BART Board Meeting Angry community members showed up at today's BART board meeting. Although the BART board had an affected and somewhat curious moment of silence for Oscar Grant, Grant's death was overwhelmingly being labeled "an
SF News Photos from BART Police Shooting Riot in Downtown Oakland, 1/7 Scenes from last night's BART shooting protest turned riot in Downtown Oakland.
SF News Protest Over BART Shooting Turns to Riot Several hours of violence erupted Wednesday night as demonstrators at "smashed storefronts and cars, set several cars ablaze and blocked streets in downtown Oakland." The riot started after a protest was held at
SF News BART Update "Date: Jan 7, 2009 3:41 PM -- There is a station closure at Fruitvale Station in both directions due to civil protest." Oh dear. (Oh, and to get BART updates sent to
SF News BART Officer Quits In what's beginning to look like an unfortunate accident, BART officer Johannes Mehserle resigned today after fatally shooting Oscar Grant at the Frutivale BART station on New Year's Day. Johannes Mehserle was supposed
SF News Death Threats Sent to BART Police Officer Sadly, Matier & Ross have word that the BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day is now receiving death threats. It seems the BART officer in question,
SF News Bart Police Protest At Fruitvale BART Tomorrow Eh. We still think many folks are acting premature on this one, getting exciting about an exciting protest for the sake of protest, which might fatally dilute the original meaning. (What else is
SF News BART Erases "Rude Rider Hall of Shame" Crestfallen doesn't begin to describe how we feel what we're about to tell you. Akit's Complaint Department informs us that BART has removed their much-loved, nascent "Rude Rider Hall of Shame." They leave
