Nov. 5, 2010: 12 years ago, Nov 5 2010, protests broke out over the lenient sentence [...]

12 years ago, Nov 5 2010, protests broke out over the lenient sentence given to BART police officer Johannes Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant III. Mehserle was given the minimum recommended sentence of only two years minus time served. He was released less than a year later

Oscar Grant was murdered by BART police on New Year’s Day 2009. Demonstrators and legal observers arrested at the November 5th sentencing protests later won a $1,000,000 settlement from Oakland and Alameda County
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