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Oscar Juliuss Grant III
Remembering you on your birthday (Original journal entry: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TBF/23)
Oscar Juliuss Grant III, (February 27, 1986 – January 1, 2009)
Young unarmed black man gunned down in the subway by white cop. Verdict - 2 years (with time served he's out in 7 mos.).
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police shooting of Oscar Grant refers to the fatal shooting of unarmed civilian Oscar Grant by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BART_Police_shooting_of_Oscar_Grant
(And thanks to Starry for the memory jogger)
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