Bart Verdict Want Justice

Lawyers and activists said they were disappointed and dissatisfied with the fact that the former officer of BART was convicted of involuntary manslaughter was shot and killed an unarmed man in a black railway station Auckland.

John Burris, family lawyer Grant said that he was "extremely disappointed" with the sentence, which he considered a slap victim's family.


"The sentence is not a true representation of what happened to Oscar Grant and that the officer did to him that night, he said." This is not a matter of involuntary homicide. This is really compromised verdict .... The family is extremely dissatisfied with what happened. This is not a true reflection of how the criminal justice system should work. "

Olis Simmons, executive director of Oakland youth, who advocates a peaceful reaction, called the verdict a miscarriage of justice.

"This is going to him. This trip," said the head of the youth rebellion. "I think that everyone - family, every young black man who is afraid of the police - all goes to this as a miscarriage of justice."

She said federal prosecutors must file a civil suit against the rights of a former officer of BART.

"It does not reflect well that we are all-white jury, and it really leaves the impression that the people of his profession and his race is more important than the life of a young man."

She said that she feared would not be violence, but she hopes "for the best.

Johannes Mehserle was charged with intentionally fired a pistol when he tried to handcuff Oscar J. Grant III in the first day of New Year 2009. Mehserle, 28, tearfully revealed that the fire was a tragic accident occurs, when he mistakenly grabbed his gun, not an electric Taser weapon during the fight with Grant.
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