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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30259\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/06/mehserle1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-30259\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/06/mehserle1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"A 2009 police booking photo of former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle. \" width=\"240\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 2009 police booking photo of former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\\\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:20 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer convicted of killing passenger Oscar Grant III, was on the witness stand again Friday testifying about the circumstances surrounding the fatal Jan. 1, 2009, shooting. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mehserle and BART are defendants in a federal civil rights suit brought by Grant's father. 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Mehserle was acquitted of the murder charges in the earlier trial, held in Los Angeles, but convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He said during testimony on Wednesday that he disagreed with the jury's verdict in that case. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post update includes reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle made an abbreviated appearance on the stand this afternoon — his testimony interrupted when the judge in the case recessed the trial until Friday. Here's the Associated Press on Mehserle's Wednesday testimony:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The former San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police who shot and killed a man on a train platform said Wednesday he disagreed with a jury's verdict convicting him of involuntary manslaughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johannes Mehserle was called to the witness stand to testify in a civil trial stemming from a lawsuit filed by the father of Oscar Grant, who was killed on New Year's Day 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grant's father is suing BART, Mehserle and others over the shooting.Mehserle said he accidentally used his gun when he meant to use his Taser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mehserle paused for several seconds when he was asked whether he agreed with the jury's verdict, which led to his serving about a year in a jail. After answering no, Mehserle wasn't asked any follow-up questions about the verdict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The father's lawyer, Waukeen McCoy was just beginning to question Mehserle about the shooting of Grant on the Fruitvale station platform in Oakland when the judge halted testimony for the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mehserle's testimony continues Friday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day 2009, is appearing in court today to testify in a lawsuit filed by Grant's father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The elder Grant, who's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oscar-Grant-s-imprisoned-dad-sues-BART-3288160.php\" target=\"_blank\">serving a life sentence for murder\u003c/a>, is seeking unspecified damages for violating his civil right to a familial relationship with his son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not the first lawsuit in the case. BART has settled suits filed on behalf of Grant III's mother and daughter for a total of $2.8 million. Last month, the agency \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-settles-suit-filed-by-Oscar-Grant-s-friends-5493273.php\" target=\"_blank\">settled a civil rights lawsuit\u003c/a> brought by several of the men detained with Grant at the Fruitvale BART station in 2009. The reported payment in that case was $175,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And today is not the first time Mehserle has testified. He also appeared in his 2010 murder trial in Los Angeles, which resulted in a guilty verdict on the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. The San Francisco Chronicle's Demian Bulwa covered Mehserle's testimony. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mehserle-on-stand-Emotion-integrity-in-focus-3183764.php\" target=\"_blank\">Some of his impressions\u003c/a> of that 2010 testimony:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After Mehserle's seven-hour appearance ended Friday, there were two questions: Did Mehserle murder Grant? And now that he was a human being with a voice, was he the type who could murder Grant?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the most part, the 28-year-old was calm, comfortable and careful, and he came across as the young and inexperienced officer that he is - or was. He often paused after questions, formulating his answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He cried almost every time he talked about the first moments after he shot Grant - a 22-year-old Hayward resident - in the back. Every time he did, a protest of faint muttering would emerge from Grant's relatives and supporters in the gallery. They, too, were a factor in his testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Robert Perry was wary of letting emotion or stagecraft overwhelm Mehserle's explanation for killing Grant - that he thought he had his Taser in his hand when he shot him while trying to handcuff him on Jan. 1, 2009, that \"the thought of my gun never came into the equation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry told defense attorney Michael Rains to speed things up as he asked Mehserle for childhood memories, and he later cut him off - \"That's too much, Mr. Rains\" - when he tried to drill deeper into his client's grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor David Stein at one point started to crank up an attack, but Perry admonished him: \"Lower your voice.\" He later stopped Stein from asking Mehserle if he ever felt compelled to apologize to Grant's family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry was most stern with the gallery, where a Grant supporter was arrested after telling Mehserle to \"save those f-ing tears.\" The judge bellowed: \"I'll clear the courtroom.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Finally: Here's the lawsuit, filed in 2009:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_85167\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/229232428/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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BART has settled suits filed on behalf of Grant III's mother and daughter for a total of $2.8 million. Last month, the agency \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-settles-suit-filed-by-Oscar-Grant-s-friends-5493273.php\" target=\"_blank\">settled a civil rights lawsuit\u003c/a> brought by several of the men detained with Grant at the Fruitvale BART station in 2009. The reported payment in that case was $175,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And today is not the first time Mehserle has testified. He also appeared in his 2010 murder trial in Los Angeles, which resulted in a guilty verdict on the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. 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They, too, were a factor in his testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Robert Perry was wary of letting emotion or stagecraft overwhelm Mehserle's explanation for killing Grant - that he thought he had his Taser in his hand when he shot him while trying to handcuff him on Jan. 1, 2009, that \"the thought of my gun never came into the equation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry told defense attorney Michael Rains to speed things up as he asked Mehserle for childhood memories, and he later cut him off - \"That's too much, Mr. Rains\" - when he tried to drill deeper into his client's grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor David Stein at one point started to crank up an attack, but Perry admonished him: \"Lower your voice.\" He later stopped Stein from asking Mehserle if he ever felt compelled to apologize to Grant's family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry was most stern with the gallery, where a Grant supporter was arrested after telling Mehserle to \"save those f-ing tears.\" The judge bellowed: \"I'll clear the courtroom.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Finally: Here's the lawsuit, filed in 2009:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_85167\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/229232428/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO (KQED and AP) — A federal appeals court says Oscar's Grant father can proceed with a civil rights lawsuit against Johannes Mehserle, the BART officer who shot and killed his son on a train platform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105040\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-105040 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/oscargrant.jpg-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar J. Grant III, is comforted by her supporters outside the Los Angeles Superior Court after the involuntary manslaughter verdict against Johannes Mehserle (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar J. Grant III, is comforted by her supporters outside Los Angeles Superior Court after the involuntary manslaughter verdict against Johannes Mehserle. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27061\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 298px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/05/11/bart-excused-from-oscar-grant-civil-lawsuit/oscargrantfam0511/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27061\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-27061 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/05/oscargrantfam0511.jpg\" alt=\"Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar J. Grant III, was comforted by her supporters outside the Los Angeles Superior Court after Johannes Mesherle was sentanced to voluntary manslaughter. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty \" width=\"298\" height=\"198\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar J. Grant III, was comforted by her supporters outside the Los Angeles Superior Court after Johannes Mesherle was sentanced to voluntary manslaughter. 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Everybody knows what it's like to have a mom, everybody knows how it is to have somebody they love, a lot of people know what it's like to have a daughter and a lot people know what it's like to be 22 years old.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In advance of the film opening tonight, KQED reporter Stephanie Martin spoke with two young Oakland residents on Thursday about the movie and their hopes for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stephanie Martin\u003c/strong>: The film \"Fruitvale Station\" opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow and nowhere will it hit closer to home than East Oakland. It tells the story of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was unarmed when BART police officer Johannes Mehserle shot him on the Fruitvale train platform early New Year’s Day 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today I visited Oakland’s Youth Uprising Community Center. There I met Brandon Robbins and Dimitrius McWilliams. 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For me it’s always been I try to stay far away from the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin\u003c/strong>: What about you Dimitrius? Did your outlook change at all after the Oscar Grant killing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dimitrius McWilliams\u003c/strong>: My outlook on BART police changed in that I’m more cautious and it kinds of makes me think that could have been me if I was him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin\u003c/strong>: The movie comes out tomorrow. You’ve seen the trailers, but you haven’t seen the film, neither one of you. What are you hoping this movie shows?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robbins\u003c/strong>: I would hope and think they would go into more of the case, the facts about the case. It’s similar to the Trayvon Martin case, at this point it’s become much bigger than Oscar Grant. It’s become a civilians v. the police type thing, so I’m hoping that they actually in a way celebrate him, but at the same time make it very clear this is an issue and this is an issue that won’t be tolerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin\u003c/strong>: And how about you Dimitrius?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McWilliams:\u003c/strong> I feel every time I see the trailer I get kind of happy, because it’s starting to show you can do anything, make a movie about it and bring it to everybody’s attention and they can have a conversation about it and have the ability to speak about how they feel. Also, when the movie comes out I hope it shows things aren’t always what it seems. You can have one side of the story and the other side of the story, but this movie, like what Brandon was saying, I hope it also does show the actual inside, in-depth details, not too in-depth, but in-depth details, so people can actually understand and not just say, \"Mehserle, blah, blah, blah, he’s racist, he’s racist.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin\u003c/strong>: Of course, the backdrop is your town Oakland, the place you live. What are you hoping for Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>McWilliams:\u003c/strong> I want to see Oakland join and stop all the fighting, and everybody should all at least care for one another, start caring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Martin\u003c/strong>: Do you think a movie has that kind of power?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robbins\u003c/strong>: Yeah, it definitely can. They say video games have that kind of power, so I think a movie can. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Fruitvale\u003c/em>, a film about the shooting death of Oscar Grant, has been in production around Oakland, as some have been tweeting...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ChadMMurray/status/227202824113627137\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/octaviaspencer/status/225564661498642432\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818055/\">Spencer\u003c/a> won the Academy Award earlier this year for her supporting role in \u003cem>The Help\u003c/em>. She's playing Oscar Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson; \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430107/\">Michael B. Jordan\u003c/a> of \"Friday Night Lights\" will also star, reportedly as Grant himself. 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A look at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334649/fullcredits#cast\">cast list on IMDB\u003c/a> yields no clues. So I asked Johnson if he knew who might be portraying the former BART cop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have no idea,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"updates\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: I asked Mehserle defense attorney Michael Rains what he thought about a movie being made about the incident. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think Johannes or I have any problem if the family wants to do a movie,\" he said. \"It's a tragedy what happened, and movies capture tragedy. 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