Oscar Grant III is a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009. In response to reports of a scuffle on a crowded Bay Area train returning from San Francisco, BART agents arrested Grant and several other passengers on the platform at Fruitvale BART station. BART officer Anthony Pirone knelt on Grant's head and forced the unarmed Grant to lie face down on the podium. While Pirone held Grant on his stomach, Mehserle pulled out a pistol and shot Grant in the back. Grant was taken to Oakland Highland Hospital and was declared dead later that day. Events are recorded on a number of official and private digital videos and private mobile cameras. The owners have released their images to the various media and websites they have spread. Peaceful and violent protests took place in the following days.
| Time | 2:15 a.m. PST (10:15 UTC) |
| Date | January 01, 2009 |
| Accused | Johannes Mehserle |
| Convicted | Johannes Mehserle |
| Charges | Second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and gun enhancement |
| Convictions | Involuntary manslaughter (jury's guilty verdict of gun enhancement charge overturned by the trial judge) |
| Litigation | $50 million (originally $25 million) lawsuit by John Burris against BART on behalf of Grant's mother and daughter was settled for $2.8 million, Grant's father's lawsuit was denied |
Other Oscar Grant was born in United States on February 27, 1986. He dies at the age of 22, on January 1, 2009.
American man who's shooting death at the hands of a BART police officer on New Year's Day 2009 was caught on video, leading to a series of protests about police violence in Oakland, California. Fruitvale Station, directed by Director Ryan Coogler, was based on the story.
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Oscar Grant was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1986 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.
Grant had spent the previous New Year's Eve in San Francisco and was planned to travel home via BART.
The officer who shot him was sentenced to over a year in prison as a result of the incident. Fruitvale Station won the Best First Film award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Tatiana, Gray's daughter, survived him. His mother and daughter filed a $50 million lawsuit against BART before agreeing to a $3 million settlement.
Fruitvale Station starred Movie Actor Michael B. Jordan as Grant.
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