Justice for Oscar Grant!!!

In the first hours of News Years Day, 2009, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was unarmed and lying facedown on a train platform when he was shot in the back by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) officer Johannes Mehserle. The incident was videotaped by many onlookers who posted the footage to youtube.  (See the footage along with a report on Mehserle’s arrest here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/14/oscar-grants-killer-bart-_n_157824.html.) Because of the visibility of the case and the ensuing public uproar in Oakland, Grant’s family has been able to achieve major victories, most notably the fact that Mehserle is the first police officer ever in the state of California to be charged with murder. Mehserle’s lawyer argued for a change of venue, and the case was moved to L.A.  Since then, it has been up to all of us to mobilize for the fairest and most open process possible. The case could set a new standard for police accountability.

This Week:  L.A. Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant Court Watch

For more information please see the contact information below:

Youth Justice Coalition
@ Chuco’s Justice Center
On the border between South Central L.A. and Inglewood
one light west of Florence and Crenshaw
1137 E. Redondo Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90302
323-235-4243 * Fax: 323-846-9472
freelanow@yahoo.com
www.youth4justice.org