A vigil is planned for Wednesday at the Fruitvale BART
station to mark the 11th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III
by a BART police officer.
The noon rally at the station at 3401 E. 12th St. will
celebrate the life of Grant, who was fatally shot by former BART police Officer
Johannes Mehserle on New Year’s Day in 2009.
It is being organized by the Oscar Grant Foundation, which
is headed by Grant’s mother, the Rev. Wanda Johnson.
A mural of Grant was unveiled at the Fruitvale BART station
in June and a previously unnamed street next to the station has been renamed Oscar
Grant III Way.
Mehserle was charged with murder and a jury eventually
convicted him of involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to two years in
prison.
Source: NBC Bay Area
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