#Fruitvale station netflix trial

Shortly afterward, the train conductor announced to the passengers that the police had been contacted and were on their way to the station at which they were stopped.

Some of the other passengers on the train, along with Grant's girlfriend Sophina, were able to break up the fight. Both protests and riots took place in the following days. Owners disseminated their footage to media outlets and to various websites where it went viral. The events were captured on bystanders’ mobile phones. Grant was rushed to Highland Hospital in Oakland and pronounced dead later that day. BART officer Anthony Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station. Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. $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 Second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, and gun enhancement

#Fruitvale station netflix trial

Gun enhancement conviction overturned by trial judge.

Not guilty of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.Guilty of involuntary manslaughter and gun enhancement.Homicide, manslaughter, police killing, shooting