An unarmed civilian on the Oakland subway was shot purposly by who is now a former police officer. As well as the officer helping another officer who was seen mistreating a group of men who they thought was fighting on the train. The officer who was later udentified as Johannes Mehserle age 28 was charged with the Murder in the New Year's Day 2009 shooting of the innocent Oscar J. Grant III. His killing cause a lot of people to turn to violence in Oakland,California.
Also said in court by David R. Stein that minutes before the shooting there was a problem where Mehserle's fellow officers shouted a racial slur at Grant. They said that it wasn't needed because Grant and his friend were already on the floor being detained. So do to this and his killing the Menhserle and the other officers were sentenced to two years.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/11/local/la-me-bart-shooting-20100611
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http://www.latimes.com/videobeta/38a831b6-447f-466e-96d3-2f2512df581f/News/Murder-convictions-for-cops-rare
