Oversight of BART police in the wake of Oscar Grant shooting

Fri, 07/24/2009 - 13:53
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In California, the defense attorney of a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 22 year-old Oscar Grant is seeking the dismissal of murder charges. The attorney claims the death was accidental arguing that his client intended to fire his taser, but pulled the trigger of his handgun by mistake. Meanwhile, BART governance has been slowly working towards a promise it made after the shooting — to create a civilian body to oversee the BART police. As Andrew Stelzer reports, its unclear whether Bay Area citizens will end up with any real power when that oversight body is finally passed into law.

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