Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle
People raise fists at a rally in Oakland to protest the imminent release of Johannes Mehserle, a BART police officer who shot and killed an unarmed rider on Jan. 1, 2009. Mehserle is to be released today.
People raise fists at a rally in Oakland to protest the imminent release of Johannes Mehserle, a BART police officer who shot and killed an unarmed rider on Jan. 1, 2009. Mehserle is to be released today.
Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer
“OAKLAND — A few hundred protesters marched peacefully through Oakland on Sunday on the eve of the release from jail of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot and killed unarmed train rider Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day 2009.”