Family Files $25 mill Lawsuit Over Fatal Oakland BART Shooting
Monday, January 5th, 2009
The family of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old man who was fatally shot by a BART transit officer, is suing the transit agency for $25 million. Grant, who was unarmed, was killed early New Year's morning at an Oakland station after police arrived to break up a fight. Newly released video of the shooting shows that he was not resisting when one of the officers fired his weapon. [Go here, if this video doesn't work]
