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Oscar Grant’s family slams letter from Mehserle, whose lawyer calls family ‘mean spirited,’ requests sentencing delay
July 13, 2010
Oscar Grant’s family told reporters Saturday that the letter of apology from Mehserle should have come much sooner and should have been directed to them personally. Mehserle’s attorney, Michael Rains, told KGO-TV on Sunday, “I don’t think that when the family remains that hostile and that nasty and mean-spirited that Mr. Mehserle should be out there offering olive branches because they will not be received.”
Solidarity with Oscar Grant’s family from the families of other police murder victims
February 20, 2010
These short but moving statements of solidarity with the family of Oscar Grant come from parents whose children were also murdered by police. Let’s spread the word to every mayor, city council and police department in the country that the days when police could murder young Black men – or anyone – with impunity are over!