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A jail official says a former transit police officer who allegedly shot dead an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform on New Year’s Day has been arrested in Nevada.

A Douglas County jail official confirmed that 27-year-old Johannes Mehserle was in custody Tuesday night under a fugitive warrant issued in California. The official would not give their name because the arrest had not been announced.

Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff is expected to announce details of the arrest Wednesday. There was no immediate word on what the charges of Mehserle faces.

Witnesses say Mehserle shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back while he was lying facedown. The shooting was captured on video and has led to numerous protests.

Mehserle resigned his position last week from the Bay Area Rapid Transit.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mrperfect21584/ Mrperfect21584

    bout damn time

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GhettoIndia02/ GhettoIndia02

    That was cold and crazy. Why is it that some police officers feels as if they can do whatever they want? I watch Cops and sometimes I thin that the force use upon unarmed people is unnecessary. Why would it take 8 fat ass police men to subdue one petite 150lbs man?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bball_girl07/ Bball_girl07

    I saw that video. It was horrible. About time this cop goes to jail. We need to look back at other cases like that and prosecute those officers too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babytonnie/ babytonnie

    it’s about time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ceedre/ ceedre

    That was straght B>S> I hope they throw away the key. Praises for Justice. He nor his folks deserved that nor did our people.Be Safe-.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    Thnaks for keeping us informed and up to date on Oscar’s murder. Praise God justice will be done.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sulaiman26/ Sulaiman26

    Yo the need to hang that cop from the tallest tree. How you gonan shoot an unarmed man in the back while he layin down? wheres the threat…. he couldnt have feared for his life. Hope he gets all he deserves… My condolances to the Grant Family….. Keep it strong ya’ll

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kinky_Shepard/ Kinky_Shepard

    I too agree its about time the dirty cop was arrested. Just watch….dirty white cops are going to be coming out of the wood-works now that Obama is president. Don’t be fooled…not everyone white is happy about a black man as president of the U.S

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BaddA55Caram3l/ BaddA55Caram3l

    see thats why ppl dont mind running they asses ova and shooting the badges off they ass cause they always doing some sorry illegal ass shyt.. they some crooked ass bastards and most of them wake up with kill on they minds..but real talk thoa..my bible teaches that “if you live by the sword, you die also by the sword”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweetNsexy118/ sweetNsexy118

    Let us all remember that an arrest does not mean a conviction…We must all still continue to pray for justice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayclip/ jayclip

    Thats Good…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ThePrinceofSTL/ ThePrinceofSTL

    Good. The next step is putting a bullet in his back now.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigsexy616/ bigsexy616

    they got his ass!!! convicted of murder

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tikishawn32/ tikishawn32

    Cop need his ass beat down the cops that shot & sean bell got off this damn cop need to be beat down & shot at he deserve what he gets i hope they f**k his ass up in jail. He will be somebody’s b***h in jail.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dabratt_ny/ dabratt_ny

    I’m pissed that this is the first time I’m hearing about this and it happened damn near 2 weeks ago. As for the cop, no need for me to speak on him & his punishment, karma is a ___ & God sees all…his work alone will take care of this man, guaranteed!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TRENAB2/ TRENAB2

    You know that’s really sad another black man has been killed for know reason at all. It’s time for everyone to get down on one knee and pray this is not what the Lord had in store for the world..Martin Luther King had a dream that we all be treated as equal.. And from the looks of it there’s some people out here hating and killing and still prejudice..
    But my regards to his family…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kadeedra/ kadeedra

    I saw the horrid video courtesy of BET News brief…and there is nothing on that video that can justify the outcome. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And even my nephews were like, “why did he shoot him, he wasn’t doing nothing, he couldn’t move.” Out of the mouth of babes…

    For the higher ups to try to disillusion the public into thinking, “wow, maybe he made a mistake and meant to use the taser” is to assume that we are indeed ….brainless and blind. You have an officer knee in his back…more than a few officers were around him, where was the threat? And nothing ever surfaced about the supposed fight that cause the officers to be there to begin with?

    It’s New Year’s Eve/Day, of course they would be loud.2009 not even three hours old ….umm-umm-ummph. It’s the Bell case all over again…

    Now we can hope for justice that the officer will be punished to the fullest extent of the law as would any of us if the situation were reversed, but we can count on, as history has constantly shown us, that he will be acquitted and asked to resign his resignation. WoW…is all I can say??? Let’s just hope that he don’t get off on some bogus technicality…

    Funny, these “accidents” are never reported in the other community.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NiNi_LV/ NiNi_LV

    they better had arrested him. the folks in oakland were going to protest every wednesday until he got arrested. and there is a good chance they would have kept turning into riots.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    just cause hes arrested doesnt prevent or change what happen. thing is mutha f**ka was a cop. n alot of cops been doing that kinda s**t lately. remember just because he got arrested for the crime doesnt rewind back time or prevent future killer cops. look what happen to sean bell. is people forgetting or something? im not from ny n i heard bout that s**t. and seems like only thing these new sites do is report dis n that and they dont do enough to take action either.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/niceandsmooth77/ niceandsmooth77

    WHY IS THERE VERY LITTLE NEWS ABOUT THIS ON TV?HUMM NOT WHITE PROBLEM?O NANCY GRACE,CNN AND FOX NEWS CAN TALK ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE MISS AND BEING MURDERED ALL DAY AND NIGHT BUT NEVER PROFILE BLACK PEOPLE UNLESS ITS FROM A JAIL CELL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/THISDADISTHECOOLEST/ THISDADISTHECOOLEST

    FUC DA POLICE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackdiamond184/ blackdiamond184

    Good thing for video cameras huh !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/enough63/ enough63

    f**K the laws them hoe ass ni55@$

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizzcherry18/ mizzcherry18

    thats good fa his dumb ass…he should have been locked up

  • http://www.blackplanet.com//

    Just thank GOD this demon has been placed out in the open and revealed. A lot of blacks have been murdered by the police un-noticed. But when the grass is cut the snake will show. If this rookie pig only get a slap on the wrist and not charged with murder. We should seek our own justice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tee2810/ tee2810

    p***y ass cops what if it was there fam and it was a black person dat did it hang his ass

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/indylooking4love/ indylooking4love

    you know god do not like ugly and he will have to face a higher power on day we will always overcome and noone can take that away from us we have been though enough and they best believe they can never defeat us

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/magikk/ magikk

    I believe that the anger we ALL feel is justified but we must also make sure that we give justice a try as well. This situation occured because Mehserle dished out his own justice. He has to be tried according to the law. I don’t like it as much as the rest of you but that is the way things have to go down. The prosecution has a STRONG case and if Mehserle gets a halfway decent attorney he can plead to either negligent homicide or manslaughter and may serve about 5 yrs if that. But all the talk of Murder charges just isn’t rational. You have to remember that this is a aw enforcement officer. The only reason he’s even being questioned is because he got caught. If no one videotaped the incident then he would be facing no charges, still be employed as a BART officer, and more than likely Oscar Grant woudl have been portrayed as a violent gang memeber who resisted arrest with force and had to be taken down. That’s just the way the system works people. It’s been that way for a very long tiem and it won’t change any time soon if it changes at all. I knwo it sounds sad and unfair but it is what it is and we should be used to it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Darkerberry1/ Darkerberry1

    He needs to face 1rst degree murder!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARNELL222/ DARNELL222

    ok magikk not to be personal but yours was the 1′st blog i read. Bro whats wrong when u feel what it is is what it is?I don’t know what side of the track U grow up on but that kind of atitude don’t get it any more with me or the folks i know. The Bart cop ought to be dealed ot the same verdict he putout as far as i am concered, acording to what was wrote in the articale.Thats the main problem to many OSCAR GRANTS and not any right thinking black people to see why real justice is not done.Brother man do me a favor and leave the space and ink U used for some one that can make a more positive foot print cause the garbage u speak could start something . latter 222

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kadia_Francis/ Kadia_Francis

    As much as i understand what your saying Magikk you are talking like a defeated negro. Thats our biggest problem as black people we have a defeatist attitude or we have a violent attitude no room for thought or change. We eact at both end of the spectrum hence the reason why nothing gets done or no change occure we need to fuu and lobby and do not let it rest till justice is served. But instead what we do is get angry for a few minutes then tuck our tail between our legs and sulk off in our own little corner somewhere. Change only happens when you do all that is possible to bring it about b***hing and complaining about the system isnt even a solution but an additional problem.

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