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the former bart police officer who killed oscar grant walked out of jail early this morning in los angeles. anne makovec is live in los angeles where grant s family was waiting. good afternoon, ann. reporter: good afternoon. we have actually been out here since before midnight waiting to catch a glimpse of johannes mehserle. if indeed we did see him come out of the los angeles jail as was oscar grant s family. the l.a. county sheriff s department did this in the dead of night, in secrecy, that is because they were concerned for mehserle s safety. so we never did actually get to see him exit. but we know that right now, this afternoon, mehserle is a free man. the sentence has been served. but the family of oscar grant and their supporters say justice has not. if that was us, if that was community residents who were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, we would still be under jail. reporter: johannes mehserle, the ex bart cop who killed oscar grant in 2009, was relea