A look at the Bay Area officers charged with assault, excessive force, death since Oscar Grant
By Lisa Fernandez
Johannes Mehserle is seen during his booking on January 13, 2009.
OAKLAND, Calif. - A lot has changed in the world since BART Officer Johannes Mehserle was charged with the death of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale station in 2009.
At the time, the charges against the former officer were extremely rare. A jury found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
In the last 12 years, district attorneys in the Bay Area have charged about a dozen officers for the deaths or assaults on other people, although they have mostly found that the officers actions in other deadly shootings were justified.
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Judge dismisses criminal charges against man shot by SFPD
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SF Police officer body cam video is shown during SF Police town hall, about recent officer involved shooting of Jamaica Hampton, at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle
A San Francisco judge has dropped the criminal case against Jamaica Hampton, the 25-year-old man who was accused of attacking San Francisco police officers with a bottle just before he was shot and injured by one of the cops.
Both Hampton and the rookie officer who shot him, Christopher Flores, were indicted by a grand jury last year for charges stemming from the confrontation on December 7, 2019.
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