According to the New York Times, O’Malley released a report saying that Pirone, who was removed from the BART police force in 2010, will not be charged because he neither killed Grant nor aided and abetted Johannes Mehserle, who was convicted of manslaughter in a Southern California court in 2010.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O Malley says she will not file a murder charge against former BART police officer Tony Pirone in connection to the death of Oscar Grant back in 2009.
O Malley says the evidence is not there, but Grant s family members are vowing to keep the fight going. My heart hurts today because for 12 years I ve been crying out for justice for my son, says Oscar Grant s mom Wanda Johnson, as she fought back tears Monday. My son s head was smashed against the wall and he was kicked and he was punched and the officer, Pirone, still walks around free today, says Johnson.
A Bay Area prosecutor will not file a murder charge against a second transit officer involved in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Black man at a train station on New Year's Day 2009.
No Charges for Second Officer Involved in Shooting of Oscar Grant, D.A. Says
Months after the Bay Area authorities reopened an investigation into the 2009 shooting, the Alameda County district attorney said a former transit officer, Anthony Pirone, would not face charges.
A memorial of Oscar Grant in Oakland, Calif., in 2010.Credit.Paul Sakuma/Associated Press
Jan. 12, 2021
Charges will not be filed against Anthony Pirone, a former transit officer involved in the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III at a Bay Area train station, months after an investigation into the 2009 killing was reopened, an official said Monday.
The Alameda County district attorney, Nancy O’Malley, said in a newly released report that Mr. Pirone could be found guilty of murder only if he personally killed Mr. Grant or if he aided and abetted the actual killer. Her office concluded that he did neither, calling another officer Mr. Grant’s “sole and actual killer.”