{"id":14195,"date":"2010-07-07T09:43:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2010-07-07T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T16:43:14","slug":"trial-in-shooting-murder-of-oscar-grant-ends-jury-deliberations-restart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2010\/07\/07\/trial-in-shooting-murder-of-oscar-grant-ends-jury-deliberations-restart\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial in Shooting Murder of Oscar Grant Ends, Jury Deliberations Restart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-070710\/2010_07_07_oscargrant.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-070710\/2010_07_07_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=55% src=\"http:\/\/d.yimg.com\/a\/p\/ap\/20100609\/capt.ff3e2505702a41a98b509ea350b6605f-ff3e2505702a41a98b509ea350b6605f-0.jpg?x=294&#038;y=345&#038;q=85&#038;sig=1jLrR2eNRObZ2BlKpILfGA--\" alt=\"oscar grant\" \/>As Oakland residents and police officers braced themselves for riots, yesterday\u2019s expected verdict on the Johannes Mehserle trial was abruptly delayed. Jury deliberations closed when one juror called in sick. Another juror left for vacation and was replaced by an alternate. As a result, deliberations are expected to begin from scratch today. A young black man named Oscar Grant and his friends were riding the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train on New Years morning 2009 when they clashed with BART police. Two police officers forcefully restrained the men and pushed Grant to the ground, face-down. A third officer, Johannes Mershele, reached into his belt holster and shot Grant in the back, instantly killing the 23 year old. Neither Grant nor his friends were armed. Instead of trying Mehserle in an Oakland court, the murder case against him was moved to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Last week, the Court\u2019s Judge Robert Perry declared the shooting wasn\u2019t premeditated and therefore doesn\u2019t qualify as first-degree murder. The jury is now left with four ruling options for Mehserle: second-degree murder, voluntary or involuntary manslaughter, and acquittal. Protesters rallied in both Los Angeles and Oakland during the last week of the trial. Many are angered at the defense\u2019 argument that Merhsele accidentally shot Grant when he actually meant to tase him. The trial\u2019s relocation to LA and the resulting white and Latino jury also caused contention. Those rallying for justice for Oscar Grant now hope for a second-degree murder charge. If the jury rules otherwise, major protests are expected in LA and Oakland. Activists in both cities are holding their breaths for an indefinite time until the final verdict is reached. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Thandisizwe Chimurenga, KPFK Programmer, and an embedded journalist with the LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, Julianne Hing, reporter covering the trial for Colorlines Magazine  <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/group.php?gid=259072433034&#038;ref=search\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/group.php?gid=259072433034&#038;ref=search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To receive receive information on your phone about the trial, text &#8220;trial&#8221; to 213-973-3434. <\/p>\n<p>In LA, people will be gathering on the corner of Temple and Broadway as soon as the verdict is announced, no matter what time of day. People will also gather in Leimert Park at 5 pm the day of or the day after the verdict is announced, whichever is earlier. <\/p>\n<p>In the Bay area, people are gathering on the corner of 14th and Broadway in Oakland at 6 pm the day of or the day after the verdict is announced, whichever is earlier. <\/p>\n<p>Read Colorlines Magazine&#8217;s coverage of the trial here: <a href=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/author\/julianne-hing\/\">http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/author\/julianne-hing\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Oakland residents and police officers braced themselves for riots, yesterday\u2019s expected verdict on the Johannes Mehserle trial was abruptly delayed. Jury deliberations closed when one juror called in sick. Another juror left for vacation and was replaced by an alternate. As a result, deliberations are expected to begin from scratch today. 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