BART pays $1.5M to provide for Grant's daughter (police shooting case)

[Newsjock]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

OAKLAND -- BART agreed Wednesday to pay $1.5 million to provide for the 5-year-old daughter of Oscar Grant, the unarmed train rider shot dead by a transit agency police officer on Jan. 1, 2009.

The deal, which had been pre-approved by BART's Board of Directors, closes part of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by Grant's family that initially sought $50 million. Co-plaintiff Wanda Johnson, Grant's mother, did not settle.

Attorneys for BART and Grant's family struck the deal over the phone Wednesday afternoon, after an 11-hour settlement conference Tuesday. The agreement was with Sophina Mesa, who was Grant's girlfriend and is raising their daughter, Tatiana Grant.

The lawsuit stemmed from one of BART's darkest chapters, a video-recorded shooting that prompted protests - some violent - and exposed a police force that some experts described as in dire need of reform.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/27/BAFV1BONH6.DTL&tsp=1

[sasquatch]

1. Man, look at the comments

A few of them I don't know about

[alp227]

2. Aww, that's sweet

O8)

Now I hope the family's settled with BART. The next thing to do is to hold Johannes Mehserle accountable for his overly violent action.

[Celtic Merlin]

3. THANK YOU very much for this news item.

I've seen that video 10 times or more. That poor man did not need to die on that subway platform that night. It is good that his daughter will be provided for. One has to wonder when the officers involved will be dealt with properly - how much jail time they will serve for this murder.

Celtic Merlin
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