In January, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said no charges would be brought against Pirone. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesĬalifornia prosecutor will reopen investigation into the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant Twelve days after the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III, former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle was arrested and charged with murder for shooting Grant in the back as he lay face down on the ground following an altercation on a BART train. OAKLAND, CA - JANUARY 14: Protestors carry signs with a picture of slain 22-year-old Oscar Grant III during a demonstration at Oakland City Hall Januin Oakland, California. CNN has not been able to find a contact for Pirone for comment.Īlameda County prosecutors reopened the investigation into Grant’s death in October 2020 following the release in 2019 of a decade-old report that found Pirone “started a cascade of events that ultimately led to the shooting of Grant,” and that he then lied about those events in an effort to put his own “actions and conduct in a more favorable light.” “The California Department of Justice is committed to conducting a thorough, fair, and independent review and will go where the facts lead.”ĬNN has reached out to Grant’s family attorney for comment. “Transparency is critical to building and maintaining trust between law enforcement and the communities we serve,” Bonta said in the release. The new investigation comes at the request of Grant’s mother, Wanda Johnson, the BART Board of Directors, the Justice 4 Oscar Grant Coalition and several other local community leaders, according to the news release. Pirone was fired from the BART Police Department following an internal investigation into the shooting. The mother of a Black man shot by police in 2009 sees her own family's tragedy in the death of Daunte WrightĬalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release that the state’s justice department will conduct a review into Anthony Pirone’s involvement in the shooting. Reverend Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant, an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2009.
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