Man shot by BART police failed to comply with orders, officer testifies

Associated Press

10:47 PM PDT, May 26, 2009

A transit officer said Tuesday that an unarmed man who was fatally shot by another officer at an Oakland train station failed to obey her commands before his death.
Bay Area Rapid Transit Officer Marysol Domenici testified during the fourth day of a hearing to determine whether former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle will stand trial for murder in the death of Oscar Grant.

The 22-year-old Hayward man was shot in the back as he lay face down on the train station platform early New Year's Day as officers tried to control a group of unruly passengers.
Domenici said Grant and his friends yelled profanities and did not obey her orders to sit down moments before Mehserle fired at Grant.
She said she was fearful when she heard taunts coming from Grant, his friends and passengers on the train.

Continue reading