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BART Officer Johannes Mehserle Arrested In Nevada

By David Packman

According to The Mercury News, Johannes Mehserle was arrested today by Douglas County sheriff's deputies in northwest Nevada on a no-bail warrant reportedly related to the Fruitvale BART station shooting death of Oscar Grant on January 1.

While confirming the arrest, Alameda County DA Tom Orloff's office and the Douglas County Sheriff's office declined to specify the exact nature of the warrant or charges for which the warrant was filed.

Johannes Mehserle will now face extradition hearings that could take a few days before he might be sent back to Alameda County California.

Mehserle's lawyer has refused to comment on the arrest, as he has for all other aspects of the case, but the lawyer representing Grant's family in a civil case against the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency over the shooting applauded the arrest.

You can read our analysis of the video which shows why Mehserle and at least one of his fellow officers should be charged in this case here. Also, you can find an analysis of why we shouldn't get our hopes up quite yet that Mehserle will face any real accountability for his actions that took Grant's life just a few hours into the new year in this NewsWatch issue.

Full post as published by Injustice in Seattle on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).