The People v. Mehserle began in Los Angeles on June 10. The waters have been somewhat muddied, however, due to much of the mainstream media coverage surrounding this case.
FIVE: MEDIA MATTERS
Graveyard photo by bowtoo,http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowtoo/3357949518/
The May 7 hearing for Johannes Mehserle, the former transit cop who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day of 2009, settled several key issues prior to the beginning of the trial scheduled for June 2010. The waters have been somewhat muddied, however, due to much of the media coverage surrounding this case, both before and after the May 7 hearing.
Demonstration at courthouse, February 2010
Oakland Local, New America Media, Spot.us and others are teaming up to provide independent coverage of this trial.