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>> mehserle takes the stand and testifies that he thought grant was going for a gun. grant was unarmed. mehserle also says he believed he was using his taser when he pulled the trigger. after a month-long trial, a jury finds johannes mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. out of a maximum of 14 years, the judge sentences the former officer to the minimum, two years in prison, including time served. grant's family doesn't believe the punishment fits the crime. >> i believe he should still be in jail. he is trained to be an officer. he is trained on how to use a firearm. he is trained on how to deal with hostile situations. >> two b.a.r.t. officers, tony peroni and marysol domenici, are fired following an independent review of the investigation into the shooting. domenici is reinstated on appeal.
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a group is all we have. >> the transmission was bm. a group of bms which represented black males. >> cephus johnson's nephew, oscar grant, is one of a group of men involved in altercation just moments before. >> oscar and his friend was on the train. an old friend of his they used to know had some issues in the past, and they saw each other. next thing you know, they grabbed each other and starting tussling. >> the scuffle comes to an end as the train pulls into the station. >> they squashed it, they went about their business and then the train, of course, as you know, came to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. >> the officer orders grant and his friend back off the train. >> he says, i saw you two get on the train, get off my fing train. oscar comes off the train and he says, you go stand against the wall with your friends. >> on the station platform, officer peroni places one of the men in handcuffs. seen on the bottom left of the screen. while his partner, officer
review in the ninvestigation ino the shooting. domenici is reinstated on appeal. on june 13th, 2011, after 11 months behind bars, mehserle is released. his lawyer calls the shooting a tragic accident and certainly not a crime. and a written statement from a b.a.r.t. spokesman given to msnbc says "b.a.r.t. has always taken responsibility as a civil matter for the terrible tragedy that occurred on the platform of the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station on the morning of january 1st, 2009." it goes on to say steps are being taken to improve police oversight and training. even though wanda johnson is disappointed in the length of the sentence, she credits the videos for proving what really happened that early new year's day. >> if we would not have had those videos, the truth would never have been exposed. >> let him go. [ bleep ]. coming up, what's the real story behind this violent confrontation? >> if it wasn't for this
marysol domenici, watches the others lined up against the wall. several people on the train including tommy cross begin recording the incident. >> i felt like i needed to capture this incident was because of the aggressive behavior by the officers that night. >> one camera catches officer peroni approaches oscar grant, standing in the middle, and striking him. >> you can see in the video he actually punches oscar. he punches oscar, then of course all his friends go like, wow, what's going on? hey? we're going to sue you. this is wrong. you know, what is going on? >> the police were overly aggressive, with no reason whatsoever to be as aggressive as they were. these men weren't trying to wrestle them, they weren't trying to fight them. >> officer peroni aims his taser at the detained men. grant puts up his hands. other officers arrive and block off the area.
that. >> mehserle takes the stand and testifies that he thought grant was going for a gun. grant was unarmed. mehserle also says he believed he was using his taser when he pulled the trigger. after a month-long trial, a jury finds johannes mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. out of a maximum of 14 years, the judge sentences the former officer to the minimum, two years in prison, including time served. grant's family doesn't believe the punishment fits the crime. >> i believe he should still be in jail. he is trained to be an officer. he is trained on how to use a firearm. he is trained how to deal with hostile situations. >> two b.a.r.t. officers, tony peroni and marysol domenici, are fired following an independent review of the investigation into the shooting. domenici is reinstated on appeal.
>> the transmission was bm. a group of bms which represented black males. >> cephus johnson's nephew, oscar grant, is one of a group of men involved in altercation just moments before. >> oscar and his friend was on the train. an old friend of his they used to know had some issues in the past, and they saw each other. next thing you know, they grabbed each other and starting tuss tussling. >> the scuffle comes to an end as the train pulls into the station. >> they squashed it, they went about their business and then the train, of course, as you know, came to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. >> the officer orders grant and his friend back off the train. >> he says, i saw you two get on the train, get off my fing train. oscar comes off the train and he says, you go stand against the wall with your friends. >> on the station platform, officer peroni places one of the men in handcuffs. seen on the bottom left of the screen. while his partner, officer
>> mehserle takes the stand and testifies that he thought grant was going for a gun. grant was unarmed. mehserle also says he believed he was using his taser when he pulled the trigger. after a month-long trial, a jury finds johannes mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. out of a maximum of 14 years, the judge sentences the former officer to the minimum, two years in prison, including time served. grant's family doesn't believe the punishment fits the crime. >> i believe he should still be in jail. he is trained to be an officer. he is trained on how to use a firearm. he is trained on how to deal with hostile situations. >> two b.a.r.t. officers, tony peroni and marysol domenici are fired. domenici is reinstated on appeal.