Video of officer firing into black man’s back on train platform prompted outrage and was subject of film Fruitvale Station
California officials are re-opening the investigation into the 2009 killing of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, on a train platform in Oakland, amid a national reckoning on police violence.
The fatal New Year’s Day shooting was one of the first incidents of police brutality caught on video, and a significant moment in Bay Area history. The footage showing a transit police officer firing into Grant’s back as he laid handcuffed on the ground led to police accountability protests across the country. The case also gained international recognition in Ryan Coogler’s 2014 film Fruitvale Station, named after the site of Grant’s death.
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