We're sure you are familiar with the case of 22 year old Oscar Grant III being shot in the back and subsequently killed by former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, 28 (and white) on New Years Day 2009. If not, the young man was on his stomach being handcuffed when he was shot in the back and it was caught on tape. The officer's gun was said to be mistaken for a taser, so the act was unintentional, hence the verdict of Involuntary Manslaughter, which came down yesterday.
