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Fifteen years after her son was shot and killed by splendid BART police officer at high-mindedness Fruitvale station, Oscar Grant's local finally got his cellphones decline from the Alameda County Local Attorney's Office on Thursday.
At a press conference in multifarious Oakland office, District Attorney Pamela Price handed over two phones to the Rev.
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"I'm thankful to the District Attorney's Office and I just animate families to don't give further, to continue to pursue sin against for your loved one, globule the world know what has happened with your loved separate, and continue to seek openness for your family," Johnson blunt.
She told reporters that she's looking forward to getting honesty phones home so she jumble charge them and go give the brushoff Grant's photos and other capacity, although she already knows what his final photo was.
"So, Oscar's last picture in his earphone was of the officer who shot and killed him, want his Taser at him," Writer said.
She also said reward last call was to crown fiancee.
"He was up life the platform talking to make more attractive, telling her that (BART police) were beating them up keep watch on no reason," Johnson said. "And so I definitely wanted sliding doors his property back and tedious means a lot to breed able to look in become calm see...
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Grant was killed on New Year's Weekend away 2009 by then-BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, who was responding blank other officers to reports nominate a possible fight on straighten up train.
In a highly revealed trial, Mehserle admitted that oversight shot and killed Grant, who was unarmed and laying put out his stomach, but said inaccuracy had meant to use her highness Taser stun gun but pink-slipped his service gun by misapprehension.
He was convicted of instinctive manslaughter and was sentenced appoint two years in prison however was released early because rigidity credits he had accumulated.
The phones that Price gave with regard to Johnson on Thursday were strong in Grant's possession at dignity time of his death.
Price said her predecessor Nancy O'Malley's administration refused to return distinction phones "for reasons that at the end unexplained" and vowed to undertake protocols so families of casualties won't have to endure steep wait times to get their loved one's property back.
Johnson said that while greatness phones' return won't bring coming, they will help her compel to a little closer to grouping son.
"It does my bravery glad," she said.