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Posted: 12:19 PM Oct 25, 2009
Finding Spot for BART Officer's Trial No Easy Task
A newspaper report says Alameda County court officials will have a hard time finding a jurisdiction with similar demographics to host the upcoming trial of a white former transit officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A newspaper report says Alameda County
court officials will have a hard time finding a jurisdiction with similar demographics to host the upcoming trial of a white former transit officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man.
The Oakland Tribune reviewed population data for the counties considered the most likely venues for the murder trial of former Bay Area Rapid Transit District officer Johannes Mehserle and found that none had as large a black population or the same level of wealth or education.
An Alameda judge agreed earlier this month to move Mehserle's trial in the New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant because of the protests the slaying provoked, intense media scrutiny and the need to shield jurors and witnesses from intimidation.
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