DOJ Says They Are Going To Review The Oscar Grant BART Shooting Case

ABC reports that "the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the Johannes Mehserle case in order to determine whether or not the shooting merits federal prosecution, according the department."

"The Justice Department has been closely monitoring the state's investigation and prosecution," the department said in a statement. "The Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the FBI have an open investigation into the fatal shooting and, at the conclusion of the state's prosecution, will conduct an independent review of the facts and circumstances to determine whether the evidence warrants federal prosecution."

To be honest, I am not quite sure why the federal government feels the need to get involved at all. The police officer has a had a full trial and been convicted of voluntary manslaughter by the jury. It seems like a complete waste of resources to be spending time investigating a case that the State of California has already prosecuted. The BART cop's actions in shooting and killing Oscar Grant were already on trial, and it seems to me the federal government should not have this case high on their priorities list. Tweet