A San Francisco Bay area transit agency Tuesday agreed to pay $1.3 million to the mother of a 22-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white transit officer in 2009. The settlement between Bay Area Rapid Transit and Wanda Johnson resolves a $50 million wrongful death and civil rights suit filed in federal court by Oscar Grant’s family. The shooting was recorded by bystanders and within hours videos of the incident were posted online showing Johannes Mehserle firing a bullet into the back of Grant as he lay face down after being pulled off a train, supposedly for fighting. >>read more
