Ex-BART Cop Apologizes for Killing Oscar Grant

Fresh from our better-late-than-never file, ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Oscar Grant III, has apologized. "I have and will continue to live every day of my life knowing that [Oscar] Grant should not have been shot," Mehserle wrote. "For now and forever I will live, breathe,…

Fresh from our better-late-than-never file, ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Oscar Grant III, has apologized. "I have and will continue to live every day of my life knowing that [Oscar] Grant should not have been shot," Mehserle wrote. "For now and forever I will live, breathe, sleep and not sleep with the memory of Mr. Grant screaming 'You shot me' and putting my hands on the bullet wound, thinking the pressure would help, while I kept telling him, 'You'll be okay!' "

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