Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot Use_firearm in the early morning hours of New Year 's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland , California .

Responding Response to reports Reporting of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco , BART Police officers detained Arrest Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station .

Responding Response to reports Reporting of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco , BART Police officers detained Arrest Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station .

BART officer Anthony Pirone , kneed Grant in the head and forced the unarmed Grant to lie face down on the platform .

Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris filed Submitting_documents a $ 25 million wrongful death Death claim against BART on behalf of Grant 's family .

BART settled Resolve_problem with Grant 's daughter and mother for a total of $ 2.8 million in 2011 .