Posted on May 23, 2014 by BR News DeskFriends of Oscar Grant reach settlement with BART ABC News – Five friends of Oscar Grant, the man who was fatally shot by a San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, have reached a deal to settle a federal lawsuit against the agency, officials said.Read moreMore from The Black Report®July 10, 2010 Mayor Dellums of Oakland supports inquiry into death of Grant – nytimes.com From The New York Times:Even as city residents cleaned up after a night of looting and vandalism, Mayor Ron Dellums of Oakland said he supported a […]December 20, 2016 LA’s Highest-Ranking African American Officer To Head Scandal-Plagued SFPD LA Times - LAPD Deputy Chief William "Bill" Scott, the department’s highest-ranking African American officer, has been appointed chief of the San Francisco Police […]January 31, 2017 Berkeley Settles Lawsuit Over Police Brutality At 2014 Black Lives Matter Protest BORDC - Protesters and journalists have reached a tentative settlement with the City of Berkeley in a National Lawyers Guild federal civil rights lawsuit over […]February 22, 2017 ESPN’s Sage Steele: The Worst Racism I Receive Comes From Black People Townhall - ESPN anchor and NBA reporter Sage Steele has once again ruffled the feathers of the world's largest sports broadcasting network with her comments at a […]FacebookTwitterMoreTumblrRedditLinkedInPinterestGoogle Black News Headlines