On New Years' Day 2009, Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle fatally shot Oscar Grant in the back while the unarmed man was held down. Onlookers recorded the whole thing on phonecams, instantly making the world witness to the terrible crime. Earlier this month, Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter but not guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter. My friends at Oakland's Youth Radio, a youth media organization that helps underserved young people learn the tools of media creation, were right in the middle of it all. A small group from Youth Radio decided to make a digital magazine/photo essay of the 19 months following the shooting. It's designed as "a a living archive of community response" to this tragic tale. "Grant Station: A Killing and the Aftermath (in images)" (Thanks, Nishat Kurwa!)
