June 8, 2011 | 6:23 PM | By

Johannes Mehserle to be released Monday, June 13th

FILED UNDER: Courts, Johannes Mehserle, Oakland, Oscar Grant

[[UPDATE 6:39 PM, 6/8/11: Bobby "Cephus" Johnson, Oscar Grant's uncle, told The Informant that he was notified earlier today that Mehserle will be released sometime on Monday morning, at some point between 12 AM and 8:30 AM. "He will be released Monday morning at some time, no one knows exactly when," said Johnson. "There's a lot of games being played" with Mehserle's release date, Johnson added.]]

Former BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle will be released from custody at the Los Angeles County Men’s Jail on Sunday, June 12th.

Relatives of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old Hayward resident Mehserle shot and killed on the Fruitvale station platform on January 1, 2009, were notified of Mehserle’s impending release by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation this week.

Grant’s family received notice of Mehserle’s release thanks to 2008′s Proposition 9, a victim’s rights ballot measure that requires relatives of a crime victim to be contacted for input  in the release of the person found culpable for that crime.

There have been several instances of civil unrest in Oakland at key points in the Grant saga, most recently last November after Mehserle was sentenced to serve two years in prison by Los Angeles County Judge Robert Perry. Oakland Police have said they are prepared for any disturbances.

Relatives and supporters of Oscar Grant are planning two rallies on Sunday: at 3 PM at the Fruitvale BART station and at 5:30 PM at the intersection of 14th Street and Broadway in downtown Oakland. There will also be a protest in Los Angeles on the day of Mehserle’s release at the Los Angeles County Courthouse. After the hearing in Judge Perry’s courtroom, protesters will gather outside the U.S. Federal Building in Downtown LA to demand the Department of Justice file civil rights charges against Mehserle for Grant’s death.

  • Anonymous

    “There’s a lot of games being played” with Mehserle’s release date, Johnson added.”

    Nope, for the security and safety of the parolee, the public and the institutional staff, the exact time of release is not advertised, particularly in high profile cases.  No games, just standard procedure.

  • Lisa Jaramillo

    THERE ARE SO MANY DISTURBING FACTORS… 
    Specifically, the fact that Johannes Mehserle had a felony..PRIOR to this…I don’t understand how he passed a criminal background check..In the State of California, the law says felony=not a job where you are allowed to have a gun..or a taser….Somewhere along the way, Oscars family was given some VERY BAD legal advice on how to proceed with their case….According to what I have found, the bringing up of Mehserle’s felony, and the fact that BART hired him anyway, was traded off because of the fact that Oscar Grant had some legal issues himself…..I assume it was advised to Oscar Grants family to not bring it up because there would be less empathy for Oscar Grant….The issue here is NOT what Oscar Grant had or hadn’t done, there was no way Mehserle could have known that.THIS IS WHERE I LOOSE FAITH IN OUR COURTS…..I can’t understand why this information has never  been brought to the publics attention..and worse, is NOW unsearchable, when it was of public record at the time of this ugly incident..I wonder how much that cost? Lets not forget that Mehserle’s bail was set at one million dollars, and it was posted…ANOTHER REAL ISSUE HERE is the question of why BART hired Johannes Mehserle to begin with???  As an aspiring lawyer..I can see that this case was sooo carelessly strategized..Mehserle should have gotten life..And someone should be suing the crap out of BART..

  • cabo1

    oscar was a thug he just got out san quintin prison on weapons charges. You white hating idiots have got to stop embarrasing your selves! Oscar is dead and and I can ride bart in peace and quiet now- THANK GOD!

  • Smitty123

    oscar should have been at home watching his kid instead of being a thug

  • Nikki N

    Never wish death on anyone or rejoice at anyone’s death….Reason, you never know when it will happen to you or a family member. Life is unpredictable, never know what can/ will happen. The police officer was no angel either, supposedly he pulled the wrong weapon, his gun insted of his taser. How careless, he should have made sure he pulled the right weapon. There was no room for error as proven by Oscar Grant’s death, perhaps the officer was just a cold-blooded callous murderer.How can one be SURE he told  the truth? ppl lie all the time to save their butt. He should have gotten way more jail time. If it had been anyone else other than a police officer they would have gotten LIFE. What a travesty and an issult to the Grant family. How would you have liked it if that was your son, brother, uncle, father, family member?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KKFC7HJZOMEPTNZHS54MYPKMQA Viper1j

    I give him a week on the streets, before someone finds his body in
    an alley. He better find a deep hole and live there for a LONG time.