Oscar Grant's Uncle Joins BART Police Oversight Board He Helped Create

Oscar Grant’s killing spurred BART police oversight. Now his uncle is joining the board

His nephew Oscar Grant was killed by BART police in 2009. Now, Cephus Johnson plans to bring accountability on the BART police oversight board

Oscar Grant's Uncle Joins BART Police Oversight Board He Helped Create

Cephus Johnson, the uncle of Oscar Grant, has been appointed to the BART Police Citizen Review Board — the civilian oversight body that exists in large part because of his nephew's killing by a BART police officer on New Year's Day 2009. The BART Board of Directors unanimously selected Johnson on August 13 as the board's public-at-large representative, a seat appointed by the full board rather than by a single district director. A Seat Born From…