What is your reaction to Mehserle's scheduled release?

The criminal justice system let us down. As we sat there in the courtroom and heard Judge Perry open his mouth and say that he was troubled and he didn't agree with the jury's decision, that allowed us to see just how racist some judges can make this criminal justice system.

What would you say to Mehserle upon his release?

This man is not remorseful for what he did nor has he attempted in the past two years-plus to apologize.

I have said over and over that we expect an apology. Rita Williams on KTVU did an exclusive with Mehserle to share an expression of what he did. At no time did he even volunteer to say to apologize to the family for his so-called egregious mistake.

Once he's held accountable and serves 14 yrs or more for the murder he committed, only then can the family say we have some forgiveness in our hearts.

This man is not remorseful for what he did nor has he attempted in the past two years-plus to apologize. No one has contacted us verbally or in letter form expressing their concern and sorrow for the pain we're experiencing.

And yet people expect we should just go about our business as if this never occurred. We've got young men being killed every day in Oakland by police officers. How can we forget it? This is not going to end at this point.

On the public letter of apology Mehserle released:

Oscar's daughter will be in a car and seeing a police officer she will say to 'Duck, policeman.'

It's basically come to our knowledge that he didn't even write the letter. Because if he did he would have stood behind the letter. This was all a ploy, all by design. It was right before the jury was going to make a decision on the case. And then he puts out a letter supposedly that asks for some forgiveness from the family and the community. The letter wasn't addressed to any member in the family; it was addressed to the public. It said 'to the public.' That was a slap in the face itself, because even the public didn't believe the letter. We are the victims, and yet there has been no open apology from him or anybody in his camp who have said to the family that he was sorry for what he did.

How do you hope Mehserle will spend the rest of his life?

What we have to do, is not be concerned about what Mehserle does now, but be concerned about what he did. And that is to continue to advocate for the true justice that Oscar deserves, and that is for (Mesherle) to be held accountable. That entails much conversation with the Department of Justice. And ultimately, allowing our God to bring closure with us within our own family.

What does Mehserle's impending release feel like for Oscar Grant's family?

When do people of color, simple families, receive justice?

It's painful and it actually is recharging me. Because it allows me to see that we have no justice or we haven't received any justice. And that I need to look at the rest of my life in this pursuit of seeking justice not just for Oscar, but the fact that police brutality needs to be addressed in such a way that we begin to pay attention to the injustice that especially men of color are suffering at the hands of police officers.

What we need to remember: We have a mother who has lost a loving son that she loved dearly. And that she on her birthday instructed him, Oscar Grant, to catch the BART train and then she had to experience this tragedy. We have a daughter, my niece, Oscar's daughter, who right now pains for her daddy and shares this emotion; being in a car and seeing a police officer she will say to the other young cousins of hers, 'Duck, policeman.' It shows just how heinous and egregious this murder has afflicted the children.

How is Oscar Grant's mother feeling?

My sister, Oscar's mother, wants to know, 'Where's the accountability?' When do people of color, simple families, receive justice? And there's many across the U.S., we're not the only family that's experienced this. She's hurt. She's pained, and the thought of him being released is hurtful. And it happens at a time when my father's hospitalized. So we have to suffer his pain and then reflect on what happened to Oscar. It's not healthy. It's painful.

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