A group of elected officials and civil rights activists lambasted Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley on Tuesday for her decision not to seek charges against a former BART police officer who was involved in the 2009 fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III.

BART Board Directors Lateefah Simon and Bevan Dufty and Oakland City Councilman Loren Taylor called on O’Malley to file felony murder charges against former BART Police Officer Anthony Pirone for his involvement in the shooting, which occurred in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in 2009 at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.