The Alameda County District Attorney's Office said in October that it would relaunch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Oscar Grant's death, but family members say DA Nancy O'Malley is dragging her feet. (Photo by Thomas Hawk/Flickr)

The family of Oscar Grant and civil rights attorneys and others on Thursday demanded Alameda County prosecutors move more quickly to reopen the case against a former BART police officer for his alleged role in the death of Grant on New Year’s Day nearly 12 years ago.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley in October reopened the case, but the family and others said O’Malley’s office is dragging its feet.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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.