Oscar Grant
This celebrity goo was created by player Lori Lancaster.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Lori, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Sunday, January 11, 2009 (part of Round XXXVII)
category: 
Injustice
clue: He was granted anything but a peaceful ending.
explanation: Grant made headlines a week before this goo was published, the victim of a police shooting in Oakland on New Years Day. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Sarah Kyle, and Peter Wilhelm
trivia: Since the case was still very much up in the air, Scott could not decide whether to categorize Grant as the victim of an Accident or a Crime, so he filed this as a Controversy goo instead.
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