The Oscar Grant BART Shooting 2009

The restraint and shooting of Oscar Grant at 2:14am on January 1st 2009. Also contains photos of the riots and protests that have occurred since then in Oakland.

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News & Politics

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• police state
• police
• police brutality
• oscar grant
• BART
• Fruitvale
• shooting
• Johannes Mehserle
• Hayward
• Oakland
• Dead Prez
• For The Hood
• rap
• hip-hop
• music

[Tony2326jr]

Yea there are alot of racist cops. But we need cops. It was proving in new Orleans after Hurricane katrina. All them death and woman getting raped

[Tony2326jr]

It was a damn accident. Get over you all shoot each other all the time. You can tell it was an accident by his reaction. Stop being ignorant people

[girlskateboardco]

This is straight up bullshit. no body deserves to be shot in the back. espicially not by some pussy fucking cop who had to have his partner restrain oscar just to shoot him. if there were no laws in this country id be standing at each of those officers front door with a chopper, sprayin them like the pieces of scumbag shit they are. i didnt know you until the shooting but my heart goes out to your friends and family. R.I.P. Oscar. Much respect

[merkingGuy]

Modern day execution, wow

[Magic9053]

@THELANDOFSAND GOOD, I hope he gets the DEATH PENALTY or if not that, death from the INMATES !

[teiaperigosa]

what is the name of this song/artist?

[ssn708]

@tftmc 1) Not intentionally executing someone, like people make this out to be. And no, plenty of proof of his intent, such as yelling "Fuck this, I'm tasing him", his actions being consistent with tasing and not with firing a gun, and his look of complete shock and horror, and crying as they wheeled him out on the stretcher.

[tftmc]

@ssn708 Cops kill complete strangers all the time without there being justifed reasons.

Again, intent, when it comes to the only evidence for that being human memory, it is NOT valid.

[ssn708]

@tftmc What you are saying sounds paranoid. You do realize that no less than 8 cops mistook their guns for tasers, and shot their suspects, right? All before this. More suspects have been White than Black. I hope you understand I am not attacking you, just defending what has been proven to be true.

[ssn708]

@tftmc The facts, evidence, and common sense make it true. Again, he said "I'm tasing him". Fact. He said it to mask his intention to execute a complete stranger who he had no reason to kill?Really? He held the gun tight? You are wrong, he held the gun like a taser, not like a gun. Obvious to me, a former small arms petty officer. More obvious to the numerous deadly force experts and use of force experts who testified. As a law student, I do understand the justice system very well.