Police Shoot and kill unarmed rider in the back!

BART rider shot in back
Transit police in Oakland, California are investigating a New Year's shooting by one of its officers. This video stops short of the fatal shot.

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• black
• african american
• brutality
• transit
• public transportation

[dajamaican120]

i feel ya on the local news part, but at the same time it took 5 days to hit major networks?suttin wrong with that if ya ask me but thats the least of the problems now we gotta stopstuff like this  from happening tho real talk

[xgotfiveonitx]

you are right, but i live in chicago, and this police department is soo crooked, this thing happens all the time, and rarely does it make national headlines. not to mention extremely racist against all types of minorities. i dont know what it is with cops but they seem to have a disdain for anyone who isnt white. i found that out when i was waving an ethnic flag last summer, and got a bogus ticket for it which got dismissed cuz the cop said 'he couldnt remember the incident'. amazing.

[dajamaican120]

so the 6th is when this hits cnn,but if a celebrity was out partying u would hear about it on the 7am news. my prayers go out to the family. R.I.P Oscar Grant

[xgotfiveonitx]

maybe it was a local issue at first, then became nationwide later on. i dont live anywhere near oakland so i only saw this video today on cnn's headline news.

[ssn708]

@TheSremmos I never said it did justify killing someone. I have always maintained that Grant did not deserve to die, that Mehserle was criminally negligent and deserves jail time. But Mehserle intended to tase, not shoot, Grant. He panicked and grabbed the wrong weapon. That's a fact, which was quite effectively proven in court.

[TheSremmos]

@ssn708 "Not obeying commands" shouldn't get you murdered. I would rather let a "criminal" escape or get away over a minor infraction in an airport than have him murdered. To me capturing someone for some minor or non violent offense is not worth anyone's life, the cops or the guy who did the crime. Running/resisting should not be a death sentence, just like a civilian can't murder someone just because they push them, or when restrained, try to get unrestrained. These are instinct reactions.

[ssn708]

@TheSremmos Grant was not obeying commands. Not by a long shot. He assaulted 2 officers. He ignored commands. He resisted arrest. Mehserle intended to tase him which would have been completely appropriate in the situation, but he was a dipshit who panicked and grabbed the wrong weapon.

[TheSremmos]

@BLACKMENAREFAILINGUS

So you feel the police have a right to murder you in cold blood because you gave them an attitude?

Well hell the police certainly believe it are you a babylon or what? "It's his fault he got pinned to the ground and then shot in the back and killed in an otherwise non-violent police encounter because he was disrespectful.

Apparently in your mind the government should murder anyone who is disrespectful to the mercenary's it hires to keep us in check.

[TheSremmos]

This could be you in a ROUTINE stop. You could think you are fine, the cop seems non-violent and you are following his commands, he could put you on your stomach, have another cop kneel on your neck and hold you down and then shoot you in the back in cold blood and get away with it.

My proof is that this is what happened here. Four years for murdering someone by shooting them in the back as they lay on the ground unarmed and pinned by another person.

We ARE in a police state.

[emmettmays85]

hell yeah that bitch constantly talk shit about black men and worship white men liek they are gods. trith be told the white ,am has the most blood on his hand than any other man

[xgotfiveonitx]

just proves why feminism is a joke, with women like that above.

[emmettmays85]

fuck u bitch i cant believe u are condoning the police killing this guy . but u a bm basher so what can a person expect. i hope u die a violent death. also gabrielle union is overated and black women are the least desired u worship white when 95% of them dont find bw attractive yes there are some exceptions

[D33veeoss]

You're a complete moron to think that you couldn't be in that situation someday.

Have you ever walked with some friends? Do people in this world sometimes attack people that don't deserve it time to time?

So it's completely possible that some people started picking on him and his friends, and he was not even the one fighting! Because he was with them they have to investigate him too.

This could be you!

He wasn't fighting back.

Witnesses say he was not resisting arrest.

Grow some brains.

[richmondpalmbay62]

Is this kermit richmond again?