Cop shoots & Kill unarmed Man(Oscar Grant)

Video: Calif. cop shoots apparently helpless man in the back
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Monday January 5, 2009




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Two videos showing a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer fatally shooting an unarmed, cooperating 22-year-old man have surfaced, thanks to a vigilant teen and an anonymous cameraman.

According to officials, five officers arrived at a subway station around 2 a.m. in response to reports of fighting on a train. Officers handcuffed a group of suspects, and detained the soon-to-be victim, Oscar Grant III.

In both videos, though detained, Grant had clearly not been cuffed.

Mario Pangelina Jr., aunt to Grant's four-year-old daughter, witnessed the events leading up to the shooting.

"First, an officer grabbed Oscar by the neck and pushed him against the wall," the Oakland Tribune quoted her as saying. "Oscar didn't fight him, but he didn't go down either. He was like, 'What did I do?' Then another officer came up with his Taser and held it right in his face. Oscar said, 'Please don't shoot me, please don't Taser me, I have a daughter,' over and over again, real fast, and he sat down."

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[phildd0t]

How fucking bad can one person be at holding a fucking camera steady? Jesus Christ save us the time and don't post faggot shit like this.

[PCRage2000]

In this case a stun gun would have been inadequate in deterring all the spectators and would have only exacerbated the situation. 

[firesanker]

@PCRage2000 I have never seen any cops overpowered, because the ones the cops shoot are only talking. If a man/group is talking/discussing/arguing whatever against an/the officer/officers, the officer/officers don't have the right to shoot the man/group just because of that. But if the man/group is attacking physically, then it should still be wrong by the officer/officers to actually shoot and kill. It's wrong to shoot, if the opposite is only trying to harm you by hand.

[egeek10]

glass oakland - problem solved

[PCRage2000]

How many times does someone have to be told to back off? I would have shot him sooner; too many people believe that cops won’t go to this extreme and continue to harass them and instigate a reaction. Cops are people too, and they fear for their safety and that of the ones around them. They need to make quick judgment calls to neutralize a treat before it escalates. Take to long and you’ll end up with a mutiny and the cops would have been overpowered.

[Gomez0317]

Same shit happens when you throw a banana in a monkey cage

[tehgyb]

It would have been better if we could see how "unarmed" he was. Either way, if people knew how to act civilized, this shit wouldn't happen. Telling at cops won't fix shit. Learn the shut the fuck up and talk like adults and maybe it wouldn't be a problem.

[253chiefin1]

Itd be so nice to see all them kill those cops. I wanna watch a cop die real bad

[dasblackops]

@rdj. ur a shame to all of humanity. I'd rather them have spent the bullets on u. and to the smartass that calls me out. I'm n the same boat I have a killers mind. I'm just smart enough to direct my anger

[dalkaveli]

@RDJ1109 Define savages.