Police Shooting At Bart Station, Officials deny they have video then say the do have video.

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The last part of the video was from the Rodney King riots in 1991.

If you have watched the video of the cop who killed Oscar Grant you will see him look up and look down. The video was too obscure to see his expression but he looked amazed/surprised. Like "WTF, that taser just put a hole in his back!

I doubt he intentional thought "fire my weapon". I think he thought it was a taser gun. Even though a gun looks and feels differently.
There are reports that say they there is no difference in weight.
"The ADVANCED TASER M26 (Police version) is 19.2 ounces, the glock M26 which it is modeled after is 19.75 ounces (26 ounces loaded)."
I don't think they use Glock's. But still that is a weighty stun gun.

Even if it was a mistake why would one Bart Official say there was no video and the next say, the video does not show the gun going off?
Not smart. Specially when we have all seen what happened, though it might actually help the police explain how this was an "accident" if there was a better video of the jack ass cop who decided his life was being threatened even though he had 6 of his buddies around.

I fear...

I fear this is going to end up the same way the Rodney King riots did. Especially if the cop is found innocent. And there is the argument of weather he was restrained or not, not that that matters.


News Update:
BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle.
Five officers had gathered at the Fruitvale BART Station platform when the train arrived shortly after 2 a.m., Allison said.
According to Mike Yost, supervising coroner investigator with the Alameda County coroner's bureau, Grant was pronounced dead at 9:13 a.m. at Highland Hospital.
Three or four people on the platform were put in plastic handcuffs, called "flexi-cuffs," during the effort to bring the scuffle under control, Allison said. While Allison stated Grant was not in handcuffs when he was shot, police said it is unclear if Grant had been cuffed at any point before the shooting occurred.
"A preliminary investigation indicates that Mr. Grant was not restrained when the officer's firearm was discharged," Allison said.

Grant was unarmed and no weapons were recovered at the scene. Authorities said they were still investigating whether the gun was fired on purpose or accidentally.

The BART spokesmans version of events stands contrary to the claims of some eyewitnesses to the incident interviewed immediately following the incident. Several witnesses who did not know Grant told KTVU they saw him lying on the ground ALREADY restrained when the shooting happened.

"He had the zip ties around his ankles and wrists," claimed one witness.

Grant was transported to Highland Hospital and underwent surgery, according to family members.
Grant's family says his lungs were damaged in the shooting when the bullet went through him and then ricocheted off the ground and re-entered his body. He leaves behind a four-year-old daughter.

KTVU spoke to one young man at the incident who says he got the entire shooting on tape. He says BART police confiscated that tape, but says the video shows the officer pull his gun and fire two or three seconds later.

BART police patrol bureau Cmdr. Travis Gibson said it is too early to determine the justification for why the officer took his weapon out of the gun's holster.

The last fatal officer-involved shooting at a BART station occurred in April 2001, when an officer at the Hayward Station shot a man who later died, according to Allison.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call (877) 679-7000, extension 7040.
BART spokesman Jim Allison, flanked by Patrol Cmdr. Travis Gibson (left) and Lt. Frank Lucarelli of the BART police at a news conference in Oakland, discusses the shooting.
Law enforcement officials urged patience while they investigated details surrounding the fatal New Year's Day shooting of a 22-year-old man by a transit agency police officer.

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[DailySourceCode]

Haaaa. yeah it seems that way. If this guy gets acquitted like the cop who beat Rodney King.. because there wasn't "enough evidence" SF is going to erupt in violence. This was much worse. I hope the Bart cops realize this.

riots suck...

[radiospirit]

We don't need the fucking BART tape to fry this mother fucker!!

We have umpteen cell phone images to allow us to see that this dumb cocksucking prick is guilty as all hell of pure unadultered fucking MURDER!!

FRY THE FUCKER NOW!!

Last I knew, he has resigned and has even been charged with anything...

Sounds like a RED FLAG government operation. How fucking stupid do the men behind the curtain think that the American public is?!?

Pretty damned stupid, apparently...

[DailySourceCode]

I just wish in these circumstances they would be absolutely truthful. Its not like we need more video but the guy did look a little freaked out after he fired.

Diplomacy can go a long way.. Something we have yet to learn

[James707]

Just think. If there were no witnesses around this whole thing would have been covered up. I wonder how many police departments in the U.S pervert justice like this.

[erikoishii]

Anarchy,let`s do Anarchy!Fuck the Liars of bull-shit!

[jimbobob1983]

somebody just needs to kill johanes mersaele and then the problem will be over for the public JUST KILL HIM!

[ssn708]

@DaKewlJamal No, it is not illegal to film police officers. It is part of your first amendment rights.

[Yamahadrummer420]

Meh nobody cares

[aviomaster]

No tape , Like there is no tape of Airplane hiting the Pentagon. and pentagon has 150 cameras watching it... 24/7

Scum bags , You are not GOD's scum bags ,,,,

[TheVlad0000]

thats what i meen go fuck up the S.F. not oakland

[taboomoko]

EXECUTE THE COP THAT SHOT HIM,,,MAKE HIS FAMILY EXECUTE HIM,,,AND IF THEY DON'T,,, EXECUTE THEM AS WELL!!!! FUCK THE POLICE!!!!! EXECUTE THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!

[DaKewlJamal]

well it's good that it's illegal to film police officers in California now so they can freely murder and lie about it. lol

[gedimindtrix]

They kept calling it a "discharge" fucking cock-suckers trying to whitewash what happened, the fucking pig SHOT and KILLED an innocent person, this is the public filth we pay with our taxpayer money, we provide them with a comfortable privileged life and they plot against us by condoning injustice and denying their duty to the public, officials toting the flag of the establishment. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

[queueupladeez]

Good riddance to another piece of shit. 

[LPLandingZone]

cops lie, pigs lie, the state lies.