Did you make the assumption that he acted up or did you basing your statement on what you actually witnessed?
I took would like to know as I am really confused.
Cops usually dont hold someone down if they didnt do anything wrong. ... there was obviously a reason why there was multiple cops holding himdown.
Not at all, but if he didnt get himself into this situation, he wouldnt have gotten killed? correct? accident or not....
he's still an innocent victim as far as the murder is concerned...
Last I read, they were unable to confirm if he was involved in the fight or not.
A Madera, Calif., police officer killed a man when he was handcuffed in the back seat of a police car in 2002, Klinger said. The victim was a young Latino who had been arrested when police tried to break up a party.
The officer said she meant to subdue the victim -- who was trying to kick out a car window -- with a Taser. Instead she used her service revolver.
Prosecutors in that case decided not to charge the officer, saying there was no criminal intent. Mehserle, however, could receive as much as 25 years to life if he is convicted of murder, with an additional 25 years because he used a gun.
Funny, how a Police Officer committs this crime and all the family see's is $$$$$$$$$$$$,. What about all the innocent people that don't see a cent when one ofthese goons murders someone.
It is what it is, I just didn't like how fast the family came out with the lawsuit.
yes true. But cops were very strict on new year's of course. Everyone was intoxicated.
thats ridiculous. it was obviously a careless accident, not cold blooded murder. the guy deserves to be punished, but he wasnt out that dayhunting black kids.
He needs to be treated like any other citizen. If a regular citizen would of killed somebody, be it accident or not they would still be charged I believe. No reason to make an exception because he's a cop.
That is the problem, they aren't just any other citizen. These guys carry weapons as part of the job description. What if he was going forhis tazer? It happens, people jumping to conclusions as if he meant to kill Oscar Grant. Looking at the reaction, it looks as if that wasn't hisintention. There was no excuse to use deadly force, none whatsoever. However when there is a cop on your upper body, maybe there was some resistance and hefelt the need to subdue the perp. He reached for his tazer, instead used his service weapon.
It is funny how most are saying to not jump to conclusions in regards to Oscar Grant being in that situation. Yet, most are jumping to conclusions and makingasinine statements about the Police Officer, that is now in this predicament.
this dude deserves the death penalty.
You are in the wrong country, ##!+ doesn't go down like that here, even for normal people that commit murder,.
That is the problem, they aren't just any other citizen. These guys carry weapons as part of the job description. What if he was going for his tazer? It happens, people jumping to conclusions as if he meant to kill Oscar Grant. Looking at the reaction, it looks as if that wasn't his intention. There was no excuse to use deadly force, none whatsoever. However when there is a cop on your upper body, maybe there was some resistance and he felt the need to subdue the perp. He reached for his tazer, instead used his service weapon.
lack of training for the heat of the moment. maybe this cop can turn around and sue the city for being cut loose on the streets unprepared.
What city?
I am not trying to defend the Officer, although it sounds like it (
