Starting off the day the way we ended last night: with a heavier dose of injustice.
The above is a video of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police executing Oscar Grant.
At some point one has to wonder what the purpose of all this is. I’m sure police are doing a lot of good that isn’t been documented. But they are doing a lot more bad, on and off paper.
2009 has barely gotten to a start and we already have another unwarranted murder.
R.I.P. Oscar Grant and peace & strength to his family and friends.
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That’s definitely some fucked up shit. The police have no excuse for that. My condolences for dude’s family.
There are plenty of Police that are doing a great job; it is a shame the rotten ones get all of the press; but there have to be better screenings to weed out the bad cops. My deepest condolences to his family.
My heart weeps…..
Not a shred of coverage on the national news sites. Draw your own conclusions there…
Crazy shit. I wanna heare what kinda story the cops are gonna come up with to justify this.
Cold, blooded, murder!!! I had to rewind the clip almost indefinitely because I thought that my mind was playing tricks on me. I’m especially vexed at the fact that the cop played it all cool at the end like nothing happened. I hope that the family gets justice, but no amount of financial compensation will bring him back or stop this bullshit.
That is some messed up shit. I wish I hadn’t watched that.
Fuck the Police and the Transit Authority!! They are little bitches.
There is no excuse for that sort of behavior by 5-0 in this day in age. I hope the dirty pig that did that has to spend the rest of his life at Pelican Bay in Gen-population. Then he’ll get what he deserves. Death would be way to easy for that fucker.
My heart goes ot to the family and friends of Mr. Oscar Grant. There is nothing in life that prepares you for this type of thing. A life lost for no reason at all, by the hands of those that are supposed to Serve an Protect all communities. Completely unnecessary behavior…
R.I.P to the homie Demetrius DuBose who was taken out the same way by Cops in San Diego a few years back, and every other person that had to go out the same way.
We keep giving these pussy ass dudes badges who are scared of everything & holding grudges for stuff that happened to them 15 years ago.
RIP & condolences to dudes family. Hopefully dude won’t skate on this.
I hate this.
Young men (not just black, all races) dying for no reason.
What is it about a gun that gives you this rush, this thrill that you can do whatever you want to do? Multiply that by the fact that the man with the gun had a “shield” to hide behind as well, you’ve got a volatile situation just waiting on personal ticks from his society induced clock, hidden issues from the department, and a closet full of demons and skeletons to fall out before you shoot someone in the back.
Karma will deal this man 3 times what he just dealt. Period.
Don’t these guys have to take psychological tests to get a badge? I don’t understand how…like…WTF man???
R.I.P. Oscar Grant
this isn’t about bad police, this is about wtf was he thinking pulling a gun in the first place? look at the reaction of the other officer, he was just as shocked as anybody else…cops do a lot more good and bad but unfortunately its the bad that gets highlighted…many more black males i’m sure died that night, at the hands of other black males, why can’t there be the same outrage over each and every one?
Wow….I almost couldn’t believe my eyes.
what was the point of that?
sheesh
it actually looks like he’s about to tase him, until you hear the shot, it could be just a tragic accident…c’mon, you really think with all those people watching and some recording that police in this country would be that reckless?..let the facts come out first, we see from a distance, but we don’t know what was said between the officers or the suspect…he may have done it on purpose, its too early to tell
^It doesn’t look like the gun misfired. This looks and I believe is cold blooded murder. What could Mr. Grant have said while having weapons drawn on him that could invoke that much fear that the officer had no choice but to fire his weapon?
Mr. Utah
I would give you the “accident angle”…
…if it wasn’t for the fact that dude shrugged his shoulders at the other cop as if to say “My Bad? Let go get some tacos.”
It was senseless. Period. No matter what angle the cop throws at this, what he did will be handled by the law. Oscar was already down, he wasn’t struggling, his hands was behind his back…
*sigh* And I had the nerve to bring a child into this world.
What was SAID?
He could have told that bitch made pig that his mother was the whore of Babylon and the use of deadly force in that PARTICULAR SITUATION is 100% completely ILLEGAL. Fuck that. If they’re putting soldiers away for violations of war off the strength of investigative reports then a documented MURDER has no leaverage for pardon.
Like MZ said: Vaginas II society try to be big and bad after they get a badge and their mentality is the biggest poison in the system.
purposely or not Oscar is still dead
this is straight bullshit. straight racism. i am a white woman and i fucking hate white cops. all cops for that matter.
the family is suing b.a.r.t. for 25 million . and that money is is going to be paid buy raising the prices for everyone who rides it.its fucked up what happened but i wouldn’t put a price on a family member i would rather have the police officer to be put to jail like every other criminal. and also it wasn’t like they stopped him for no reason the guy was in a fight earlier. but like johnnyutah said
‘c’mon, you really think with all those people watching and some recording that police in this country would be that reckless?..let the facts come out first”
c’mon, you really think with all those people watching and some recording that police in this country would be that reckless?
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Yes.
A badge and a gun = power in some people’s mind that “I can do what I want.”
The sad thing is that cop will be assigned to desk duty and shit will get swept under the rug.
R.I.P. Oscar
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/06/citizen-videos-sprea.html
???????????????
Nobody’s saying anything about ANYTHING that happened from the time during the arrest and when he got put on the ground.
All that went out the window when he was executed while he was already detained.
Just like some muthafuckas don’t need to be cops, some people don’t need to be judges either…
First off: whoever was talking about angles: YouTube. There are at least 3 angles of this shooting. It wasnt a misfire.
Secondly, call it what you will, that cop fucked up. If he was searched and unarmed, and clearly not a threat, clearly outnumbered, nothing would justify the use of force, let alone a bullet. Point blank, too.
There is no way to play Devil’s advocate on this one.
I keep replaying the video to try n see if there is an accident angle…but there isn’t one
makin him lay face down on the ground= uncalled for
putting a knee to the back of his head= extremely unnecessary
shooting him after all of this= utterly disgraceful
dragging him aside and confronting his friend=*at a loss for words*
that cop deserves to get his throat slit with his own badge’….. i hope this gets the attention it deserves and then handled correctly this disgusts me
no matter what was said….there’s no reason for this motherfucker to shoot a man in the back while he’s laying face down.
fuck the police…i don’t even give a fuck how many are doing good work…the bad ones are ruining all y’all names…
diff video
http://www.ktvu.com/video/18406962/index.html
And Mainstream America Wonders Why Minorities have such a distrust and hatred for Cops and other law enforcement agencies.
It’s Terrorists Acts like this execution of Oscar Grant that prove to minorities that our Rights and Our lives have very little value to many hiding under the Cloak of “Law Enforcement” and we should always know that at any given time Oscar Grant could be one of Us.
Having a Black President can even mask that fact
I’m from around there and never heard anything about it. Apparently they have the cop in police protection now because he was receiving death threats. i know they beef up security on New Year’s on BART, and I took it on New Year’s last year. It gets pretty rowdy but that cop knew exactly what he was doing when he shot Mr. Grant, and then dragged his body aside like it was nothing. I hope the police protection he gets is as brutal as the kind he was dishing out on New Year’s.
With the stuff going in Gaza right now, nothing suprises me anymore…..
“Each man’s death diminishes me, for I am part of man.”
FYI the killer’s name is Johannes Mehserle
Big L- Fed Up With The Bullshit (Verse 1)
Yo, on the scene is the brother that’s big, I’m not a little kid
I’m a nig who don’t dig a muthafuckin pig
Cause to me they ain’t nothin but harassers
That misuse they badges to whip niggas’ asses
Then one day they slow rolled through the hood
With the .38s cocked, 2 deep, up to no good
They say that my skin was black so they attacked
Threw me on the back and stuck a gat to my fuckin cap
One murdered my man like it was okay
For the life he ended he got suspended with no pay
But if a man woulda took the cop life, he woulda got life
And never again see the street lights, and that’s trife
Around my way they shot many teens
And them cops better stop, or I’ma stop em, by any means
The Big L won’t hesitate to cold diss em
And if you ask me, muthafuck the whole system
There are too many young black brothers doin life bids
Cause justice means ‘just us white kids’
So take heed to the rhymes I kick
I’m about to flip, cause I’m fed up with that bullshit
There’s so much I’d like to say, but I just can’t put it into words. One thing I’d ask is that you guys click that Digg button up top. People need to see this…
RMF…
Digg it people. This story needs attention…
RMF…
Wow. Seriously makes me wanna cry.
Fuckin’ pussy.
it actually looks like he’s about to tase him, until you hear the shot, it could be just a tragic accident…c’mon, you really think with all those people watching and some recording that police in this country would be that reckless?..let the facts come out first, we see from a distance, but we don’t know what was said between the officers or the suspect…he may have done it on purpose, its too early to tell
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a tragic accident???
the motherfucker pulled his gun out, aimed, and fired….
that punks gun falling out of his holster and going off would be a tragic “accident”.
shooting a cuffed dude in the back is cowardly murder, my dude.
what was said???
give me a fucking break.
ever heard the “sticks and stones may break my bones” saying?
NO excuses.
NONE
E Brock says:
*sigh* And I had the nerve to bring a child into this world.
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that’s what I tell my momz, aunt, and all my other family members wondering why I don’t have any children yet, they get upset at me but when I tell them ‘I can’t bring a child into this society with all the drugs, diseases, and hatred…’, and they just look at me like this lil nigga know his shit and they just say your right.
JOHNNYUTAH says:
it actually looks like he & is about to tase him, until you hear the shot, it could be just a tragic accident….c’mon, you really think with all those people watching and some recording that police in this country would be that reckless
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First of all everyone, it wasn’t the Oakland police, it was BART(public transportation I guess) officers that were involved in this situation…..
Secondly, the officer that fired the shot came from out the picture, he was walking back n forth looking for someone to harass…..
Thirdly, I think you may be some type of government/domestic official cause there is no excuse nor scenario that can account for this type of abuse/fuckery, no matter how much ‘facts’ come from this situation. Before Mr.Grant was in slaughtered, after he was in custody , he and his co-defendants were being assaulted by these officers. The.man.was.in.custody.point.blank.period!
TC says:
Just like some muthafuckas don’t need to be cops, some people don’t need to be judges either…
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Preach, Preach….*catches the holy ghost* whoooooooo whoooooooo
Phillmatic = “Kick of Kicks + SOUL CNSR”
It’s Terrorists Acts like this execution of Oscar Grant that prove to minorities that our Rights and Our lives have very little value to many hiding under the Cloak of “Law Enforcement” and we should always know that at any given time Oscar Grant could be one of Us.
Having a Black President can even mask that fact
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Or a Sean Bell, etc….
I will be willing to accept that Mr. Grant was talking shit and all that, but I think it may have went deeper….
I watched one of the interviews of a witnessed that taped the whole altercation (her video was like 4-6 minutes long) and she said that the Mr.Grant and his cohorts were fighting, granted its New years they probably was intoxicated. It may have been the officers son, nephew, or family member that was involved in the beat down. So he may have been a little agitated and fired up, but yeah all enforcement officials are taken through professional evaluations to see if they are physically, mentally, and emotionally ready to deal with not only the public but the threat of being a walking target…..
ps:
shit like this really put fear in my heart, tears in my eyes, and rage in my soul!
that shits been rocking the bay the past couple days….shit’s hectic up here on the BART…
but think about how many times this has happened WITHOUT the camera being around…so many, voiceless injustices
Fuckin’ pussy.
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You cold blooded if you talking to me. Fuck, I have children. Can’t imagine that shit happening to one of mines.
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nah dawg, its no hate, he was talking about the officer.
This is such a tragedy. I’m pretty sure Oscar’s folks are fucked up in more ways than one right now.
I think a lot of cops find the gun as the easier way out. When they feel they don’t have control of the situation, it’s so much easier to pull out the gun and put an end to it. They should make rookies walk around with slingshots for the first 10 years.
@ Complex….
nah, homey…
that was my initial reaction to the officer, bruh.
i know for a fact that no police officer is trained to do that, i can’t stress enough that its not an institutional thing, its just some bad, evil seeds…and i didn’t mean that he could have possibly provoked the shooting by saying something, i meant the cops themselves, whether or not they discussed tazing him before the shot was fired, or if the shooter said i’ma shoot him…i would love to know what was really going on in dude’s mind to think pulling a gun was necessary…and believe it or not, cops who’ve used the “oh i thought my gun was my taser” defense have actually gotten off of murder raps…so many unanswered questions that will stay that way…the victim is dead and the cops have no doubt by now articulated the incident the best they can to cover their own ass…damn shame
i just watched the video again…another cop comes in with a tazer at the end, to keep the other suspects back….this makes sense…why you would need to escalate the use of force on a HANDCUFFED AND ON THE GROUND suspect i can’t even begin to explain…a life was lost and all the other cops who were doing their job are fucked because of this guy…also it looks like after the shooting somebody off scree told the train conductor to get his ass and all the other witnesses out of there pronto…
@JOHNNYUTAH
the video i saw showed the female officer trying to confiscate the cameras and the girl was like nah, hell nah until the conductor closed the doors, but then the conductor opened the doors back up and she ran out on to the platform to tape some more, no thats a ridah oh damn how i love cali chicks!!
i know im late to seein this….but damn this is fucked up. r.i.p.oscar grant and i’m praying for the Grant family…if anyone ever records this type of fuckery happening on the DC Metro….*smh*
Another FYI BART = Bay Area Rapid Transit
http://www.bart.gov/
Send your complaints here
RIP
Now, what are we going to do about it?
“accident”
really?!?
what the fuck?!?
speechless really….I can say that I hardly ever get like this….but I am now.
seems like shit was going smooth…until that gun came out….no fucking excuses for this.
cop prolly resigned after this…but I think he aught to be brought to court for this.
yea, they say he resigned, i dont know if he gave a statement yet, fut the family wants 25 million….
not justice but 25 million??
*smh*
OK fam….I’m way across the country in Ft. Drum, NY and decided to do SOMETHING….The following statement was emailed to the http://www.bart.gov website….GET INVOLVED family!!!!
The highly publicized murder of Oscar Grant is totally unacceptable. Your website has a link about passes for the federal holiday commemorating the life and greatness of Dr. Martin Luther King, but in 2009 citizens are still under siege. If you really want to honor the life of Dr. King…be accountable and don’t pacify the community with irresponsible statements. I would like to think this has nothing to do with race, but I would be pretending to be blind and deaf. Take responsibility for this senseless murder.
Until we start shooting back, vigilante-style, the swine will always feel they can get away with killing us.Black people’s lives have no value to the pigs or the courts.
They have to fear for their lives like we fear for ours. Only then will they think twice before pulling the trigger. I’m sorry, but in these cases violence is the only answer. Protests & marches ain’t doin shit.
In my past life,I assaulted a pig & once his back-up came, they whipped my ass. Chipped my tooth. Put the Glock to the back of my head. Lucky they ain’t kill me. But I loved snuffin the shit out that mu’fucka & if I had the chance I’d do it again. I wouldn’t trade that moment for shit. Would you believe that in the end, I only got a few days in jail & 2 days community service for that? Maybe God blessed me for a job well done.
Fuck the police.
K. Strick says:
In my past life,I assaulted a pig & once his back-up came, they whipped my ass. Chipped my tooth. Put the Glock to the back of my head. Lucky they ain’t kill me. But I loved snuffin the shit out that mu’fucka & if I had the chance I’d do it again. I wouldn’t trade that moment for shit….
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Yea that happened to me when I was only 15, the officer called for back cause he said I waved a concealed weapon in front of his face, although it was only a black n mild, he waited until his back up came to try and put his hands on my so I throw that bitch off me and it took 3 of those pussy to get me down and handcuff me…. In court he continued to say he felt threatened blah blah, it was past my curfew (when it was only 10:55 on the police report), but he didnt know that the shorty I was out with was the districts’ captain daughter and she testified on my behalf…. That pussy ass officer got transfered to a different district, I got put into juvenile jail for resisting arrest, aggravated assault on a officer, criminal mischief and a bunch of other shit that was dropped in preliminaries….Than I got the chance to see that pussy without his uniform, but he still had his k-9 with him so I aint get the chance to retaliate like I imagined when I was booked….
^- I was on some real revolutionary “Fuck The Police” shit for the longest time. That’s kinda how the Contra moniker came up. Anyhow, I realized it’s a losing battle when you’re fighting alone.
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Never alone!! We all have to take personal loses to realize who is down for the cause!!
I think we should organize a boycott of BART for the same length of time it takes them to arrest the person they employed to murder Oscar Grant. I would suspect the revenue supports the salaries of the killers they employ. Why would we continue to pay their salary when they are killing innocent citizens? I also believe BART is a government agency so why would we continue to knowingly give money to the same people who are doing nothing to ensure this murderer is locked up.
>They have to fear for their lives like we fear for ours. Only then will they think twice before pulling the trigger.
Under what possible circumstances would being afraid for their lives make them LESS likely to pull the trigger, you mouthbreathing cretinous thug?