Bay Area Transit Cops Shoot Unarmed Man
An attorney hired by the family of a man slain by a transit agency police officer early New Year’s Day says the victim was shot in the back while lying on his stomach waiting to be handcuffed. Attorney John Burris says 22-year-old Oscar Grant posed no threat to Bay Area Rapid Transit officers when Grant was fatally shot at around 2:15 a.m.
Agency spokesman Jim Allison says the officer’s gun went off while police were trying to restrain Grant at BART’s Fruitvale station, and that he was not cuffed. Allison says it is unclear if the shooting was an accident or deliberate, and that the agency is investigating.
Burris was hired by the mother of Grant’s 4-year-old daughter to investigate the incident. He says the Alameda County district attorney should investigate, noting that the officer had a stun gun as well as a firearm.
The unidentified officer is on administrative leave during the investigation.
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an tha police wonder y people hate them for the stupid shyt they do
The gun went off on accident???? so his holster was unlocked??? buckle already off and his finger slipped in the trigger while he was trying to handcuff him….. WTF???!!!!! But because he’s a cop and the boy is black it’s ok….everyone on the train took a video on their cell phone!!! they saw how overzealous these officers were, the boy was on his stomach! They get away with another execution style murder!! Disgusting!
u right they mad as hell for lettin a black man in the chair thats why they call they self tryin to do what eva they can to take us out the game ppl we really need to wake up and smell the coffee
Made about a black president? Bro, i think you need to wake up. That’s in California. It’s a regular occurrence.Terrible
Okay after seeing this video I will have a drink @ 8am in the morning. Wakeup people! They mad for allowing that black man to become president. White people will look for any excuse to do you in right now.
the gun went off by accident…hmmm. I dont think so. the police did it on purpose and try to make it look like it was an accident. These sick azz cops knows how to cover their tracks. It can be resolved it the law enforcement looks into it. Aint no use being ashamed cuz this is who they hired to work for them.
“Agency spokesman Jim Allison says the officer’s gun went off while police were trying to restrain Grant at BART’s Fruitvale station, and that he was not cuffed. Allison says it is unclear if the shooting was an accident or deliberate, and that the agency is investigating.”
**that gun dam sho went off didn’t it! ummm, i’m not a person who is into violence or anything like that, but i do carry a GLOCK for protection, & you have to apply a specific amount of pressure on the trigger itself in order for it to fire, hence the trigger has an actual safety inhancing feature within the trigger itself….well, guess he wanted to display his intent to see how it feels to kill….the death penalty would be too easy….give him about 99-to-life….looks like “legal murder”
what more evidence is needed?? seriously. whens a cop gonna get the death penalty?