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The commanding officer on the Fruitvale BART platform the night Oscar Grant III was shot in the back and killed by another officer said Wednesday the 22-year-old victim posed no threat to either him or others seconds before he was killed.

The admission, by Officer Anthony Pirone, came during the sixth day of testimony in the preliminary hearing of former BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, accused of murder in the killing of Grant on Jan. 1.

Pirone agreed with the prosecutor that the position Grant was in just seconds before he was shot made it virtually impossible for the Hayward resident to grab and use a weapon against officers even if he had one.

“I didn’t see the hands, so I didn’t see a threat,” Pirone said. “It didn’t pose a threat to me “… or any other officer.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ninetangel/ ninetangel

    Looks like the blue wall of silence is crumbling on this one. Good.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/roman_7/ roman_7

    It’s real messed up that officers are getting off with murder. It’s so easy to be a cop, they should administer tougher test and training.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/andy_still_in_upt/ andy_still_in_upt

    america you have to check the oscar grant thang cause that aint right it a straight 187

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LARAHSI3000/ LARAHSI3000

    THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE BLACK PANTHERS BACK IN ACTION THEY KILLED THEM OFF SO THAT THEY CAN DO US THE WAY THEY DO US NOW… OBAMA PLEASE CHECK THEESE CROOKED COPS IN AMERICA RIP OSCAR GRANT
    FTP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MRNEWYORK4/ MRNEWYORK4

    RIP OSCAR GRANT…THAT WAS A MODERN DAY LYNCHING …WE GOING THRU THE SAME THING IN NYC…F**K YOU COPPERS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/miss_nea_nea/ miss_nea_nea

    This story gives me chills and makes me sad. My heart and prayers go out to the family of Oscar Grant. I saw the video and although it was from a camera phone it was absolutely clear that that police officer had no reason at all to shoot him. It is crazy to think that this is the kind of world that we live in. I just pray that justice will be served, and the people responsible for this young black mans death do not get off simply because they have badges. Im with the black panther movement LARAHI300

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3iiiE/ 3iiiE

    it would be interesting 2 see the numbers on all nationalityz that have went through this in tha good ‘ol US of A…then let,z look@the copz and there race…we just had the one in northern ohio with “african american copz and an african american victim”…it ain’t just black and white no more y’all…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lavallemcarson/ lavallemcarson

    i use to see this dude all over Oakland. THis sit is crazy

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ZORRO_/ ZORRO_

    i’m not surprised by this story at all…

    still 3/5 of a man in the eyes of YT and slaves…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/non_butt_azz/ non_butt_azz

    this is why it’s so hard for blacks to stop bein racist of so many white ppl i kno all white ppl are bad but its hard to tell wit s**t goin on like dis these stupid azz policeman are a disgrace and tha justice system is even more fuked up than them in alot of cases i hope they get wat tha fuk tha deserve they all need tha fukin death penalty… fag azz cops

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/magikk/ magikk

    3iiiE is absolutely right! It’s not about black or white. It’s about us and them. Police officers walk around with this “holier than thou” mentality and rely on other police officers to protect them when s**t hits the fan. The blue shield is real people. Why do you think the Sean Bell incident went away? Why did the officers get acquitted after rodney? Why do you think the Kathryn Johnson case went down like it did? I HIGHLY doubt that any law enforcement offical will ever be charged for the actual heinousness of their crimes. Hell the Amadou Diallo officers were only charged with aggravated assault! The problem is the DA’s. There has to be atleast ONE District Attorney that will throw the damn library at these a*****es. ONE!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kullmack/ kullmack

    WHAT WE HAVE HEAR IS A MUREDER.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kullmack/ kullmack

    WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A MURDER.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/4_sa-kin/ 4_sa-kin

    sad case. sad times.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheHaloChamp/ TheHaloChamp

    All cops aren’t bad. My uncle a cop, works for the US capital police. He is a reg cop, he dont think he above anybody or above the law or anything like that. Its just that some cops think cuz they got a badge and the law on they side they can get away with stuff like this. It’s really sad. When most cops get away with killing someone for no justifiable reason though, it’s showing the next set of cops they can do the saem.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    police & doctors (iatrogenics), both have a “Liscence” to kill people and get away with it (legally)…….im so serious when i say this……stay on ya P’s n Q’s out there!!!!……ZZZzzz

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    oh yeah……. who remembers what ya boy Obama had to say about Sean Bell??…….. “we are a nation of laws and we should respect the verdict”……….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kennyd4/ kennyd4

    then they cant figure out why we for the most part dont give a f**k about a cop who gets poped.last time i checked our taxes are suppose to help keep fool ass bad people off our asses,its too bad the bad people carry a gun and a badge.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tiffaboo22/ tiffaboo22

    whats wrong with ur society now a days…..cops are not hired to kill they need to have no jobs cus they do dumb s**t

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vasco5/ vasco5

    they don’t give a damn what you think gonna happen when he goes to jail, the skin heads gonna praise and white racist too who think they are supream >lol,thats why for every unbalance to balance there’s a unbalance i’m not for gay but if it stop dumd ass ppl for having kids in a world whith no proper education or life education well that maybe the balance to stop the killing.> my philosophy unbalance to balance unbalance and thats how the world take care of its self,ppl need to wake up cause a lot of shyt gonna continued if they don’t the world they living in

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SamaraP03/ SamaraP03

    I just think dat its sad that black men and elders cant either sit in their homes, go to basketball camp, bachelor party,or just walk period without gtting terriorized by cops. Notice majority of those officers are white. So tell me that we arent still in the 30′s and 40′s. They always talkinblack on black crime, man come on a black officer who was off duty (this month may I mind you)was catching a robber and before the on duty officers(white) even gave him a chance to show his badge or tell him he was an officer shot him. So what do you think about that. Badge or not we aint safe when your skin color is BLACK!!!! I love everyone but this bulls**t as got to come to an end. Grow up already, we here to stay and we are not going nowhere. We like roaches, you kill one ten more rise up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blk-jig06/ blk-jig06

    cops only do their job right when its one of them down .period

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweethotsexy/ sweethotsexy

    Cops use their guns as authority to do dirty crimes…they just convicted my 24 year old nephew yesterday and he did not kill no one but was there when it happened and did not know something like that was going down. He thought he was over there to fix a car. Now the damn crooked cops hung him in court along with the Prosecutor…they don’t give a damn about us…COPS KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FckinRghtIDidIt313/ FckinRghtIDidIt313

    Ill tell you what… if anybody killed my 93 year old grandma like that especially the hook I would not stop until I killed every last one of those hoe ass b***hes either that or I would try to bomb the police station or something… f**k the life bit and all the police ass whoopings that are gonna come along with it real talk… every last one of those cases are f**ked up they should hang the officers… and for everybody who keeps pointing the finger at the white people on here obviously has never passed through the system or did a day in jail cuzz they don’t know s**t about what they are speaking on cuzz my white ass has been choked out by a black cop and pretty much body slammed by a black cop on the flip side though I got my head knocked a few times and got my money ran and my chain and watch broke and got my elbows and wrists f**ked up by a white cop and on some real s**t when judgment day came they didn’t have no problem handing me the same 2 years they were giving all the black people for that pistol I got caught with… moral of the story the badge don’t discriminate… the beef is between them and the regular people not white and black don’t ever think I would get it just as fast as you will just cuzz your black and I am white…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FckinRghtIDidIt313/ FckinRghtIDidIt313

    don’t ever think I won’t get it as fast as you…
    (typo)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    SAD this officer needs the electric chair, real simple! these White Folks keep murdering and getting away wit it. This was so uncalled 4…totally preventable. I hope his mom sues da living hell out of da city.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Savannahsdawg/ Savannahsdawg

    I’ve said this once before and I’ll say it again. A great man once said “An injustice anywhere is any injustice everywhere” Something has to be done about this police brutality thing. It is really getting out of hand. We need to attack this issue just like we did with the injustices of the 60′s. We need marches, rallies, boycotts, and anything that it takes to show these “pigs” that enough is enough!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/temtations/ temtations

    you know what it’s never about the money, money can never bring back your loved one. However any cop(black, white, hispanic) that shoots to kill and ask questions later, should live his life in jail as well as whom ever is giving the police that order to do so.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rockwilder1911/ rockwilder1911

    lost for words on this one!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/direct07/ direct07

    to fckingrght: You have a point. But just reading your post give me a strong feeling you talk and dress like your from the streets or shall I say black. Think about it….. Thats why that white cop treat you the same. To be real about it when you become a cop I believe you leave your race at the door and they become one race of their on. “Piggs”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexiiGemini2009/ SexiiGemini2009

    Okay. My main question…is why does a BART officer have a fckin gun? A BART officer is a peace officer…so why the FCK does he have a gun? He was too stupid to use it correctly [as we can all see]. He says that he was reaching for his taser…but why reach for anything at all? The man was on the ground…not goin anywhere!!! I feel that it’s due to the stigma white people [and almost all people] carry about black people. And just will not let go of. For him to feel that he had to reach for anything to subdue a man that was already subdued…was a prejudice he already had set in his mind. One that he probably grew up with. One that probably made him become an officer. [Which...most police officers & legal authorities are people that were probably picked on and messed with in school. And that's their way of getting some power/revenge...by carrying a badge. But you can't hide behind that badge forever.] I understand that he may have shot him by accident, but a lesson needs to be taught here. Not to just this man….to the world. I don’t believe in Capital punishment…because that’s God’s job. Who are we to take someone out of this world? God has something in store for him. Watch and see.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SYNCEREG/ SYNCEREG

    Its getting out of hand this is becoming a weekly thing. MArches arent going to do anything boycotts wont either . theres only one way this is going to end and thats more bloodshed ingorance doesnt understand civil acts that why still today we have kkk and othere groups to that nature we have to show them we will not stand for it any more .But on the flip when we are wrong then we must accept .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sheltwon3/ Sheltwon3

    This is sad and it is a big problem that needs to be addressed now. This stuff should not continue to go on.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ya_one_and_only1/ ya_one_and_only1

    why this aint happenin to the white people??? conspiracy, I THINK NOT!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/koolaidbree/ koolaidbree

    Timothy Thomas the young man on picture 6 is my stepdads son. He spent the summer with us back in 94. That was the first and last time I saw him. He used to keep my daughter when I was at work. It nearly killed us when his momma called my stepdads brother to let him know what happen. We drove to Ohio for the funeral not knowing where we were going or where we were going to stay. Luckily a lady that was at my brothers moms house was working at a hotel and got us two rooms for two nights for free. I will never forget seeing my little brother in his coffin. That night when we went to the hotel for bed I had a dream he was standing over me. He smiled at me and said “Sis, it’s okay. Everything will be okay for me.” I woke up crying. The funeral was really beautiful. I was nervous from seeing all of those people and the media. I broke down crying because I knew that was the absolute last time I would see my brother in the flesh again. I love and miss you lil bro……Love always, your big sis!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smoothjjz975/ smoothjjz975

    One thing., I’m glad to hear this officer acknowledge that the murdered victim posd no harm or threat to him or his fellow officers… In a video era, Judicial cover-ups are shameful… Plus there’s talk of law-officials trying to confiscate video recording instruments from bystanders (obstruction of justice)…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tanja_Kapita/ Tanja_Kapita

    i’m sure more will come out. but its not like they going to do anything about it. code blue is live and well.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/perfectresultz/ perfectresultz

    this is what we need …..honesty with in ourselves …… man or a woman…….DON’T DO IT !!!!!! than become a coward about what you’ve done…..you were brave enough to kill be brave enough to take what ever is coming to you…. this young man’s death was sinceless…..you truly can’t expect us to live as civilized human beings when the law it self is corrupted….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KingPotential/ KingPotential

    I totally agree with smoothjjz975 and perfectresultz. This has to end.
    The lies, the treachery, the deceit among those we’ve selected to PROTECT US.
    This is insane that that officer is even trying to contest this. And equally insane that the officers tried to cover this up. This is overwhemingly corrupt. He (the officer) needs to stand up like a man and accept his punishment with what little dignity he has left. That’s all he has left in this life and the world is watching.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/daishaniqua_nic/ daishaniqua_nic

    It really bothers me to see the rate at which innocent black men are being cutdown and taken from their families. :S

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    This was da sickest shyt i ever seen, this white dude needs to be taken out and shot to death as well. Eye 4 an Eye, n tooth 4 tooth. This is totally disrespectful. It must be kill blackmen season again.

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