Oscar Grant BART Shooting Trial Begins
A woman who videotaped a San Francisco Bay area transit officer killing an unarmed man has testified that the officer didn’t act overly aggressive before the shooting and appeared “dumbfounded” afterward.
Karina Vargas was one of several witnesses who recorded the New Year’s Day shooting.
She told the judge Monday at the preliminary hearing for Johannes Mehserle that she believed other officers were unnecessarily aggressive in detaining Oscar Grant, whom she said didn’t appear to be resisting arrest.
Videos show Mehserle firing a shot into Grant’s back as the man lay face down on a platform. He was being detained for allegedly fighting on a train.
Mehserle has pleaded not guilty to murder. His attorney has said the officer meant to reach for his stun gun.
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This is such BS! He was reaching 4 his stun gun yeah right a mistake by the cop that cost this brother his life.
Fight back fight back fight back my people…
This was a deliberate assasination or execution of another young black man!! It makes you wonder who trained this officer? And if he had proper training, then obviously he should know the difference in the weight of a stun gun and a 9mm handgun!! This is an outrage!! This young man is lying in a grave because of the stupidity and ignorance of yet another renegade police officer. This man is a disgrace to police officers across America!! How are we to trust public safety officers??..We’re waiting to see the outcome…
Okaaay, The young man laying face down without the officer physically restraining him.. So the use of a stun gun would’ve been obsessive!!!… Any court judging that alibi as credible shouldn’t judge any other murder case… “Oops sorry he or she is DEAD, I was reaching for “digk”… As hard as it is to get out of a freakin traffic ticket, Are they kidding.., A BULLET TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD? Awww Come on…
LIKE DO THESE DEVILS THINK THAT WE ARE STUPID? THE PIG WUZ REACHING FOR HIZ STUN GUN… RIGHT!!! AND U PULL OUT A HAND GUN… N PULL THE TRIGGER? COME ON HE SOUNDS LIKE AN AZZHOLE!!!!!!! THAT’S ALRIGHT BECAUSE YOU PIGGS WILL GIT AWAY WITH IT NOW CUZ IT’S DEVILZ WHO SIT ON THE BENCH AND DECIDE THESE PIGGS WHO ASSASSINATE US, NOT GUILTY. BUT THAT’S ALL WELL AND GOOD CUZ THEY AINT GONNA GIT AWAY WITH IT WITH ALLAAH! ALLAAHU AKBAR!!!
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