An Oakland transit cop struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man, stood up over the suspect and fired a single shot into his back while fellow officers watched. That what's seen in a short video taken on New Year's by a train passenger who caught the arrest-turned-execution on film. Source
The shooting death of Oscar Grant did not have to happen. Even if the police were busting him for being involved in a fight on the train. Unarmed, he pleaded with cops not to harm him or not to taser him, according to a friend who witnessed the shooting. The officer shot anyway. He was a young father and husband.
The family of the victim (see second video below) is suing the transit police for $25 million. ...
The video above is apparently just one of the various recordings of the incident that have surfaced. There were a lot of people around when this occurred, and plenty of armed officers too, at least five. It was New Year's and parties were letting out.
And get this, the lawyer says transit cops confiscated cell phone images from people who witnessed and photographed what went down in Oakland. No way!!
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By: minamean on 1/06/2009 12:49AM
They've been killing our people and getting away with it for years. Oakland police has never cared about us, especially our youth.
I'm gonna pray for his family.
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By: bgriff8359 on 1/06/2009 1:09AM
That is really a shame. This 2009 an our people are still being abused and killed. He may have done something wrong, but to be executed is very bad. Lord help humanity, we need your help. The cop will probably get off. All those cops that was there need to be fired.
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By: SassyVal on 1/06/2009 1:31AM
MY HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES THAT IS DEALING WITH THE LOST OF OUR CHILDREN...ITS A SHAME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED THIS WAT WAT EVA HAPPENED TO TASING........HUH.....I WONDER ITS SAD THE COP WAS WRONG HE DIDNT HAVE TO SHOOT HIM AND THE ONES THAT WAS THERE NEED TO HAVE ACTION TAKING AGAINST THEM CAUSE U STOOD THERE AND WATCH HIM PULL IT OUT NOT KNOWIN HE WOULD DO WAT HE DID ITS SAD AND OAKLAND P.D. NEEDS TO B INVESTIGATED BY A HIGHER POWER CAUSE U NO THEY LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER...JUST LEAVE IT IN GOD HANDS AND PRAY CAUSE GOD NO THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SENT U FREE........STOP CRYING,STOP WONDERING CAUSE U WILL GET UR BLESSSINGS...REMEMBER HES IN A SAFE PLACE NO MORE WORRIES CAUSE ONE DAY WE ALL WILL JION HIM.......SO HOLD UR HEADS UP HIGH CAUSE WEN U DO WRONG,IT WILL NOT SENT U FREE IT WILL EAT U UP........SO WHOEVA OR HOW EVA DO THE RIGHT THING DONT HOLD IT WITH U FOR THE REST OF UR LIFE....B A MAN AND B TRUE TO URSELF WE ALL WILL FORGIVE U SOMEDAY....MY HEART AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL OF U.............HES AN ANGEL IN HEAVEN.MAY PEACE B WITH U ALL...HES WATCHING US ALL AND NO WE ALL IS DOING THE RIGHT THING TO GET TO THE TRUTH.......
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By: demsweep on 1/06/2009 1:37AM
Cold blooded murder.
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By: I would rather that I get told the real .... on 1/06/2009 4:05AM
This is not new but one thing. A lot of white folk have not gotten over the fact that a black man is now President of the US. YES, the young man and his boys were probably YAPPIN that still
does not entitle anyone to taking away his Civil Rights.
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Ca$h Up better control of your income here....
For real .....
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By: old G on 1/07/2009 2:16AM
let's see what happen to the cops.will they get away again for killing another young black man like they did in new york . they need to be charged on fed level not state level because the prison sentence on fed is longer and on fed
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By: CAHawk on 1/06/2009 9:59AM
This is why for all of the over-hyped, over advertised b.s. on the web today. It is still a very important tool. There is not one menation of this shooting on National News outlets ANYWHERE....
I wonder why there is NEVER ever evn once where some whyte cops gunn down some whyte boy selling Meth or high on Meth.
I wonder why there is never any instance of Blacks Cops blasting any at will at some lawbraeking whyte boy. And anyone why thinks that whyte folks dont get rowdy and commit crimes are just being foolish, its just that when whyte boys do this crap it seldom if ever reported and they spend less time in jail, if any at all. Had this kid been whyte he would have been handcuffed , spent the night in the "drunk tank" and told to call someone to bail him out the next morning. But since he was Black -- HES DEAD!
Yeah, but I know this just cant be a case of RACISM ----- because according to what all the whyte folks a (and some dmumbazz Blacks) say - RACSIM is over because we have a Black President!
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By: MARY BAKER on 1/06/2009 10:34AM
PUBLIC ENEMY SUMS IT UP IN FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET!
ALSO DOROTHY THOMPSON STATES THAT THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENT IN THE HUMAN MIND IS FEAR. FEAR CREATES AGGRESSIVENESS, BUT RESTRICTED WAS THE SUSPECT, MORE THAN ONE COP AT THE SCENE, COPS HAD THE SUSPECTS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK, KUFFED! A COP KNEE ON THE SUSPECT BACK! THE SUSPECT COOPERATED, HE WANTED TO LIVE! WHAT DID THE COP THAT SHOT THE BLACK MALE FEAR? TO ME "IN FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET" BEST EXPLAINS THAT HAPPENING. TO ME, THAT COP FEAR STEMS FROM THE PERSISTENT REFUSAL TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH, FACE THE FACTS THAT THAT COP'S ACTIONS EXPRESSES THE INEFFACEABLE IMPRESSION MANY WHITE COPS, ESP, HAVE TOWARD BLACK MALES AND TO A LARGE NUMBER OF COPS THAT IGNORANT IDEA CAN'T BE ERADICATED. AGAIN I THINK THAT IS WHY THE PERSISTENT REFUSAL TO ANALYZE, QUESTION AND WIPE OUT THE INFLUENCE OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA CONTINUES TO ALLOW OPEN SEASON ON YOUNG BLACK MALES.
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By: blackvoicesrush on 1/06/2009 11:02AM
this is unfortunate
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By: CARLA on 1/06/2009 11:30AM
The police will get away with it like always!!!!
Prayers goe up for him and his family.
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