Police shoots unarmed man

By Randy on 08/01/2009

Just saw this on the news

Youtube vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAETrZghn0&fmt=18

Cnn: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/08/BART.shooting/index.html

Some crazy shit

By Sithofwookie on 09/01/2009

Geez thats not to far from where I live.

By Quikdrawjoe on 09/01/2009

I heard about his also, I was like wtf.

By Kero2 on 09/01/2009

dat is some crazy shit
read all and watched

By Zooby69 on 09/01/2009

This was even on the news in Australia. It happend on Newyears and we didn't get it till like last night. Hmms we needs to get our news prioritys right, i swear i saw something about a chimp on the news the night before.

Cop is in shit, not matter what.

By Colinwarrior on 09/01/2009

I'm going to let you guys know something right now.

Cops don't just shoot people. They are not even allowed to draw their sidearm unless their lives or the lives of others are at risk. I highly doubt the dude that got shot was completely innocent.

Remember, there are always two sides to every story.

By Randy on 09/01/2009

QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ January 08, 2009 08:36 pm)

Witnesses say the man was face down handcuffed on the ground.
Supposedly he "accidentally grabbed the gun instead of the tazer"
Sounds awfully fishy to me

By ArSeNaLfAn32 on 09/01/2009

A police contain the right to to use force or a gun if there is a serious threat. If you say "I have a bomb" on a plane, an Air Marshal WILL shoot you. If the guy is stupid enough to convince a police officer this is a serious situation, he deserves to die.

(Video won't load for me, so I'm assuming what happened."

By Colinwarrior on 09/01/2009

QUOTE (Kingrandy0 @ January 09, 2009 12:43 am)

QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ January 08, 2009 08:36 pm)

Witnesses say the man was face down handcuffed on the ground.
Supposedly he "accidentally grabbed the gun instead of the tazer"
Sounds awfully fishy to me

Please tell me why he would shoot an "innocent" man in front of a shitload of witnesses? He obviously had a reason.

By Randy on 09/01/2009

QUOTE

Police are seen putting Grant face-down on the ground. Grant appears to struggle. One of the officers kneels on Grant as another officer stands, tugs at his gun, unholsters it and fires a shot into Grant's back.

There have been unconfirmed reports that Mehserle may have mistook his gun for a Taser, but Burris is not swayed.

All they know so far..

By Karlfischer on 09/01/2009

Colin and Glenn, I think you will respond differently after you watch the video. The man they shot was unarmed, handcuffed, on the ground, and another officer was holding him down. At best case it as an accident, and at worst it was blatant homicide. What it probably was though is an officer who was in an altered state of mind, and should not have been on duty that night.

By Colinwarrior on 09/01/2009

I watched the video.

All I'm saying is that people don't just shoot other people for no reason. ESPECIALLY when it's concerning a police officer.

By Karlfischer on 09/01/2009

QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ January 09, 2009 01:08 am)

I watched the video.

All I'm saying is that people don't just shoot other people for no reason. ESPECIALLY when it's concerning a police officer.

I agree, there probably was a reason, that reason most likely is that the officer wanted to have a few drinks on new years.

By rachellove9 on 09/01/2009

QUOTE (Karlfischer @ January 08, 2009 08:18 pm)

QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ January 09, 2009 01:08 am)

I watched the video.

All I'm saying is that people don't just shoot other people for no reason. ESPECIALLY when it's concerning a police officer.

I agree, there probably was a reason, that reason most likely is that the officer wanted to have a few drinks on new years.

Makes me wonder what he did in the first place to involve the police. Was it an armed robbery, where he could have had a gun. It could of just been an accident too.

By George on 09/01/2009

QUOTE (CNN)

For nearly six hours, according to local media, about 60 people addressed the board.

^ Wow!

^

Nice of the mother of the victim to be so forgiving like that, telling the public to stop hurling abuse at the police authorities...

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