Cop Shoots Handcuffed Black Man

January 6th, 2009

oscargrant

The attorney for a 22-year-old Black man who was shot to death by a Bay-Area California policeman on New Year’s Day says he will file a $25 million lawsuit, and he is demanding that prosecutors charge the officer with murder. “This is the most egregious shooting that I have ever seen,” said civil rights attorney John Burris, who is known for taking on high-profile police-abuse cases in the past. A videotape (see it here. Warning: Graphic Content)taken by a passenger on the train shows an officer with the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department standing over the Hayward, Calif., man, who was lying face down and handcuffed. The officer then appears to fire a bullet into the back of Oscar Grant III as fellow officers look on. Read the rest here.

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BAY AREA LISTEN UP! Said on

%#%? ALL OF U SOFT MOTHEFUCKERS! YALL TALK TO MUCH!!EUROPEAN YOUTHS SHOWED YALL HOW TO HANDLE POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDERS LIKE THESE!! THEY RIOT!!!!! BURN POLICE STATIONS AND LET THE GOVERNMENT KNOW THEY AINT HAVIN IT! FRANCE YOUTH DID IT , GREEKS DID IT, YALL IN THE U.S ARE COWARDS! I HOPE THEY GET ALL OF U ONE BY ONE. SOFT MOTHEFUCKERS GO MARCH AND SING WE SHALL OVER COME!! SEND A MESSAGE BACK TO THE PIGS , LET EM KNOW THAT THERES CONSEQUENCES FOR POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDER! SO NEXT TIME THE PIGS WILL THINK TWICE!! CROOKED OFFICERS HAVE GOOD OFFICERS HURT AND KILLED.FO ALL THOSE GOOD POLICE YALL BETTA EXPOSE UR CROOKED PARTNERS OTHERWISE YALL GONN GET IT TOO, HOW DO U EXPECT PEOPLE TO SNITCH ON THEIR CO ACCUSED WHEN YALL DONT SNITCH ON UR CROOKED PARTNERS? THE POLICE IS JUST ANOTHER GANG SO FIGHT EM BACK LIKE ONE.



Thelma Said on

I would like to know where all the public outrage is with all the BLACK ON BLACK CRIME. Why are we not outraged that the top twenty most violent cities in America are BLACK. This cop should be punished to the fullest,no doubt about it. Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are falling over each other to get to Oakland,but they don’t fall over one another when there are over 500 murders in Chicago in 2008. Where’s the outrage in Compton,CA. Washington,D.C.,Detriot,Baltimore.Oaklank,CA., ETC,ETC.ETC. Black High Schools are graduating less than 25% of our black children,where’s the outrage. I wish I could see the same outrage when an innocent black kid is killed when the murderer is some other than a WHITE COP. 96% of crimes committed against blacks are committed by other blacks,where is AL AND JESSE. Oh that’s right ,no cameras around.



patricia g Said on

we need to get on or knees pray more thats the only thing that is gonna stop this madness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



GODS HANDS Said on

SOON AMERICA WILL BE JUDGED FOR IT’S ROLE IN ALL THE EVIL AND GOOD IT HAS GIVEN TO THE WORLD!!. THIS MEANS EVERY RACE WILL BE JUDGED ..EVERY POSTION OF POWER.. EVERY ACT OF KINDNESS..EVERY MURDER!!!.AND THIS JUDGEMENT HAS STARTED .



kyneshia johnson Said on

this is a shame all this haterd has to stop because our felloew african americans is being killed over some dumb things. i think that the cops that did this should be put in jail with no bail or no visiting privilages. no matter of fact they should be killed instantly. because that don’t make no sense how african americans is getting treated these days. thank god that we all learn how to stick together and help one another out when he/she is in need of a helping hand or when you see someone struggling you should ask them do they need your help or do they want help.



joseph s. Said on

B.A.R.T stands for Bay Area Rapid Trigger it is so sad that nobody values blkmen life in this so called country of ours. rob c! u go to hell hell, the vid speaks for itself, there was no reason for that pig to pulled out his gun, my friend was there and and before he was shot he begged for his life and asked that cop not to kill him because he had a child. He did not resist arrest in anyway , if u look at the video, he was the only 1 that the cops was ruffing up, he was handcuffed so what could he do, i am so tired of the pigs killing blks and getting away with and saying it was a accident. that cop should aleast be fired and charged with murder. If it was the other way around, the cops would be saying that the cop had a family and that Grant should get the death pen. for killing a cop, but since the shoe is other foot , they want to hind behind thier badges like the cowards they are. lets see if BART and this cop are man enough to tell Grants fam. that thier sorry for taking a good blkman from his child. just goes to show u that nothing has changed whether O is pres. or not. brot has are still being executed by the pigs. i guess its going take us gunning down cops to show them how we feel and that we are not taking this crap anymore. blk people unite!



KELLY Said on

UMLAW, ARE YOU WHITE,OR BLACK? FIRST OF ALL YOU DONT HAVE TO BE NECESSARLY DOING SOMETHING WRONG,BUT CAN BECOME A VICTIM SO EASILY! IF YOU DONT KNOW THAT JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF ONEDAY! STOP MAKING UP EXCUSES FOR THE WHITE MAN!



Tammi Said on

UMLAW is stupid it is a known fact that people and espicially black men are victims of racial profilling on a daily bases and dont have to have commited a crime to be victims. When crimes are commited blacks are the easy target and they need some one to blame so that is how it works.
Why did he need his gun drawn for a man that was hancuffed ?? Since some of you want to say it was a mistake.



jimoer Said on

Violent cops like this have no right to have a badge, to serve & protect us.. is out of the question.. period! They must never be allowed to hold any position of authority again in the united states of America. This one who has killed unprovoked needs to be jailed for life. This needs federal attention because so many are fired then hired back a couple of years later.



VeggieBex Said on

Tragic and terrifying.

The laws need to be tougher to deal with these rogue cops and they should be getting psychological evaluations regularly to ensure that they aren’t a threat to society.

I hope this goes to court and the judge throws the book at the murdering officer which is how it should be. And I hope this young man’s attorney wins the lawsuit because it often seems that money puts more pressure on agencies than the law does.



Joe Said on

They whole story isnt even in yet and BET already makes it like this. People hold ur opinions till the whole story comes out b4 u get all BLack Power on every1



olounwa Said on

Thelma said on January 6th, 2009
I would like to know where all the public outrage is with all the BLACK ON BLACK CRIME. Why are we not outraged that the top twenty most violent cities in America are BLACK. This cop should be punished to the fullest,no doubt about it. Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are falling over each other to get to Oakland,but they don’t fall over one another when there are over 500 murders in Chicago in 2008. Where’s the outrage in Compton,CA. Washington,D.C.,Detriot,Baltimore.Oaklank,CA., ETC,ETC.ETC. Black High Schools are graduating less than 25% of our black children,where’s the outrage. I wish I could see the same outrage when an innocent black kid is killed when the murderer is some other than a WHITE COP. 96% of crimes committed against blacks are committed by other blacks,where is AL AND JESSE. Oh that’s right ,no cameras around.
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one of the few americans on this blog who ACTUALLY REALLY CARES ..about the black on black crimes that are killing african americans out there… NO ONE CAN CHALLENGE THIS POST so they all do the next best thing .. IGNORE IT.. .instead the screechers like LOSER LYNN AND SHOW SOME EMOTION REDNECK HUNTER.. just to the predictable expected boring scream.. nobody is listening to you .. nobody cares outside america. no one is going to rescue you from your own country…



taunya Said on

Now, since they have video proof of this “officer” shooting this young man while handcuffed, how are they planning on justifying this shooting. There is always an excuse. What could this “cop” possibly say that will justify him killing this young man.



littlelucy Said on

OMG, I have never seen such a thing like this. How do we tell our children to trust the Police? My prayers go out to this family with tears. “MURDER IS THE CASE THEY GAVE HIM” is the title of the article in the news anytime these officers names are mentioned. All of them should be charged.



CeeCee Said on

The biggest threat to young black males…is other young black males.

Let’s keep this in perspective – this appears to be a terrible case and it looks like the BART cop should be indicted. However, at the end of the day, the only way change will come to the ghetto will be when people (not just white cops) are held accountable for their actions and it is accepted that the thug lifestyle is the cancer of the ghetto.

Pull your pants up. Apply yourself in school. Hold off on having children until you are finished school, have some means of support, and are in a sustainable monogamist relationship.



Tiesha Said on

These ass holes deserve everything that’s coming to them. Thats beyond messed up. He wasn’t doin anything. He was helpless. That just pissed me off.



maxi Said on

I live in Oakland, I take BART and BUS. The fruitvale bart station ALWAYS has cops around. I see them interviewing (harassing) people all the time. Especially the black young men. Now I don’t know weather or not the men are waiting for a bus. i just know what I see. There has been several incidents at this station. The Coliseum bart station and parking lot is closer to the hood.I rarely see bart police at the coliseum. I do see the Alameda county sheriff rolling up on anyone that stops at the bus stop to ticket them when they drop someone off . As of this day 01/06/09 no one has interviewed or talked to the cop that killed Oscar Grant. For all we know they are letting him get out of the country.



gralan02 Said on

Another early 21st century lynching



Trisha Said on

I’m literally crying right now………………..God save us!



mickey Said on

Did anybody hear about the man who was shot in New Orleans while waiting for his friend to go out.He was shot 12 times in the back.