D.A. Ponders Charges Against Killer Cop
January 12th, 2009
As prosecutors in Oakland, Calif., ponder whether to file criminal charges against the 27-year-old White transit cop who shot to death a handcuffed young Black man on New Year’s Day, officials for the agency that employed the officer say they’re perturbed by his attitude. “Nobody’s been able to talk to [Johannes Mehserle],” Linton Johnson, a spokesman for the Bay Area Rapid Transit, said of the BART officer who fired the fatal shot. “We’ve been trying aggressively to get him to come in, but he hasn’t. It’s been very frustrating.” Read more here.
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Ponder????………..What’s to ponder? He killed a man that was handcuffed!!!!
He should get first degree murder,not second,not manslughter!
What do they mean, the D.A. is pondering charges? They have this roque officer gunning the young fellow down while he is handcuffed, laying face down on the ground. Then they arrest protestors. This is really beyond any comprehension about justice that I might have had.
Then the officer had the nerve to say he thought he had his tazer. Why would he have to taze a subdued person? Isn’t Oakland where they started gunning down the Black Panthers back in the day? Hmmmmmm. Still dealing with blue on black crime, even in the 21st century.
I think charges should be brought up. He was careless and incompetent.
Having the authority to carry around a firearm commands great respect and care for the damage that can be done if handled carelessly; that of which he exemplified.
This isn’t about white and black. This is about carelessness. People need to get over themselves with talking ‘modern-day lynching’, and racism on this.
I personally feel like that perticular cop should get the death penalty…..I mean there should be no doubt about whether or not he goes to jail or not because thats just wrong he commited a mirder in cold blood and he might get away with it just because he’s a cop and let alone white man the hell with that they need to lock his ass up under the jail. He took a man away from his family from people that loved him and never got to say good-bye how the hell does he think that makes them feel…..so now someone should take him from his family and let him know how it feels….but thats just how me and everybody else in New Orleans feel…..
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what’s there to ponder???? the man should have been arrested and charged that very night. this is an OUTRAGE.
What do they mean, DA is pondering a decision on whether to indict that cop? That should be an immediate given. I don’t understand why they are giving this cop so much time? They should go to his house and arrest him, he committed a crime and it was caught on tape. This is another display of injustice. I also saw the video and didn’t see what Oscar was doing wrong, which warranted the cop to take out his weapon, let alone discharge it, in his BACK!! What are the prosecutors Blind?? This is ridiculous……….My thoughts and prayers go out to Oscar’s family and little girl.
SINCE THE BEGINNING ON THE CAMPAIGN ,THE NAZY KILLED BLACK AMERICAN AND THEY RACISM AND OTHERS ,WHY I KEEP SAID TO BLACK BE -CAREFUL.
BUT THIS MEN DESERVE DEATH WITHOUT PAROL.
NO BIAS NO BULL.
HOW MANY THEY ALREADY KILLED AND PASSED IT AS A SUICIDE OR VIOLENCE OR OTHER. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
DAM!!! REDNECK ASS..” ROB C”.. MUST HAVE BEEN WITH SOME BLACK FRIENDS LAST NIGHT OR GOT A TASTE OF..’ BROWN SUGAR’..I DID NOT THINK YOU HAD IT IN YOU MY NEGRO!! BUT FOR REAL I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE!!
RED NECK HUNTER,
My wife is black, while I am white/rican, making my son black, white and rican.
I just don’t see things in a closed-minded way. I always take an unbiased approach when addressing anything. I am fair. Always have been, always will be.
BTW, I also agreed with what you said about the Voting Rights Act is Challenged, so today just may be an odd day altogether =)
I agree there is nothing to ponder. But my questoin is why hasn’t this man gone in for questioning? What is there to hide? If he thinks he did nothing wrong then why stay away? Your partners have told their version, why can’t his employers force him to come in. The longer he stays away the more he can conjure up a story that suits him and what happened. Pictures do not lie and in this case video do not lie. SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!!!! THIS IS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE!!!!!!!
WELL DAM!! BUDDY GOLLY GEE WIZZ ACT LIKE IT!! AND YOUR MOUTH DON’T ALL WAYS TELL THE TRUTH EITHER . YOU DON’T ALLWAYS HAVE A UNBIASED APPROACH. IF YOU DID YOU WOULD NOT GET THE FEED BACK FROM MY SELF AND OTHERS. I KNEW YOU GOT A TASTE OF BROWN SUGAR LAST NIGHT !! TELL HER TO GIVE SOME TO YOU EVERY NIGHT SO YOU CAN THINK RIGHT!!
Where is my post?
Charge Him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PONDER!!! there is nothing to ponder a little girl has lost a father a mother her son!! and nothing can bring him back. no pondering is necessary throw the book at this son of #@$%%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW YOU KNOW IF THIS WAS A REGULAR PERSON (SUCH AS ANOTHER BLACK PERSON) HE WOULD BE LOCKED UP FASTER THEN U CAN COUNT TO THREE. THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A “ABUSE OF POWER MOMENT” I AM PROUD OF THOSE PPL THAT PROTESTED I WAS REALLY UPSET WEN I SEEN THE VIDEO MY SELF. AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTERS WEHN THEY SAY 1ST DEDREE MURDER IS THE ONLY JUSTICE FOR THIS CRIME. IF NOT SOME1 ELSE GONNA KILL HIM ANY WAY SO I WONT BE MAD WHEN THEY SAY HE NOT GONNA GET CHARGED WITH ANYTHING………..
Here we go again, now if that had been a black cop, shooting a white kid, you know how this would have turned out! They would have put him under the jail with one hour of free time each day to maybe talk to his Lawer to get him out of a Life Sentence!!!!!! Ponder? Please…………