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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This is the third time a bart police has killed! The other Bay Area Rapid Transit Cops ( cops are those that create caos and savage acts) (Officers are those that try to do the right thing) got away with it. So, forgive me if I feel we will not get what we want as far as this cop goes. Listen to the choice of WORDS being used (ponder)….. WOW!
Summons the man! Have the Sheriff pick him up! Its that simple!
I don’t trust none of them…. that claim that they’re going to ” LOOK INTO IT”.
History has proven over and over and over. Oh, yea, they’ll give the family money. But, dude is protected.
boy this still goes to show how dirty white american’s are still low lives,
they abuse power and behave that there should be no consequences
i bet u if it was a black man that had done this there would have been no talk of (PONDERING). ITS ONLY TIME BEFORE BABYLON FALLS
I don’t understand what the problem is. How can they not get in contact with this officer? Why are the prosecutors pondering anything? There is no question that this officer murdered this young man. I am willing to bet that if this transit cop had been black and murdered a handcuffed white man, his *** would have been locked up awaiting trial before the night ended.
Be glad I am not a Judge. There would be no trail or jury..just a death sentence for this officer.
It is sad this is still going on. I think it is sad that a young black man lost his life because of a trigger happy cop. I feel sorry for the family and it is still unbelievable.Why? This young man was handcuffed! Is this cop unstable ?How was he trained? I don’t trust any cops because I was stopped and I was trying to explain myself to a white cop moving my hands talking. He told me, stop moving around .He pulled a gun on me and I reported it and nothing was done. I received a ticket for driving unstable because I had a flat tire. Then I asked him if he would help me and he said no.Society has accepted bad cops on the force. They need their backgroung and mental stablity checked especially in their family.
Being that he (he= the cop) had only been on the bart force for only two years. I wonder if he’s a soldier of the bush war. Because that is what we are dealing with as police in mine and your cities. PTS syndrome, shoot and ask question later.
I thought all police were trainned to have their pistol on safety unless…. ? And even if he thought it was a taser, why did he feel the need to taser with many other cops there as look outs and the other cop imitating Hulk Hogan with his knee in Oscars Kneck, while Oscar was on his stomach. Why did Oscar have to plead for his life and inform these cops that he has a daughter Please don’t taser me or shoot me… If he didn’t feel his life was at stakes???????? WHY…….
Worse part about the whole thing is it will happen again. Now that is sad!!
Lock his ass up
I think its time that jusice gets served. We should no longer sit around and let this continue. Gangstas , soldiers, hustlers , warriors ect. Where your heart at when it comes to righteous causes of rebellion. Rebellion isn”t always about physical conflict, but it starts with the making up of the mind to say enough, To say” There is an obvious reason they dislike me so much so let me look into myself and past and see what it is they hate and fear”.I say all that to say this, Justice will prevail yall.. Watch em. I quote ” If you bring no peace then F— THE PO LICE, i F YOU MEAN YOUR WORD THEN PROTECT AND SERVE. HOTEP(PEACE)
I’m willing to bet that the pondering people of evil power, told that cop to resign…. Remember, on the day that cop shot Oscar, peoples phones and cameras were taken away by the police. But, because of ther anonymous footage that we all have viewed ( And I pray for protection for the individual who produced that footage and thank her for her courage) they have to now cover their asses and his. They were hoping that their would be no evidence. DAMN they can’t say he pulled a gun out on that cop!!!! Thanks for the footage.
damn, i’m experiencing my really good messages are not going through. What’s up BET. This would be like the fourth time.
O.k. what the hell is there to ponder…This what 1st degree murder. This man shot and killed somebody who was already handcuffed facing the ground. Then to say he thought it was a tazer be serious, that still don’t make sense, why would you taze a man who was already tamed. Let this would have been a white man shot by a black police or any other race other then a white police, and their behind would be serving hard time starting that night. This makes no kind of sense what so ever, what is the problem, no matter how many of us you kill we are still going to be here, our color is not going to chage so deal with us being here. This is just the start, Obama is president and that makes those Red Necks sick. But O well get over it. That man deserves to be put in prison, and on top of that don’t give him the death pentalty let them black men in the jail house get a hold of his ass, and sho him how it is to be treated unfair. Thats a treat for him.
He might wish for the Death Penalty if he winds up in prison.
Yall still don’t get it! they don’t give a darn about black people, never did and never will.if it would have been a white guy shot down like that, the law wouldn’t have no limits, Trust me it wouldn’t have taken all that.it’s going to get worse with time, i wont be surprise if the kkk start burning crosses! this is an evil state, the united states…no justice for black folks….It’s a time to kill! or be killed….simple as that!
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First of all, no one know if this white cop was a racist, or at the very least, if the killing was over race. Secondly, Black men commit such a ridiculous percentage of the violent crimes in the US today, that any injustice is from said group not any other. Black men make up almost 50% of the prison population…that is insane. Instead of making arguments against the police in general (obviously, there are bad/racist cops and they should be punished) speak up against those in all the communities in the US that do wrong.
In addition, racial profiling is done because of the stated issues above. The cops are playing the odds, just as airport screeners do. Is it wrong? Maybe, but it can be avoided if you don’t commit so much crime.
There is nothing to PONDER. This man should have been locked up as soon as the police arrived on the scene. This is why people of COLOR think that there is no JUSTICE for us. Now they say that no one can get in touch with him, he should not have been allowed to go home. Just imagine if the gaurd was black?????
nah i think that guy should get the death penalty styll cuase shooting a man in the back is already wrong plus the man was unarmed, Black, and hand cuffed like how does not putting him in the Bin won’t work.. i don’t wish going to the Bin on no one but common now… how will the world change when justice is not surved first Sean Bell Now that guy my heart goes out to the family of the lost one keep your head Up^ my prayers is with u guys.. i hope justices is surved styll….
Before I comment on this story. Let’s get the facts stra8 my cousin was not handcuffed by the police officer. The facts of the story is he had 3 police officers on him. 1 on his neck, 1 on his back, and 1 at his feet. This is what shocks up it takes three cops to take down a unarmed man, then you wanna shoot him. We as a community are past mad and pissed off. We are and will burn OAKLAND down. If no action is taken. In my 28 years of living in Oakland has seen so much violence from cops towards young black men, this has to stop NOW!!!! Oscar grant is the finally straw. Rip cousin we love you gone but never forgotten.