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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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.
No the crazy part is this man is a fugitive. They stated that they have been trying to contact him. Everybody else has been interviewed. Where the hell is the man hunt, where’s the wanted posters, where’s the warrant’s for his arrest had this been a black man ( regardless of what these white people on here are commenting) he would be in a holding cell without a bond awaiting a trial before his peers, or so they say……
UMLAW ..”THE SQIUD”.. YOU NEVER DID READ OR UNDERSTAND ANY OF THE LAW BOOKS WHILE YOU WERE AT SCHOOL.WHERE EVER YOU WORK THEY SHOULD MAKE YOU A..” SLAVE LABORER”.. JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE ASIANS THAT SNEAK INTO THE UNITEDSTATES!!
Ponder my ass! Did he ponder when he shot and killed a handcuffed man? These pigs have to pay. All they have to do is throw his ass in prison with the population being as high as it is with blacks and let them go for what they know.
There is nothing to ponder a life was taken due to the excessive use of force. If there is any pondering, it must be regarding what specific charge or degree of murder to charge with…to UMlaw what statistics rather where are you getting your statistics from…please cite your sources and make sure the journals you are referring to have included a significant concentration of inclusion as it relates to demographics and maybe a cross sectional methodology varying maybe upon state. Be careful when you spout such attempts at concrete information and relying on stats as I have been told if you torture the numbers enough they will confess.
I do find interesting that there was no delay in charging the protest participants thus the same level of proactiveness should be used with this officer. Not clear either on how he can have a choice to come in and be questioned. Anywho there is much more to take place regarding this outcome.
Squid Hunter, aka Lynn, aka MONKEY/CHIMP,
Before you blast anyone, you ape, why don’t you learn how to write. There may be many Asians that sneak into the US, as do people from every race, but they work harder (in general), commit less crime, and eventually get better education then your group does.
Remember, you CANNOT call anyone a racist, because you def are one yourself. I usually don’t step to the uneducated/loser level as you, but i’ve had enough.
LIKE I SAY EVERY TIME I HERE OR SEE THIS IT’S OPEN SEASON ON THE BLACK YOUTH OF AMERICA. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A FREE COUNTRY AND YOU SUPPOSE TO BE TREATED FAIRLY BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TAPE WHEN YOU ARE HANDCUFF YOU BETTER NOT BLINK.
Someone on here says that this is not about race, but I beg to differ. Not only is this about race its about equal rights. I do not know where it is said in the bible that if you wear blue and call yourself a cop you are above the law. This “human” killed another human and he should be punish like any other human would be. If this handcuffed man would have killed an officer he would either be giving life or they would kill him on the way to the jailhouse. This man was killed for no reason at all, because there is no reason to take a person’s life. I just do not understand how is it that mothers have to go through the hard labor of birthing and life to raise a child but in a instance that child can be gunned down and taking away. I am praying for this family for this is something they will never forget, but with the help of God they can continue to live life.
The article stated, a 27-year-old White transit cop who shot to death a handcuffed young Black man on New Year’s Day; as a FACT. If this is a result of RESPONSIBLE reporting (an actual fact of the matter @ hand) there is ABSOLUTLY NOTHING to Ponder. As a matter of fact, it is an INSULT to even suggest PONDERING as an Plan of Action.
Something is wrong with this article. We don’t need News providers saying things irresponsibly. Crying wolf may later destroy the information provider’s credibility. If the video footage or eyewitness accounts of the officer have been turned over to the proper authorities, reviewed, and authenticated, a warrent for his arrest is to be issued immedietly.
Judging from the “pondering” statement issued by the prosecuter and the fact that we are all innocent until PROVEN guilty, this is a case of the legal system proceeding slower than those who prefer Vigilanty justice.
After the prosecuter has OFFICIAL EVIDENCE, then he can proceed with prosecution. If he/she moves to fast, the perpetrater will have the opportunity of beating the charges on a TECHNICALITY. …something NONE of us want. If he did what he was accused of, the book is the smallest thing that should be thrown at him. He should be made to build a jail specifically for crooked police officers and placed in the darkest, dampest, dingiest portion of the entire facility.
Peace2MyPeeps…2Fingers
Why are there coordinated protest aimed at the train staion? This defeats the continuity of your message, that you and millions, that we will boycott your billion dollar wealth, until u assure the black community and all other ethnic backgrounds where exactly do you stand, now that this crisis happened on your “corporate” property? Black people have no respect in society because they don’t even know how they really are. If, they do. What will they “cling” to as a descendant of who? Okay, if you say whou are, then name one of your “presidents”? Just what I’ve thought! You’ve been “processed.” Do u even know what that means?
Conscious Minds,
Universal Supreme Allah Bey
I agree with the Sqiud Hunter..” UMLAW “..The Squid!! I don’t like people that can’t see because of the extra skin on their eye lids!! where the hell is my eggfoo young!! and whlie your at it tell ..”May Ling”.. to give me special number one rub down with licky licky.
UMLAW,
Do you really feel that your Asian American heritage makes you superior to African Americans? Of course not! For such an educated person why do you so often indulge in these shallow racist stereotypes? I won’t bother to comment on your ridiculous statement “Asians work harder, commit less crime and get better educations than African Americans” because it is truly asinine and quite beneath you. Stop being sucked into the mud..you know how to argue without becoming what you claim to despise! A racist!
This man need to be thrown in jail…and David, Umlaw, and anyone else that be on here, Talking stupid, this is real life sh%$ it’s not a game. If you can not come correct about these things that is bad news to others, then you need not to be on here at all. It’s clear that you are white and don’t know jack. So leave it up to the people that this site is really for…B.E.T Black Entertainment..
Not W.E.T White Entertainment. Sip on some act right.
And for this officer his a$# just better hold on to everything but his ankles when he get thrown in jail…..
God Bless this family of the young man that was killed
Stay Safe
Stay Blessed
Seschris,
That hateful message was directed to Lynn/squidhunter. His racist comments have been directed towards me for months, but i have bit my tongue in terms of responding in a similar manner. It angers me that i replied with a similar brand of hate…not proud of it.
Lynn:
Why are you adding ‘coward’ to the other list of adjectives that describe you? DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOG IN WITH MY NAME AND ‘RACIST’ DAVID’S NAME AND WRITE MESSAGES PLAYING OFF LIKE WE WROTE THEM?
RESPOND WITH INTELLIGENCE, AND I WILL DO THE SAME. Instead of name calling, why don’t you try to disprove my points?? Oh, you can’t…i get it
Thank GOD MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK
I am quite distrubed by this. First of all, if it were a black cop that shot a white man to death while he was in handcuffs, he would have been arrested on the spot, no questions asked. Ponder, what in the heck is going on in this world today? It should not matter if the victim was a black man or not, but in this racist society it does. My heart goes out to the family of the victim and I pray that justice is served the right way. God bless the family and I pray that they give that cop the death penalty.
roxysw:
What difference does it really make if our President is biracial? Do you even know how the balance of powers works in our gov’t? He is the President, not dictator/emperor…get educated.
In addition, if it were not for the White vote, Barack would not be President. They are more responsible for his win than the Black vote…that’s just fact.
The black community do not have no support when it come to being murder by white police officer. Another form of modern day slavery ,we need as one to rise our kids to do right be get law by citizen ,because it is a set up for us we need more black people on the police force, judges ,lawyers, da, prosecuter,goverment position
because as long as we continue not to educate our kids whats going on out here the will end up a statistics with the system they have design for black folks. Becareful Black people it is scary Get Educated Become Lawyers DA Federal Agent White People Took Over The System
Are U challenge me or do u think I ‘m stupid Freedom Of Spech How did I know u were white
What the @~%~ is there to ponder?