D.A. Ponders Charges Against Killer Cop

January 12th, 2009

Oscar Grant

 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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roxysw Said on

Educated and get money



UMlaw Said on

roxysw: Your writings don’t make sense…you mean ‘challenging?’ And what does the Freedom of Speech have to do with our discussion? I never said you weren’t allowed to write something on here. I’m not white…i AM educated have a nice salary. Do you?



Maritza Said on

CHARGE HIM!!!!



UMLaw Said on

UMlaw,

I have small #%%~? syndrome that causes me to lash out at all men with big #%%~? and that is the reason for my hatred of black and why I am a lawyer so I can lock up more and more black men so my people (the rice eaters) can rule the world (our rightful duty). we no everything and have all the money so we are the model for the world. soon america will be run by educated orientals like me because black people are not good enough only biracial can even come close.



UMlaw Said on

STOP USING MY NAME. YOU’RE A COWARD…LYNN. JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE THE BRAIN CELLS TO ARGUE WITH ME INTELLECTUALLY, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO BEING AN IMPOSTER. USE YOUR BRAIN



Ms. O Said on

UMLAW!!! Don’t sleep on your caucasion friend!!! You know what happen to you guys before they will do it again!!!!



Bro.Jay Said on

My GOD I dont know what that cop was thinking, I really believe something
just snap in his brain and he lost it. I also know that the hiring policies of the bart police department must be reviewed . In the city of Milwaukee
right next to Chicago they inplemented a new policies for hire police officers.
First all cop must have a college education, second before you are hire
you must go through a series of intensive phycological tests , also you
must pass diversity test, background check have to be very well investagate.
Miwaukee also started a new foot patrol,officers must walk in high crime area and they were told ,the neigborhoods you patrol get to personelly know the people, it’s working crime is going down communitcation between officers and the citizens is starting to work. I was so please when I was visiting my relatives and when i was chilling, out on the front porch and two patrol officer one black & one white officer walk past my aunts house and stop on her porch to chill out with us for a second and their both were very friendly and cool and the kids in the hood loved them, that’s what’s policing is all about….



Sweat Said on

It’s 2009 and it continues to be open season on killing young black men. Wake up American.Please!



seschris Said on

Bro. Jay,

Those are the requirements that recruit good cops; formal education, psychological exam, extensive background check, diversity evaluation, etc… Additionally they need to require periodic and random psychological exams, diversity evaluations and monitor any police internal investigations related to race matters, abuse of power, etc…. We need a lot more good cops out there and ALL states should upgrade their hiring requirements to reflect that need. Don’t just hire any snot nose redneck who has reached 18 years old and his pappy was a cop to so boom he’s hired! Most black males will have a negative driving experience with the cops at some point in their lives while driving innocently. It’s an unspoken rule in the black community that at some point we have to teach our black sons that even when they have done NOTHING wrong they must still know how to conduct themselves (to avoid immediate execution) if pulled over or stopped by the racist cops. Of course this racial profiling doesn’t apply to white boys; the white boy might go to jail for talking or acting a certain way but the black boy might end up in the morgue. One innocent move could be his last move all because of some unbalanced idiot with a badge.



yeah! Said on

People this is just like back in history: the white man killed the caribs & arawaks, the white man killed the pilgrims, the white man killed the american indians, the white man tortured and killed black slaves. Now who is the most dangerous creature on the planet called earth? THE WHITE MAN!



Nicee Said on

MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY…. I PRAY JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED!!



Simone Said on

When I first saw this article last week, I thought that was my little cousin, Terry. My mouth dropped to the floor. I read the story and found that it wasn’t, but thought about the “what if’s.” What if this was your family. Your child’s father. Your son. The violence has to stop.



B Said on

KILL ALL RACIST WHITE COPS /PIGS FED UP WITH THIS %$*~ TIRES OF MARCHING PRAYING ECT!!!



vern212 Said on

I told you guys that they will find a way to get this dude off. They are saying that the cop wont even come in. That there shows he just does’nt care.I’ve seen them indict others in absentee and go get them. Why not him? If that had been a civilian, his @ss would be locked down in a dungeon somewhere.



vern212 Said on

I told you guys that they would try to find a way to get this guy off. They say that he wont even come in. That shows he just does’nt care. I’ve seen them indict people in absentee and then go and arrest them. Why not him? If that had been a civilian, they’ed be locked up in a dungeon somewhere.



Sid Said on

We all have to think a/b this realistically.
Automatically we pull the race card b/c the police officer was white and the victim was black. If the cards were in the other hand and the officer was black and the victim was white, what would we say?
Or even if they were both black?
And even more so, if they were both white, would we even care as the black community? It’s a possibility that he could have been reaching for his tazer but we do not know 100% all the facts. The media is using a play on words and alot of people are falling for it.
Honestly, the most he’ll be charged w/ is involentary manslaughter and that’s it.
As much as people riot, that’s the most he’ll be charged w/ and will serve some time.
It is extremely unfourtunate that this occured and I am not taking sides. Just thinking realistically.



Nikki Said on

I personally dont understand what there is to PONDER about???? I mean this cop shot a young man who was handcuffed…. If you ask me this is just another way that the Cops misuse there power… How is it that you can shoot someone in handcuffs and say” Oh i thought it was my tazer” the weight of a tazer and a gun are diffrent your tazer is in the holster in your back, not your hip…. I think he should be fired and should be charged with FIRST degree murder….. And if he isnt charged for what he did I’M here to say that the City of OAKLAND will have more problems then every before… My prayers go to the family of this innocent victim…. I just dont get why they are sitting around waitin for the cop to come in, dont they kno were he lives… They dont care but I can assure you that OPD is goin to have a Hell of a time tryin to calm down the city now if actions arent taken soon…



TWEETY Said on

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE COP NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL. WE ARE HERE IN OAKLAND. AND I HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY WELL MAYBE THE COP DIDNT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS TAZER AND HIS WEAPON. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS NOT WHAT HE WAS THINKING, HE PUSHED UP OFF THE YOUNG MAN DREW HIS WEAPON AND FIRED ASSAINATION STYLE. AND ALTHOUGH AND EYE FOR AN EYE DONT GO DOWN LIKE THAT, JUSTICE WILL BE DONE WE ALWAYS COME UP ON TOP, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. MUCH TO YOU STAY SAFE WATCH YOUR BACKS.



Looteret Said on

If the shooter was a swamp negro would that change your opinion ? Now who is the racist ?



kern Said on

The negro in question committed a crime , and therefore got what he deserved , the sooner you black criminals realize this maybe you will get along in society.