Transit Cop Charged with Murder is Free on Bond
February 9th, 2009
The Oakland, Calif., transit officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed, Black man on New Year’s Day is free after posting a $3 million bond. Read more here.
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The Oakland, Calif., transit officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed, Black man on New Year’s Day is free after posting a $3 million bond. Read more here.
TAGS: BART Police, Johannes Mehserle, oakland, Oscar Grant
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This is some f#&k up s*%t, they should find his azz tied to a tree and with bullets holes in his back
this is so unjustice, but not unbelieveable white folks sticks out for one another so we should starts doing the same
This police office (who I feel killed this man on purpose) is allowed to bond just like drug dealers that kill people with the poison they sell.
Why hasn’t Pookie and dem blasted this fool for shooting a black man for no reason? If this man walks freely until his trial begins, there should never ever be another black on black crime as long as I live!! I hope to live until im 99!!
THE REDNECK COPS HAD TO GET HIM OUT OF JAIL!! HE HAS TO GET THE STORY RIGHT BEFORE HE CAVES IN TO THE PRESSURE AND RATS OUT ALL OF HIS FELLOW COPS! “THIS WAS THE DEAL” YOU GUYS BETTER GET ME OUT OF HERE OR I WILL START TO SING I WILL NOT GO DOWN BUY MY SELF!!
As for David saying he is innocent u must be white. The man is as guilty as i asm black and yes they gave him bail hes a white man in a whiye system. Ni body else would have gotten bail. Dont forget he used to be a cop. They helped collect money for his bail on the under. As a resident of Oakland i was not shocked he got bail or that the money was raised by who ever. I am praying that jusstice prevails for Oscar and his family was that was cold blooded murder.
look ima put yall on some g stuff anybody who can post 3 million dollar bond is about to flee the country!! bond is only 10 percent of his true bail he outta here ___JUST BEING HONEST lol
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Red Neck Hunter:
Isn’t that the truth, you know that’s what’s up and I hope were able to nail
them all who are in on it with him and or like real shyt said above “ohh boy”
might come up missing…..
In California bail on 3 million requires 10% of 3 million or 300,000.
Rhianna done set Chris Brown up.
I’m white and I don’t say much on here. To be honest I just like to see other points of view not that mine is always that different then many of the ones I read on here. I have seen this guy David comment on here quite a bit and I just wanted to ask him what his problem is? Your obviously a racist David which is your choice it’s a free country but do you realize how pathetic it is or rather cowardly to just come on here and make your ignorant comments? Do you walk up to black people in public and make these comments? I didn’t think so. If your not man enough to make these comments to the face of the people that you spew your hatred them get a life or just stick to your you might be a redneck websites.
As far as this cop he should not be let out. If any of us were charged with murder we would have a cash bond. Which mean you have to come up with the whole thing. Well at least I would many of the people on here (black) would have no bond at all. If this pig isn’t found guilty then all people of all colors need to take to the streets. The days of people being targeted for the color of there skin is over. The sooner we band together the sooner this can become a reality.
to all BET…why is everyone upset that this man is free? that is the purpose of bail…if it’s paid, you are free to go until it’s time for trial.
this isn’t something only white people get…it’s something that is offered to criminals whether they be black, brown, white, green, yellow….it doesn’t matter.
but i wish everyone would just drop this race card for a minute here. this man took another mans life…that should be the only thing that upsets everyone here…not that a WHITE man took a BLACK mans life. what, is black blook more important than white blood? is hispanic blood more important that black? i mean were does it end….
the travesty here is that a man lost his life. why does the color of his skin even matter….
This cop should be put in jail with other criminals and get his a…. beat everyday.he is a racist p….and a killer plain and simple he is no different and whichever judge gave him a bond needs to be locked up to.
Bond should have been denied due to the fact that the officer was videoed from 2-3 different cameras showing he used unneccessary force. So we lost another brother to the very system that constantly disrespects us all. Question is, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT?? I’m in Chicago and the Chgo. police here acts outrageous. A young brotha was shot and killed during the morning hours on the Dan Ryan train station (The RED Line) by an cop that was out of uniform whom did not identify himself as being a cop. Ofc. Alvin Weems shot and killed Michael Pleasants at point blank range. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOzJo0KhKs Later after a huge cover up involving the Superintendent Phil Klein, Alvin Weems was promoted by Sup. Phil Klein to detective. Copy and paste the link for the footage and share your thoughts about the polce and what should be done about them.
sadly, this doesnt surprise me.
How could anybody have the audacity to say he’s not guilty? HELLO! DID YOU ALL NOT SEE THE TAPE?
LOL SEE I HAVE DECIDED TO LAUGH AT RACISM AND KEEP IT MOVING IF YOU FUEL THE FIRE IT WILL NEVER GO OUT BUT IF YOU RIDICULE IT THEY WILL BE ASSHAMED AND EMBARRASSED LMFAO!
You are on the wrong topic.
it is more dangerous for him to be on the outside than it would be on the inside. let him have his freedom now. Having freedom don’t make you free, at the end justice will be served.