Update: Bart police have “confiscated numerous cell phone images” from witnesses, supposedly for evidence, according to Fox News. Did they have a court order for this?
Update II: Could a Taser gun be so easily confused for a firearm?
Breaking news update III: Officer Johannes Mehserle has resigned.
By Carlos Miller
A BART police officer was caught on video pushing a suspect’s head to the ground before standing up, pulling his gun out of its holster and squeezing the trigger, killing the 22-year-old suspect instantly.
The incident occurred New Year’s Day inside a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland.
Seconds before the shooting, the unarmed victim, Oscar Grant III, can been seen on his knees lifting his hands in the air as if to show he was not resisting arrest. But at least two officers dragged him down as if to handcuff him, forcing the suspect’s chest and face on the ground.
That was when one officer stood up, pulled his gun out and shot him, possibly in the back or in the back of the head. After the shooting, the officer re-holstered his gun and placed his hands on his head, as if realizing what he had just done.
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The officer, whose name is Johannes Mehserle, just turned 27 years old and is a two-year veteran of the police force, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. His first child was born a day or two after the shooting, which may be a reason he still hasn’t given a statement to police as to what happened that night.
Five days have passed since a BART police officer shot and killed an unarmed rider on a station platform, but the officer has not given a statement to investigators about what happened and the transit agency has apparently not forced him to do so.
John Burris, an Oakland attorney representing the family, says he plans to file a $25 million lawsuit against BART.
Burris, who has represented clients in more than a dozen officer-involved shootings, said he had never seen such a long delay before an officer makes a statement to investigators. He said it raises the possibility that the statement could be affected by the video footage and by loss of memory, among other things.
“It’s pretty shocking to me,” Burris said. “When you delay like this, it raises questions about the integrity of the investigation. It raises the question, ‘What has BART been doing?’ You want to prevent collusion. You want to prevent people from tailoring their statements to the evidence.”
This incident once again proves the importance of citizens being allowed to film and photograph freely without intimidation or fear from authorities.
The actual shooting can be seen at 1:48 in the above video.
Another questionable arising is the fact that BART police have “confiscated numerous cell phone images” from witnesses, supposedly for evidence, according to Fox News.
BART police officers are fully certified and have the same authority as city or county law enforcement officers. They are in charge of enforcing the law on the Bay Area Rapid Transit, which is the fifth busiest rail system in the country and serves four counties in the San Francisco bay area.
Another video news story with more information.
Thanks to Photography is Not a Crime reader Spokker for the heads up on this story.
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49 responses so far ↓
1 Eric Ogunbase // Jan 6, 2009 at 1:41 AM
What’s sad is that the cop probably won’t lose his job.
If Bill the plumber shoots and kills someone, it’s a murder trial.
If Bill the cop shoots and kills someone, it’s “in the line of duty”.
I don’t think the cops knew they were being taped. Because if they did, this video wouldn’t have seen the light of day.
2 Carlos Miller // Jan 6, 2009 at 1:51 AM
And if Joe the Plumber shoots somebody, he becomes John McCain’s running mate.
But seriously, because this incident was caught on video, it’s going to be much harder for the cops to bullshit their way out of this one, as they’ve done many, many times before.
And no, I’m not saying every police shooting is unjustified, but many have been only for them to have lied their way out of it.
3 spokker // Jan 6, 2009 at 2:14 AM
Many people have said, “Hey, one less gangbanger!” or “If you don’t act up, you won’t get shot.”
Let’s pretend for a minute that punishments should fit the crime. Resisting arrest isn’t a crime that is or should be punishable by death. An unarmed man with his face to the fucking floor isn’t exactly the most major threat to an officer’s life.
4 Carlos Miller // Jan 6, 2009 at 2:22 AM
This was a major screw-up. And I think he realized it as soon as it happened.
But you can see him deliberately stand up and reach into his holster, so he can’t even say the gun went off in the struggle, as I’m sure he would if it wasn’t so blatantly caught on video.
5 John // Jan 6, 2009 at 4:54 AM
I expect the defense to be that the officer thought he grabbed his Taser instead of his sidearm.
Anyone who has held and fired both a Taser and a handgun knows what a ridiculous argument that would be.
6 Real Estate Feast--South Florida real estate blog // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:47 AM
Scary stuff, man. Keep up the good work. BTW, I’m having trouble seeing your home page, anybody else reported any problems?
7 Carlos Miller // Jan 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM
John,
I’ve never held a taser but I’ve held a gun many times because I own two, and I can’t imagine confusing a gun for anything else in the world.
R.E.F.,
The story on the Amtrak arrest has been posted on various social networking sites, including some I’ve never heard of like dailyrotten.com, so it is bringing in an unusually high number of page views, which might be causing some delays.
This is mostly a result of hosting with Go Daddy. Hopefully, I can change that soon.
8 Jeremy Jojola // Jan 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
This is very very disturbing and sad. The video proves the suspect was already in police control. Thank goodness for citizen journalism and people who carry cameras.
Would we be talking about this if there was no video evidence?
Thanks for keeping us informed Carlos.
9 Carlos Miller // Jan 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Jeremy,
Without a video, this would have been just another statistic, maybe a little newsworthy considering it was the first officer-involved shooting for the Bay area of the year, but that’s about it.
10 Jake // Jan 6, 2009 at 11:58 AM
“Bart police have “confiscated numerous cell phone images” from witnesses, supposedly for evidence, according to Fox News. Did they have a court order for this?”
I’m guessing no. Unless the court is in the habit of destroying evidence. Which is a felony….so odd playing a game where only one side has to follow the rules!
11 TourPro // Jan 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I would think modern-day law enforcement would wholeheartedly support citizen surveillance through public photography.
Alas, as with any institution accountability is always resisted.
Thrilled to find your blog, keep on keepin’ on!
12 Annie // Jan 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM
What the ef? I had to replay the video a few times, too. I still can’t hardly believe it.
13 roger // Jan 6, 2009 at 8:35 PM
I was a cop in the late 60,s early 70,s and can say there is no excuse. When you have half the power of god you control your self and do not lose your “cool” . NO EXCUSE , this is, at best, manslaughter.
By the way, Guzman ( Albuquerque, N.M. ) is demanding his job back, states he was only fallowing orders.
14 Steven Warren // Jan 7, 2009 at 1:35 AM
I did not know Oscar, but he was a frequent guest at my neighbors, Seeing the husky young man and the tall thin one with longer hair and knowing that I know them, their mom, their sisters and other family make me feel so angry to know that these two young men have to live with the shock and horror of witnessing a execution of Oscar. I recall seeing a Time magazine with a soldier executing a Vietnamese man and compare that execution with the death of Oscar. The mafia would be proud of Officer Mehserle, have no doubt that with the amount of racial slurs, threats, and other verbal abuse by the BART POLICE toward the passengers all returning from New Years Celebrations in San Francisco only to witness a murder infront of them. To add more fuel to the fire the Police Officers, in an attempt to conceal the murder confiscated as many of the cell phones that recorded the felony, not realizing that other video existed. BART initially told the media that the Camera’s did not have recording technology then recanted and claimed the video they have was not conclusive. This is the second time I know of in the past 1o years give or take a few years that BART PD has shot a unarmed man in the back. Now the Chief of Police (Gary Gee) refuses to interview or investigate his own officer whom should have been questioned immediatly after the shooting, First was he was in shock, then it was the birth of his first child, now it was because of his 27th birthday. JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSICE DENIED. Someone contact Reverend Jessie Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton to bring this murder to the attention of the entire USA. This cannot happen ever again. These young men were not armed and are clearly cooperating with the Officer and one was murdered in cold blood for it. My prayers are with his mother and family, his child and mother of his child. Anyone and everyone with information please give it to the attorney for Oscar’s family.
15 Steven Warren // Jan 7, 2009 at 1:39 AM
The friends of Oscar should protest and demand that Chief Gary Lee, resign for mismanagement of his department
16 Carlos Miller // Jan 7, 2009 at 1:41 AM
Steve,
Thanks for writing. It’s really appalling how they could confiscate phones from the passengers.
I don’t know why anybody is not raising hell over that matter because that’s tampering with evidence.
If I had been there, there is no way in hell I would have given up my camera. They would have had to shoot me as well.
Here is the article I just posted about this.
http://carlosmiller.com/2009/01/07/could-a-taser-gun-be-so-easily-confused-for-a-firearm/
17 roger // Jan 7, 2009 at 1:51 AM
They do that to collect evidence ( or so the excuse goes), how very convent.
18 Carlos Miller // Jan 7, 2009 at 1:59 AM
But a person has the right to not turn his camera over.
19 Spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 2:36 AM
Carlos, nobody cares. It’s not them. It’s not anyone they knew.
Grant was probably mouthing off. He probably deserved it. Probably some gangbanger. You know how niggers are.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. He had a steady job as a butcher. His altercation with another passenger is certainly damning, but the punishment for having an argument with someone else and getting physical isn’t death.
I’ve gotten into a fight before. It was a mistake. The guy I was arguing with and I made ammends. But I’m sure society would be safer if I were shot in the back for it. Oh wait, I’m white. Well, half anyway. I look more white than I do ethnic. Perhaps I can ride the BART without fear of being shot by the police.
Grant had a kid, apparently. He’s pretty young. He made a mistake, in my eyes anyway (nobody should have kids that young), but he had a job. He looked like he was taking responsibility. Nobody should die for that.
And yet many, some trolling perhaps, have suggested his death not to be a big deal. He was a gangbanger anyway. You know, probably.
20 Spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 2:39 AM
And if you don’t believe me, take a walk around the Internet for a bit, and take a look at all the comments that gladly state this young man’s death wasn’t a big deal.
21 genewitch // Jan 7, 2009 at 4:04 AM
you know what pisses me off?
if they have a video of a suspect drawing a weapon and brandishing it at an officer, and the officer reacts with non-lethal or even lethal force, the “investigation” is considered closed.
This motherfucker has his cop friends that are in that video telling conflicting stories. they should all be fired. All of them. because the one kneeling at his head SAW the one draw his gun. He was in the “line of fire”
This is a load of crap “it’s too early to draw any conclusions”
BS. what’d the black guy do, disrespect the cop’s mom?
22 John // Jan 7, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Grant’s death is tragic and a crime. Hopefully the cop will get the justice he deserves.
Spokker,
The only person who has made the argument that “he was a nigger, you know how niggers are, and “he was probably a gangbanger” is you – three times.
I guess if you can’t find someone to make the ridiculous, straw man argument that you want them to, you just do it yourself and ambiguously attribute it to ‘many people’. What people? Where? Who are these made up people conveniently spouting the made up argument you want them to? They certainly haven’t made it in this forum.
Spokker, my guess is that your heart is full of the same racial hate and bigotry that you self-righteously attribute to others. I could be wrong but all I have to go by are your thoughts crystallized in writing. Be careful that you don’t become what it is you supposedly hate.
23 Spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM
“The only person who has made the argument that “he was a nigger, you know how niggers are, and “he was probably a gangbanger” is you – three times.”
Uh, nobody here is, but many people on other sites are, and I’m venting.
Get a grip.
24 spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 2:44 PM
NHI. NHI. We got an NHI on the BART station at Fruitvale.
25 John // Jan 7, 2009 at 3:41 PM
“many people… other sites… ”
Right.
No one is making the argument you want them to make in order to justify your hate, so you make it yourself.
“Uh, nobody here is, but many people on other sites are, and I’m venting.”
It’s good to know that when I need to vent I am completely justified in being irrational. OR – I suppose I could rethink my irrationality… nah, why complicate things.
Wondering, with your mixed heritage, how confusing it must be when looking at a mirror and trying to decide which part to hate most.
Get a clue.
26 Spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 4:10 PM
From various sites, including the official sites for newspapers and video sharing sites.
“I saw the video and I have no sympathy for the “victim”. Anyone who gets into a fight on BART, then resists arrest is an idiot, and probably a hoodlum. These people have no sense of responsibility, just like the tiger mauling “victims”. The sooner we get rid of them the better.”
“It is a tragedy and my hart goes out to all the families involved but as my dad told me if you look like a punk everyone is going to think your a punk if you act like a punk expect to be treated like one and accidents will find you”
“he got what he deserved. that simple. that comment alone gets your panties in a bunch.”
“wouldn’t it be nice we did not need cops on Bart to begin with? A train full of peaceful commuters. But unfortunately people like Oscar make it necessary to have cops on trains. So sad.”
“Nothing wrong with a little shooting – as long as the right people get shot”
“THE HAYWARD KID HAS A HISTORY OF CRIME AND NOW MAYBE HE WILL MAKE HIS FAMILY RICH BY BEING DEAD FROM STUPIDNESS.”
“Ok some local flavor. This incident happened at the “fruitvale” BART station, which is in a very bad part of a very black and crime ridden city. There are continually reports on the news of robberys, fights, stabbings, and shootings at this station. It is in the ghetto of one of the countrys blackest cities. I would imagine that the officer felt that he had good reason to take all of the threats being made towards him very seriously. Were his actions right or wrong? I would say that that is a matter of your point of view. Was it some organised action of a totalitarian government? I dont think that it was. Was it a scared police officer who proabably should of had better training and over reacted? Most likely. Was it a cop who just got fed up with being yelled at by black scum? Possible, wouldnt we all? The thing that surprises me is that the nigs didnt use it as an excuse to protest, create mobs, and riot. My personal feelings on the issue are “Oh well”. Let any one of you who sympathise with the dead nig go to this very same BART station and wear a simple white pride shirt and see how well his friends welcome you.”
Tell me that most of these comments aren’t motivated by the fact that the guy is black. Fuck off.
27 Spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 4:13 PM
And many web sites have the phrase, “This comment has been deleted by a moderator.” where once blatently racist comments were posted.
I didn’t say anybody here made those comments, I am venting here about my frustration with some of the reactions to this story.
When I posted, “You know how niggers are.” I was being sarcastic.
28 Carlos Miller // Jan 7, 2009 at 4:36 PM
It is true that there have been many racist comments on other sites, especially the Youtube videos.
That seems to be the common Youtube response, judging by the comments on a few of my videos.
It’s always either fuck one group or fuck another group but never any real discussion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EARVrlMBPJM&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF9zHyQQD-I&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCjTu-E0k0&feature=channel_page
I have never even joined the discussion on my own videos because the commenters are so filled with ignornace.
And it is also true that sometimes sarcasm can go over people’s heads on the internet, especially between people who have never met each other.
So I give Spokker the benefit of the doubt in that regard.
However, it would have helped if you would have used actual quotes in your comments to differentiate between what you were saying and what you were quoting other people as saying.
But having said all that, I really don’t even see the need to repost ignorant comments from other sites on this site.
I like to keep the discussions on this site on a higher intellectual level than those other sites.
29 John // Jan 7, 2009 at 5:08 PM
paragraph #1- only mentions people who fight or resist arrest on BART. Never mentions skin color.
paragraph #2- only refers to people who look and act like a punk. Never mentions skin color.
paragraph #3- never mentions why “he got what he deserved”. Never mentions skin color. You should ask them to clarify.
paragraph #4- never clarifies what “people like Oscar means” (how he dressed?). You should ask them to clarify.
paragraph #5- “as long as the right people get shot” never mentions anything having to do with race.
paragraph #6- States that the kid had a history of crime and therefore “deserved it”. If you were reasonable intelligent you could point out to the poster that if they had so much as a speeding ticket, they too would also have a ‘history of crime’. Never mentions race.
paragraph #7-
OK junior. Let me clue you in. I LIVED in Oakland and rode BART to and from work for TWO YEARS. I’ve gotten off on the Fruitvale station as my condo was close by. I know that part of town intimately. When I moved out there from the Midwest it was the only place I could afford.
I was shocked that the Black Panther museum is located in Oakland or that on public access TV you regularly see black people calling people “whitey” and “crackers” and preaching racial hatred. Don’t lecture me on a neighborhood you know nothing about.
The first six paragraphs you used mentioned nothing about race. YOU ASSUMED IT EVERY TIME.
The last one is the only one that mentions race. While racist and wrong, I have heard the same racism coming from black mouths many times in Oakland before.
30 Spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:10 PM
“The first six paragraphs you used mentioned nothing about race. YOU ASSUMED IT EVERY TIME. ”
Yes I do, and I will continue to. If you don’t think those comments are coming from people because Oakland is poor and black, then you’re naive, whether or not you’ve come from there.
31 spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:16 PM
In any case, Carlos doesn’t want this on his blog and I respect that, so if you want to continue this discussion feel free to shoot me an email. If not, no big deal to me.
32 spokker // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Whoops, it’s spokker@gmail.com
33 Carlos Miller // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:20 PM
I didn’t say I didn’t want the discussion.
I just don’t think it’s appropriate to keep using the N word if there really is no need for it.
34 bartrider // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM
the cop clearly thought he was going to taze the guy. just watch his body language after shooting him. if you can’t see this, then you too making a mistake.
sure, grant was and excon, and likely not complying with the officers, but he didn’t deserve to die.
tragic mistake. nothing more.
35 Dildo Daggins // Jan 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
I am glad that jig guy was killed – he was a thug and would have gang raped your liberals if given the chance.
36 Carlos Miller // Jan 7, 2009 at 8:38 PM
bartrider,
Tragic mistake or not, it was still a homicide.
Just like any drunk driver who ends up running somebody over by accident.
37 Citizen_XIII // Jan 7, 2009 at 9:11 PM
I fear the police
even if you don’t have a camera on your phone, hold your phone up at them anytime you see a cop
38 bartrider // Jan 7, 2009 at 9:21 PM
yes, undoubtedly this case will turn out to be an negligent homicide, also known as involuntary manslaughter.
i wouldn’t compare this case to drunk driving (unless the cop was drunk), but that’s just me.
39 Momoko Sudo // Jan 8, 2009 at 7:26 PM
This thing is talked about everywhere now. NPR has been talking about it a few times already today.
40 Momoko Sudo // Jan 8, 2009 at 7:27 PM
The officer has resigned because he didn’t want to make a statement, a lawyer on the radio says.
41 Carlos Miller // Jan 8, 2009 at 8:04 PM
I’m not surprised that he resigned. It’s actually in his best interest because now he can just exercise his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.
But the evidence against him is so overwhelming that I doubt it will do him any good.
42 Mike // Jan 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Obviously, getting into a non-lethal altercation shouldn’t warrant a death penalty. However, the cops would not had to have been there in the first place if his group and the other group hadn’t started a fight on public transportation. It’s not a gladiator arena for Christ’s sakes.
The cop should be charged and I wonder if all those involved in that argument think it was worth it now? Karma’s a bitch.
43 Jocelyn // Jan 8, 2009 at 10:47 PM
If you are white, thank God you willl never have to do what I and millions of Black mothers have to do to prepare our sons for encounters with law enforcement—give him tips that you hope will save their lives. When my son began driving I told him that if he is ever stopped by cops, esepcially on a dark road, and they begin insulting him or calling him racial slurs, he is to say nothing, especially about his “rights”, because cops have “law and order” attached to their hips and do not hesitate to dispense it to young black men. I told him that I would file a complaint about any abusuve teartement, at a later point, durng the daytime, with a witness, and that at least he would be alive. What happened to Oscar Grant is the nightmare that every mother of color with a son dreads if her son encounters cops. Anyone, except for the most rabid racist, can see on the video that Oscar had his hands up, before he was executed. The raised hands are the universal sign of surrender and “I am unarmed.” A few bloggers on other sites who state they were witnesses said that Oscar took a photo with his phone of one of the cops smashing a “suspect’s” head on the ground and THAT is when Merhles (sp?) went after Oscar. (Admitttedly, taking the photo was not the best thing to do…fatal in fact.) How eerily ironic that Merhles would take a life, so close to the time that his girlfriend was bringing life into the world. My son is in college studying to be a cop. He watched the video. He called me, shaken up. He asked a question that I could not answer, maybe his teacher can: “How can cops expect the public to trust and respect us, when you have a cop do something like that?”
44 Ken // Jan 8, 2009 at 10:59 PM
I’ve seen the videos and it doesn’t seem like an “honest mistake” on the part of the cop, Johannes Mehserle. It looks to me as though Mehserle (only 2 years on the force) snapped under pressure. Maybe he just couldn’t deal with the stress of what was going on, reached for his gun in anger, shot the poor guy, and then realized what he did.
Well, it’s too late for an “I’m sorry.” Among other things, I’d like to know how this guy did on his psychological evaluation (assuming he had to undergo one), before being hired as a BART Police Officer.
It really is the ultimate outrage when a “peace officer” who is charged with protecting ALL PEOPLE cannot properly RESTRAIN HIMSELF, let alone the person who he is supposed to be subduing or taking into custody.
Mehserle needs to be held to account for his actions and at an even higher level (since he was a sworn officer) than the average person. He should be tried for Murder 1. Regardless of the outcome of any criminal trial, he should NEVER be allowed the use or possession of any firearm or weapon of any sort. Additionally, he should be made to pay a HEFTY fine.
I guess if I were Mehserle, I would probably use the gun on myself. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I had done what he did.
45 Carlos Miller // Jan 9, 2009 at 12:46 AM
There is a new video out that offers a much clearer view.
http://carlosmiller.com/2009/01/09/new-video-of-bart-shooting-emerges-offering-clearest-view-so-far-and-audio/
46 Mr.Floppy // Jan 10, 2009 at 3:57 AM
Poor Oscar – you totally didn’t deserve that. I’m a white father of 2 boys and quite frankly our police scare me stiff when I think of my kids going out and about – God only knows what it’s like for Black or Hispanic parents. Of course a person is going to resist when someone forces him to the ground and an a 200 lb man puts his knee on him – it hurts and they know it. What the hell was this moron doing in a police uniform? I saw no need to reach for weapon of any kind. This was just plain stupidity – how many more of these morons are out there?
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48 figMiNT // Jul 17, 2010 at 5:51 AM
I almost threw up the first time I watched this video.
1. Because of what happened in the video.
2. Because I voluntarily watched the video.
3. Because people so openly post this video online.
I can count the number of times I’ve vomited on my hands (including alcohol induced–two times) so I consider it a pretty big deal for me. I don’t want to digress too much so let’s leave it at that.
After I cleared my mind, I watched the video again and slowed it down (pressing the pause and play button fast) and have noticed many things.
The officer closest to the camera steps back and the one of the farthest to the right who doesn’t see what happens quickly reaches for his gun, looks to see what happens and steps really far back along with a handcuffed person. Then Johannes Mehserie, the one who discharged his firearm, looks down (probably at his gun or possibly at Oscar Grant). I also stopped the video where I could clearly see him gun-in-hand. From my perspective, I see doubt and denial in Johannes because of how he looks back down twice so quickly. Then the other officer gets down and shortly after so does Johannes and they move Oscar (which was not smart at all). I wish they rolled him over and then applied pressure to the wound while calling for an ambulance, but honestly I didn’t think he had much of a chance from such a close range shot.
Not doing too much research into the matter. I found out that Johannes resigned shortly after that day and he wrote a letter which I would hope would be included in the update to this story.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_15477924 July 5th. That’s a confession to me.
Saying that what he wrote is manure and a lie and what he did was premeditated murder is ludicrous. It’s a great example of a very unprepared LEO. I also have looked at many pictures of his face during his conviction on July 8th. That’s the look of guilt and shame.
I do not think that (note: think–I’m not entirely sure) you the right not to turn your phone over if it and/or you witnessed a crime. I think that’s why good cops confiscate evidence, because they want to help the case. Bad cops want to help their case, yes and evidence disappears. But I do not see how even if all videos disappeared that this would not get heard.
To end on a tangent:
It’s crazy how 6,602 people die a day to Oscar Grant III was shot today.
I wonder if there’s coverage somewhere on the other 6,601 people that day.
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49 figMiNT // Jul 17, 2010 at 5:55 AM
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It’s crazy to think about how different “6,602 people die a day” and “Oscar Grant III was shot today” sounds and affects people.
I wonder if there’s coverage somewhere on the other 6,601 people that day and they were named.
I didn’t know that statistic –and that’s one from 2001 until today.
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