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.
figMiNT recently posted..Response cached until Sun 18 @ 10:51 GMT (Refreshes in 22.98 Hours)

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.
figMiNT recently posted..Response cached until Sun 18 @ 10:51 GMT (Refreshes in 23.00 Hours)

http://carlosmiller.com/2009/01/09/new-video-of-bart-shooting-emerges-offering-clearest-view-so-far-and-audio/

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.

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.

But the evidence against him is so overwhelming that I doubt it will do him any good.