Comments on: New video of BART shooting emerges offering clearest view so far (and audio)

By: Sterling Nevala

Sterling Nevala — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:37:58 +0000

I am a pretty serious hiker and must admit that I’m anal about my tools. If there’s one nuance that I dislike, it’s when my gear stop working. This is why I always purchase quality equipment to gear myself up and be ready for just about anything the trail throws at me.

By: bgwillia

bgwillia — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:32:29 +0000

Aftermath: 83 arrests, a dozen stores damaged and a couple looted: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/08/jury-reaches-verdict-case-transit-worker-charged-killing-calif-train-station/#commenting

By: bgwillia

bgwillia — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:22:08 +0000

Watching live stream of the protests: http://www.ktvu.com/video/24189294/index.html Downtown area packed but other areas deserted.

By: bgwillia

bgwillia — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:45:55 +0000

Oakland’s being cleared because certain elements didn’t agree with the verdict: “LIVE BLOG: Oakland evacuating because of Johannes Mehserle verdict”

“4:17 – A speaker in Los Angeles is railing hard against the judgement and police brutality. Scary talk as he was calling the crowd to take up “weapons”, real and metaphoric against the ‘system’.

“4:25 – Oakland is a ghost town as most workers are leaving the city en masse. So far, so good…

“4:31 PM – Police helicopters are hovering in LA.”

By: oscar finch

oscar finch — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:34:37 +0000

If it wasn’t for the video he would have probably gotten murder when all the witnesses lied.

By: oscar finch

oscar finch — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:29:04 +0000

I guess the jury didn’t see it the way most of you did.

By: bgwillia

bgwillia — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:27:29 +0000

This one looks like a more stable web page:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/08/BAM21EBDOD.DTL&tsp=1

Video played an important part in the trial:
“Video footage played repeatedly in court showed that as Mehserle raised his gun, Pirone had his left knee on Grant’s neck. Pirone’s left hand was pressing Grant’s head into the platform, and Pirone’s right hand was holding Grant’s right arm – the same one Mehserle said he had struggled with – behind his back.”

The power of a free press.

By: bgwillia

bgwillia — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:17:43 +0000

Verdict’s in: “Jury Finds Mehserle Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter”
http://www.ktvu.com/news/24188551/detail.html

By: bgwillia

bgwillia — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:34:47 +0000

Verdict reached on case. They’re going to announce it at 4pm PDT today:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/24188551/detail.html