Man dead after BART cop shoots him during altercation at Oakland station
Bay Area News Group
Posted: 01/01/2009 10:17:47 AM PST
OAKLAND_ A man has died following an officer-involved shooting early Thursday at the Fruitvale BART station, authorities confirm.
The shooting occurred on the platform about 2:15 a.m., where a southbound Dublin/Pleasanton train had stopped, a BART spokesman said.
The man was transported to Highland Hospital where he died.
The Fruitvale station, 3401 E. 12th St., was closed until about 2:48 a.m. because of police activity at the scene.
The identity of the person shot was not immediately released.
Officials continue to investigate the incident and no further details were immediately available.
Why the fuck did they keep coming up and giving the cops a hard time let them do there thing. Stop jumping around like a fucking monkey keep your mouth shut. I would have shot to just from being so damn annoyed lol.
As much as I agree with you, the shooting was pretty senseless. But like always I expect the cop will get off the hook. Probably Suspension with pay or some shit.
But like you said, I would just comply with the cops shut up and go from there.
That was retarded how the people kept harassing the cops and being total assholes. I would have sprayed them all with mace and arrested them for obstruction. Bunch of ignorant low life fucking idiots :tdown:.
Should he have been associating with people on New Years eve, presumably drunk, inciting a riot, and from the looks of the video resisting arrest, with a ton of nervous cops around?
Yea being shot was way over the top. But im sure they deal with so much shit day in and day out like that. Im sure a good shot of mace would have been more than enough.
That’s an understatement. The officers life was in absolutely no immediate danger, and although squirming around, the suspect was already constrained and under control. This cop shouldn’t get off this one free, but you never know.
Im in no way saying he should be getting away with this in anyway. Im just saying im sure he had his reasons, if there wrong or right(guessing wrong) its going to be something that needs to be figured out.
got to luv all the people trying to rush the cops in the vid… its up to the unit to find out what happen… if the cops are holding you … stay still and chill… and you friends should not try to rush them
I couldn’t really tell what happened, but if I was an officer and I hear a bunch of rowdy people who all seem to be clearly against you (randoms can be heard on the video yelling fuck the cops) I would definitely shoot first and ask questions later. Maybe I need to rewatch the video.
Looks like the dude must have pulled the trigger cause he was pissed/nervous. He could have easily maced the dude or geve him the ol stick to the face. THe shithead deserved both for rushing on cops doing their job, not the bullet though.
OAKLAND, Calif. – A former transit officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man that set off violent protests, officials said Wednesday.
Johannes Mehserle, 27, was arrested Tuesday in Nevada and on Wednesday appeared briefly in court, where he waived extradition to California. He was expected to be returned to California later Wednesday.
Witnesses said Mehserle, who is white,
People say not to bring race into things, is it really fucking necessary to word the article like that?
