Comments on: Hearing for killer cop Mehserle: Justice for Oscar Grant!

By: gabriel dunne

gabriel dunne — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:20:31 +0000

I believe the following is the only way to look at it: It is a decision by the courts, and I was not there, NO ONE on this blog was there, so the following is the only valid response. Kennedy (white privelege) did not rape that woman at their compound in FLA–he was found not guilty, so he is not guilty. OJ Simpson did not murder thos two people..he was found not guilty, ergo he is not guilty. The killer of Oscar Grant was found guilty of manslaughter, not murder, ergo, he is not guilty of murder. My first law professor told me in my first year of law school, that "There is no jusitice, there is only the law". Wish I had not become a doper and dropped out……but the sentiment remains true….we are a nation of LAW not justice…justice comes from social change, not application of law……

By: isiah washington

isiah washington — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:10:28 +0000

It is a sad day…if this were truly AMERIKKKA, and I were a bigot, I could not have scripted the ourcome of this entire horriffic incident better: 1) dead black man. (ex-con, by the way) 2) senseless rioting and looting (playing right into the hands of the white bigots) 3) absolutley NO CHANGE to society/societal ills 4) next news cycle about Lindsay Lohan or some other such pap 5) 24 month news cycle when Grants family gets paid off by BART 6) more dead black men, more cries of racism/bigotry, more of the same……it will never change, as we as people look to shallow answers and jingoistic responses to complicated questions.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:46:55 +0000

typical in AMERIKKKA,white people trying to justify why an innocent black male deserved to die……

By: Chiyahoo.com

Chiyahoo.com — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:49:26 +0000

You are the problem that scabs this country. I follow and have respect for the law and somehow I still
get harassed by yours truly. It seems that there are different rules based on color and thats a bad rule…
IMO. I hope that the next generation can get past this.

By: Nat Turner Jr.

Nat Turner Jr. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:25:59 +0000

seriously watch the video and tell me that couldnt have been anyone's knucklehead younger cousin (Black, White, Brown, insert color here _______)

tell me you honestly feel he deserved to get shot.
matter of fact, put a little drunk white girl in the same scenario.

in the courtroom, they should have reenacted the Oscar Grant shooting using Jessica Beil as Oscar.

By: Nat Turner Jr.

Nat Turner Jr. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:22:44 +0000

thats complete horseshit.

Amadou Diallou was murdered by plain-cloths cops as he reached for his wallet.
He was very decent person, with no record.
he worked a couple jobs and sent money to his family abroad.

..'bad things don't happen to decent people' (paraphrase) = bullshit.

..and you know it.

By: Nat Turner Jr.

Nat Turner Jr. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:20:26 +0000

no one knew his criminal record at the time he was killed, or even apprehended.
he was just a smaller Black person, under the weight of two larger officers.

his record has nothing to do with being shot.
if he had no record, youd think of something else to use as an excuse as to why you think he deserved to die.

how many drunk white people get into fights at bars or in any other public place? do they get shot in the back when apprehended for disorderly conduct?

By: Nat Turner Jr.

Nat Turner Jr. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:17:24 +0000

it may be hard to figure out if your body has natural, uncontrollable reactions..especially when your arms are twisted in certain positions. all that aside, he had at least 2 grown men, twice his size …on his back.
i do jujitsu and once someone has your back.its a wrap. the match is over.
i should also mention i weigh 265 and this would be true even for me.
Oscar Grant weighed what..120, 130, 140?

it is physically impossible for him to have been moving enough to be a threat.

if anything, he was just trying to breath.

By: goodriddancegrant

goodriddancegrant — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:10:08 +0000

As usual, your inflammatory reporting on this leaves out several facts and key witnesses. If you even bothered to read the documents instead of stoking the flames of the retarded WHITE protesters in Berkeley, you would find that there were many people who stated in the discovery that Grant was resisting arrest, that Jackie Bryson even said that he was resisting arrest (but this was before he changed his mind and fed lies on the stand last week), and that…dun dun dun…HE WAS RESISTING ARREST.

Nice that you also left out the part where Rains suggested that Horowitch was lying his @ss off on the stand because had he admitted to fighting on the train that he’d be sent back to prison (for violating his parole for dealing drugs).

God, what sh*tty reporting in the name of race relations. It’s “reporters” like you who help these kids to keep killing eachother and getting themselves killed.

By: jane bee

jane bee — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:16:54 +0000

What are transit cops doing with guns anyway? These bozos are glorified security guards with little to no training. Only in America.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:33:13 +0000

wow a mans life is lost an all you can talk about is his PRIVATE CRIMINAL RECORD…and for all the ppl throwing stones an making judgements..IM OHH SO SURE YOU HYPOCRITES ARE SQUEAKY CLEAN..JUS LIKE WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WENT ON A GAY SCANDAL RAMPAGE..AND WATCH THE VIDEO…HE DID FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS ALSO PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE…SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS…I HAVE A DAUGHTHER…ARE YOU SERIOUS..NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT..BE RESPECTFUL BECAUSE SOMEONE LOST A SON,BROTHER,COUSIN,AND FATHER..SMH…WE NEED COMPASSION..NOT HATE

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:52:22 +0000

Agreed James. The rules in this state and country aren't very hard to figure out. Most peaceful, law-abiding people hardly ever have any Police contact, save a petty traffic ticket. Only turds like Grant have frequent flyer cards.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:19:13 +0000

Devil's advocate here…Oscar Grant was not a good guy! Regardless of the outcome of this trial we should not put a man who had a history of criminal drug charges on any sort of pedestal. His family can ride this wave and make as much money as they can in the moment, but they know that he was a habitual criminal and not a martyr. Anyone with a sliver of common sense will stay away from Oakland on the day the verdict is delivered because unjustified riots and vandalism will surely abound.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:00:30 +0000

He is in Nazi Germany.

By: Finn

Finn — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:25:53 +0000

James,

Go move to Nazi Germany. You're a fascist idiot and don't even know it.

By: James

James — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:18:45 +0000

When you are told to do something by the police, you do it, it’s not that hard to figure out!!!