Heh, so he left town and came chasing after him, eh?  Probably felt guilty otherwise I don't understand why he just didn't cross the border and leave the country.

Grant, a 22-year-old father, was killed on New Year's Day in a crowded BART train station.

GOD DAMMIT HE WAS A FATHER????

On one hand, I feel bad for the JOHANNES (this is a killer name right here).  A police officer who executed an unarmed compliant black man who also was a father could go to federal prison on homicide.  That's 20+ years of getting ass raped or worse, just straight up shanked or beaten to death. 

This dude is fucked.  Literally.

I didn't want to post earlier because that video makes me pretty upset... but yeah this is pretty fucking disgusting. To watch a cop kill someone by shooting them in the chest while they're on their back laying on the ground with other guys pinning them down... that's fucking horrible and it makes me want to

Officer Friendly charged with homicide and arrested.

*round of applause*

This makes me very happy to hear.

he was saying I HAVE A DAUGHTER of course he was a father.

he was saying I HAVE A DAUGHTER of course he was a father.

i didn't hear him over the kids shouting bloody murder

it's in the OP.

see i worry about this. "the circumstances of the chaotic night become clear". they're pretty clear to me, as in i could break them down step by step and place blame where it belongs. of course the trial proceeds as any other one would, but how much weight do video have as evidence? cos combined with the dozens of witnesses i would have thought it would be a pretty insurmountable case against.

i know nothing about the justice system - steel? let's hear those lawbooks talking.

you don't need law books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Wall_of_Silence

that's what's going to happen.

i dont think i can imagine the officer being acquitted - i mean there is a video where you can see him subduing the guy in a position where he couldn't have really been a threat. the time between the officer drawing the gun and firing the shot is easily long enough for him to have realized that it was, in fact, a gun. there were like a billion witnesses.

anyway, this guy is probably going to get put into some sort of segregated unit when he goes to prison which is sad because while i wouldn't want him to be shanked, it would be nice if he were assraped a few times a day

edit: also i bet the oakland doesnt want to deal with the shit-storm that would result from his acquittal