OSCAR GRANT'S MURDERER CONVICTED OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Posted: Friday, July 9, 2010 by Unknown in Labels: Bay Area Transit officer, Johannes Mehserle, manslaughter, Oakland, Oscar Grant, taser
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Johannes Mehserle has said he was attempting to pull his taser gun to taser Oscar. Mehserle instead pulled his gun and fired a shot into Oscar's back, killing him.
A white Bay Area transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Thursday by a Los Angeles jury in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on Jan. 1, 2009, ending a closely watched trial that percolated with racial tension and cries for peace in the city of Oakland, Calif., where the killing occurred. [here]
True enough, there are some who say that justice has been served because a law enforcement officer has been convicted. However, this conviction means that Mehserle may serve only 1 - 2 years of prison - if that.
Why was Mehserle attempting to taser Oscar anyway, as Oscar's hands were already tied behind his back? This is truly a sad and tragic story, especially for the Grant family who have lost a son, and no matter what the court's decision they will never get to have their son back alive.
I hesitated putting this video up because I would rather people not view this for the wrong reason. But I am deciding to post this video to let my readers make the decision themselves. Does this look like a case of involuntary manslaughter?
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