I just watched the video of the shooting. I am shaking and nauseated. Cop at the handcuffed man's head, one on his feet, he's not struggling, and the shooter take about THREE SECONDS struggling to get his gun out of the holster and then takes a couple of seconds aiming and then POP. my guess is he's shaking with rage himself. Out of control. Resist and get killed, or cooperate and ... get killed. One of two things should have happened. The other 4 officers on the scene should have disarmed he shooter cop, or the crowd on the train should have mobbed them all. Nazi camp guards were able to control 200 prisoners each with a slung rifle with no round chambered. Are we going to see that mindset again?
I should also report that the "demonstration" turned into a regular riot, with demonstrators destroying nearby businesses and cars. So instead of hurting the police, they violated other citizens property and lively hoods.
"I feel like the night is going great," said Nia Sykes, 24, of San Francisco, one of the demonstrators. "I feel like Oakland should make some noise. This is how we need to fight back. It's for the murder of a black male."
Sykes, who is black, had little sympathy for the owner of Creative African Braids.
"She should be glad she just lost her business and not her life," Sykes said. She added that she did have one worry for the night: "I just hope nobody gets shot or killed."
"The protest had started calmly shortly after 3 p.m. at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, where BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle shot 22-year-old Grant of Hayward a week ago. BART shut down the station well into the evening commute, although the demonstration there was peaceful."
The elected individuals should be forced to pay, not the city or BART. We need accountability back, and not out of citizens' wallets. We need to start demanding that, only then will there be any change.
Ermm ... don't be dissing John Banner ( the actor who played Sergeant Schultz ).
He was a refugee jew ( enlisted in the Wehrmacht under a false name, finagled a border guard position, and then abandoned his post to escape to Spain ).
He made a point of making his character in that TV series not a nazi.
Picture and comment aside, the guy has a great sig line: “A well-crafted pepperoni pizza, being necessary to the preservation of a diverse menu, the right of the people to keep and cook tomatoes, shall not be infringed.” I would ask you to try to argue that this statement says that only pepperoni pizzas can keep and cook tomatoes, and only well-crafted ones at that. This is basically what the so-called states rights people argue with respect to the well-regulated militia, vs. the right to keep and bear arms. – Bruce Tiemann
Is this where the United States is headed? F*** that. You can count me out. I'll be in the woods with my chem kit, saving my lead from every kill to feed my family.
I just watched the video of the shooting. I am shaking and nauseated. Cop at the handcuffed man's head, one on his feet, he's not struggling, and the shooter take about THREE SECONDS struggling to get his gun out of the holster and then takes a couple of seconds aiming and then POP. my guess is he's shaking with rage himself. Out of control.
ReplyDeleteResist and get killed, or cooperate and ... get killed.
One of two things should have happened. The other 4 officers on the scene should have disarmed he shooter cop, or the crowd on the train should have mobbed them all.
Nazi camp guards were able to control 200 prisoners each with a slung rifle with no round chambered. Are we going to see that mindset again?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/01/08/MN2N155CN1.DTL
ReplyDeleteI should also report that the "demonstration" turned into a regular riot, with demonstrators destroying nearby businesses and cars. So instead of hurting the police, they violated other citizens property and lively hoods.
"I feel like the night is going great," said Nia Sykes, 24, of San Francisco, one of the demonstrators. "I feel like Oakland should make some noise. This is how we need to fight back. It's for the murder of a black male."
Sykes, who is black, had little sympathy for the owner of Creative African Braids.
"She should be glad she just lost her business and not her life," Sykes said. She added that she did have one worry for the night: "I just hope nobody gets shot or killed."
Idiots all around, cops shoot innocent man, rioters destroy innocent businesses.
...and the BART Police Officer has a name:
ReplyDelete"The protest had started calmly shortly after 3 p.m. at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, where BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle shot 22-year-old Grant of Hayward a week ago. BART shut down the station well into the evening commute, although the demonstration there was peaceful."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/01/08/MN2N155CN1.DTL
The elected individuals should be forced to pay, not the city or BART. We need accountability back, and not out of citizens' wallets. We need to start demanding that, only then will there be any change.
ReplyDeleteWow, that guy's shoot-me pose looks an awful lot like my don't-shoot-me-I'm-unarmed pose.
ReplyDeleteIt's past time, people. It may even be too late.
ReplyDeleteErmm ... don't be dissing John Banner ( the actor who played Sergeant Schultz ).
ReplyDeleteHe was a refugee jew ( enlisted in the Wehrmacht under a false name, finagled a border guard position, and then abandoned his post to escape to Spain ).
He made a point of making his character in that TV series not a nazi.
Schultz was not a Nazi.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise a good post.
Picture and comment aside, the guy has a great sig line:
ReplyDelete“A well-crafted pepperoni pizza, being necessary to the preservation of a diverse menu, the right of the people to keep and cook tomatoes, shall not be infringed.” I would ask you to try to argue that this statement says that only pepperoni pizzas can keep and cook tomatoes, and only well-crafted ones at that. This is basically what the so-called states rights people argue with respect to the well-regulated militia, vs. the right to keep and bear arms. – Bruce Tiemann
Considering the sig line, the Schultz avatar, and the context, perhaps the gentleman was speaking ironically.
ReplyDeleteIs this where the United States is headed? F*** that. You can count me out. I'll be in the woods with my chem kit, saving my lead from every kill to feed my family.
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