BART appeals for calm as footage shows shooting..Update

SFgate ^ | Jan 5 09 | Demian Bulwa

[GSP.FAN]

01-04) 19:38 PST Oakland -- BART's police chief asked for patience from the public on Sunday after video footage surfaced showing one of his officers fatally shooting an unarmed man who was on the ground on a station platform on New Year's Day, and after an attorney for the dead man's family said he planned to sue the transit agency for $25 million.

[GSP.FAN]

One source familiar with the investigation said BART is looking into a number of issues, including whether the officer had meant to fire his Taser stun gun rather than his gun.

[GSP.FAN]

Oakland’s ambulance chaser..

Mr John Burris.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/05/CMGL7CDMJT1.DTL&type=printable

[Paladin2]

Looked like the “officer” had both hands oe one gun, not one of each type in one hand each.

[Paladin2]

Looked like the “officer” had both hands on one gun, not one of each type in one hand each.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Only $25 mil? I wonder how they arrived at that figure.

[GSP.FAN]

Bart Police do not have the experience ,dealing with this stuff...
I hope next year Bart is closed down at 10pm..

A source also revealed Sunday that BART police had been on edge before Grant’s shooting because two guns had been recovered in separate incidents along the rail line in the hour before the shooting.

In one of the incidents, a teenage boy with a semiautomatic pistol had fled from police and jumped off the West Oakland Station platform, breaking several bones while landing. In another, the source said, a revolver was recovered after a fight at the Embarcadero Station in San Francisco.

[Revolting cat!]

One less thug on the streets, though at a steep price if the ambulance chaser has his way.

[webschooner]

We live in a police state.

[driftdiver]

“A source also revealed Sunday that BART police had been on edge before Grant’s shooting because two guns had been recovered in separate incidents along the rail line in the hour before the shooting.”

Only because they are paranoid and anti-gun. I have guns in my home but am not on edge. Or were they still scared because they encountered a citizen exercising his constitutional rights?

[driftdiver]

Yes we do live in a police state. That said I would not want to be a cop in that chaotic environment. But then I hate cities in the first place.

[Revolting cat!]

We live in a police state.

Yep, North Korea is starting to look enticing, isn't it?

[Krankor]

It sounded like a foreign country.

[GSP.FAN]

These are kids with guns.
Not responsible gun owners..

[driftdiver]

“These are kids with guns.
Not responsible gun owners..”

True but they don’t make that distinction. Their focus is on the evil guns. Not the boneheaded idiot carrying it illegally.

Is there a cop stupid enough to believe that someone in that train station doesn’t have a gun illegally?

[Filo]

Only $25 mil? I wonder how they arrived at that figure.

You're right. It should be 25 trillion. Put the cops out of business. They are a f#^%& pox on society.

Give it time. This will be yet another example of a cop literally getting away with murder.

[Paladin2]

So, the officer with the gun (or taser, or both - I'm confused of course) shot an individual without a gun though they were concerned about those with guns?

Is that the description/explanation of the event?

[Revolting cat!]

Only $25 mil? I wonder how they arrived at that figure.

With gasoline prices hovering around $5 a gallon, ambulance chasing ain't so cheap no more!

[nufsed]

With gasoline prices hovering around $5 a gallon-----

Where are you posting from?

[mcshot]

Living in a right-to-carry state makes me more comfortable.

[GSP.FAN]

True but they don’t make that distinction

Welcome to the mindset of CA..

Guns are evil.