[DariusBane]

Never thought it to be a great idea to have Tasers same shape and size as firearms.

[Centurion2000]

So frakking what? I guess a fully grown man couldn't just put a knee in his back and fully immobilize him?

Yes I am going to Monday morning quarterback this because a police officer executed a handcuffed citizen.

[RicocheT]

Due to the gun or Taser likely mistake, BART Officer Johannes Mehserle should not be charged with murder or negligent homicide. He was a sworn officer acting in the heat of a legal arrest and made a momentary mistake. The slain perpetrator’s relatives still have a case against BART for negligence on the part of one of their agents, Mehserle, but that is a money matter, not a criminal matter.

[meandog]

"frame by frame analysis"

Kind of wrong terminology used in this, the day of digital video. Wouldn't "second by second analysis" be more appropriate?

[RedMonqey]

Notice the timing. Grant's arm is in mid-swing, still in the air above his back, at the moment when Mehserle's fires.

Far from exonerating Mehserle, it condemns him.

Why?

How did officer "know" the suspect Grant have a "gun" ? He is in the prefect firing position(execution?) long before Grant goes for his "gun"

Clairvoyance maybe?

If one swinging an arm behind their back unaided so the officer can handcuff the suspect is interpreted as an aggressive act, then what should an suspect do? Take a beating a la Rodney King?

[CodeToad]

I couldn’t care less about such details. The fact is the suspect was not a lethal threat to the officers when he was shot. Nothing more needs to be asked.