[doodad]

Not the best defense move.

[thethirddegree]

This is sad.

[jonascord]

He was so hot to shock someone he didn't even know he had a gun instead a Taser? About 200 years at Q should give him a chance to ponder the difference between the two.

[grey_whiskers]

Would they let a cop-killer get away with this defence, or would such testimony seal his fate?

Incidentally, this proves that many cops are unsafe to have around guns.

NO cheers, unfortunately.

[smokingfrog]

This is my Taser

This is my Glock

This one’s for zapping

This one goes POP!

[Enterprise]

If you are of the correct sex and ethnic group, you can keep your job and not be prosecuted for the same mistake Officer Johannes Mehserle made.

"Torres, 24, was shot as he sat handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser after his arrest on charges of resisting and delaying police as they tried to quell a loud party at Madera Villa Apartments on North Schnoor Avenue. Noriega told investigators she intended to shoot Torres with her nonlethal Taser because he was kicking at the car's window, but that she accidentally used her service weapon."

Officer won't face charges : Shooting of Madera man in police car is called an accident.

[Revolting cat!]

Street thugs as saints and martyrs in the parallel universe we have moved into since the glorious 1960s. Sigh.

[Rastus]

"I didn't think I had my gun," Mehserle said. "I heard the pop. It wasn't very loud. It wasn't like a gun shot. And then I remember thinking, 'What went wrong with my Taser?' I remember looking at my gun in my right hand."

This BART cop is as dumb as Bartcop.

[thecodont]

Another point of view:

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/bart-cop-has-a-good-week/Content?oid=1854401

BART Cop Has a Good Week
Testimony in the trial of Johannes Mehserle, who is accused of murdering Oscar Grant, appeared to favor the defense more than the prosecution.
By Robert Gammon

“Convicting a police officer of murder, or even manslaughter, is never easy — even when the cop was caught on video fatally shooting an unarmed man as lay face down on the ground. And judging from testimony in the first week of the Johannes Mehserle murder trial in Los Angeles, the task facing Alameda County prosecutor David Stein may be tougher than imagined. A parade of witnesses that Stein called to the stand to help convict Mehserle repeatedly testified that the then-BART cop appeared to be “shocked,” “dumbfounded,” or “stunned” right after shooting Oscar Grant to death last year, the Oakland Tribune reported.

“Even Grant’s friend, Carlos Reyes, who was two feet away at the time, testified about Mehserle’s apparent surprise, bolstering the argument by defense attorney, Michael Rains, that Mehserle killed Grant by accident. The testimony also undermined Stein’s contention that the shooting was intentional. According to Rains, Mehserle maintains that he meant to pull out his Taser against Grant but instead mistakenly grabbed his gun.”

[zeugma]

Great thread for bringing out the bootlickers. Thanks!