[roses of sharon]

He testified, and the jury obviously believed he did not intentionally shoot a prone, unarmed man in front of hundreds of people.

It was a reasonable verdict and Obama knows it....just like Obama knows he has to keep black Americans stirred up and believing they are oppressed. Otherwise where would the commies get their votes?

[wideawake]

the jury obviously believed he did not intentionally shoot a prone, unarmed man in front of hundreds of people

The jury did not believe that he shot to kill - and I don't believe he shot to kill either.

But in a situation where you think you might be rushed by an angry crowd of drunks you are definitely not thinking: "How would it look tomorrow if I shot this punk" - but you well may be thinking: "If I wing this punk right now, this crowd that could rush me will think twice."

And I'm a little tired of the "doting father Oscar Grant" angle - it's about as believable as the "loving fiance Sean Bell" narrative in NYC.

The valorizing of violent, drunken thugs wandering the streets in the wee hours doing dirt is extremely tiresome.