[Filo]

Even the victims friend testified that the officer said he was going to tase him.

And that justifies his doing so or his shooting him in the back how?

I know the police think otherwise, but a taser is a potentially leathal weapon and you can't just go around tasing people willy-nilly 'cause you feel like it.

Mehserle had no reason to draw, more or less use his taser, and certainly not his gun.

[Ophiucus]

a taser is a potentially leathal weapon

You are absolutely wrong. There has NEVER been one single case where a taser has been the medical cause of death. Never.

Mehserle had no reason to draw, more or less use his taser, and certainly not his gun.

Again, the scene was not safe until the suspect was controlled. Period.

[roses of sharon]

A friend of the victims court testimony about the officer's spoken words of intent have zero to do with your opinion that cops are evil and your assumption that the officers at the scene were “willy-nilly” running around shooting and killing in plain view of hundreds of commuters.

Intent is a legal term, it is important so that those who accidentally kill someone vs premeditate and intend to kill someone have different punishments.

A simple concept really...for those with the powers of discernment.