Transit officer that executed kid arrested while trying to flee the state

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Yup, guilty.

SAN FRANCISCO – A white former transit police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform has been arrested in Nevada, 12 days after the shooting inflamed long-running tensions between police and many African-American residents.

A jail staffer in Nevada's Douglas County said Johannes Mehserle, 27, was in custody Tuesday evening under a fugitive warrant issued from California. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the arrest had not been announced.

Karen Boyd, a spokeswoman for Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, confirmed the arrest and said the mayor's office had been informed of it earlier Tuesday night. Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff was expected to announce details of the charges on Wednesday.

A message left late Tuesday night at the office of Mehserle's attorney, Christopher Miller, was not immediately returned.

Witnesses say Mehserle fired into the back of 22-year-old Oscar Grant while the man was lying facedown on a train platform at a station in Oakland. Grant and others had been pulled off a train after reports of fighting, as New Year's Eve revelers were shuttling home after midnight.

The shooting was captured on several cell phone cameras and widely viewed on the Internet. Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets calling for the prosecution of Mehserle, with one rally last Wednesday spiraling into violence and resulting in more than 100 arrests and dozens of businesses damaged.

John Burris, the attorney for Grant's family, said he talked to Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, on Tuesday night and she was delighted with the news of the arrest.

"However it does not bring her son back," Burris said. "But she is happy and pleased that an arrest has occurred."

Grant's family has also filed a $25 million legal claim against Bay Area Rapid Transit.

Dereca Blackmon, the co-founder of the Coalition Against Police Execution, which was organizing a protest Wednesday, said she was pleased Mehserle was arrested but still wanted to know more details.

"We're disappointed that it took him fleeing the state in order for the law to take some action," she said. "Honestly this situation brings more questions than answers. Why was he fleeing?"

Douglas County, where the arrest occurred, is 15 miles south of Carson City in northwestern Nevada and includes Lake Tahoe and Carson Valley.

Mehserle refused to talk to BART investigators before resigning his position last week. The transit authority passed on details of its internal investigation to Orloff's office on Monday. The case also is being investigated by the Oakland Police Department.

State Attorney General Jerry Brown has assigned a prosecutor to monitor the case, and the U.S. Department of Justice has dispatched mediators to help avert violent protests such as one in Oakland last week.

BART board member Carole Ward Allen said she was pleased to hear the news about the arrest.

"I want to know why he did it," she said. "We've heard from everybody else but him. While I can't speak for the entire BART board, we want to make this process as transparent as possible."

The San Francisco Chronicle first reported the arrest

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[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Where are the people on this board that always defend cops, now? Try to explain this one?

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

so how did the confrontation come about? all i see is where he shot into the back of the dude while he was laying down, but why?

 

[TeamRetribution 10+ year member]

Well i dont see why people act like this was a "white"person ....not with a name Johannes Mehserle....

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Yep, Don't know all the details so it is hard to judge.

As far as defending cops, Lets say he was a bad white cop. If a few are bad do we judge the whole profession?

If so maybe that is what he was doing as well? He figured if a few are bad then they all must be?

 

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

Where are the people on this board that always defend cops, now? Try to explain this one?

Meh, most pigs can burn for all I care, 90% of them are corrupt nowdays anyways, there are very few that are still helpful and an asset to society.

so how did the confrontation come about? all i see is where he shot into the back of the dude while he was laying down, but why?

Thats what I want to know

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

so how did the confrontation come about? all i see is where he shot into the back of the dude while he was laying down, but why?

Well i dont see why people act like this was a "white"person ....not with a name Johannes Mehserle....

there were small oakland riots when this first happened. surprised not many people heard about it.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

and johannes mehsrerle was the cop. Im not sure what your sentence was saying, actually, mazda.

 

[FarrisAudio 10+ year member]

there's gotta be a reason, i doubt a cop would randomly shoot somone in the back.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Where are the people on this board that always defend cops, now? Try to explain this one?

Those of us who defend cops and the good job most do, understand bad apples occur in EVERY job. Go troll elsewhere you anarchist.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

there's gotta be a reason, i doubt a cop would randomly shoot somone in the back.

Especially with witnesses, Not saying he didn't do it and cops are great or nothing but surely he couldn't be that dumb. Either an accident or something going on here.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Yep, Don't know all the details so it is hard to judge.
As far as defending cops, Lets say he was a bad white cop. If a few are bad do we judge the whole profession?

If so maybe that is what he was doing as well? He figured if a few are bad then they all must be?

there's gotta be a reason, i doubt a cop would randomly shoot somone in the back.

Meh, most pigs can burn for all I care, 90% of them are corrupt nowdays anyways, there are very few that are still helpful and an asset to society.


Thats what I want to know

so how did the confrontation come about? all i see is where he shot into the back of the dude while he was laying down, but why?

Especially with witnesses, Not saying he didn't do it and cops are great or nothing but surely he couldn't be that dumb. Either an accident or something going on here.

watch the vids, then comment again.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Meh, most pigs can burn for all I care, 90% of them are corrupt nowdays anyways, there are very few that are still helpful and an asset to society.

You are ignorant if you truly believe that gross number you just pulled out of your stupid ***.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Those of us who defend cops and the good job most do, understand bad apples occur in EVERY job. Go troll elsewhere you anarchist.

not trolling anyone can see my threads have a common topic. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/imdaman.gif.bc6c552e19aa4ad8c47461144f40eb1a.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

there's gotta be a reason, i doubt a cop would randomly shoot somone in the back.

LOL OK. Because they are human and he was probably still reeling with emotion from whatever happened on the train prior to. He is a cop though and is supposed to be above his emotions. Apparently he wasn't. For this he fails and needs to be tried and punished in the same manner as any criminal would, since he decided to act like one.