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Oscar Grant . . .
I'm not here to tell you what I think. What do YOU think. I want this to be a place to express yourself. Please do; Comment Below.
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how do things like this happen??? intentional incidents of crime..
what are the thoughts going through a person's head when they kill another human being, cold-blood style, as seen above? how do we remedy this obsession with violence? i'd love to focus on these things..
i believe a person with love and compassion in their hearts for themselves, will have it for others. its much harder to pull a trigger when you truly care about a person. police officers should be TRAINED to CARE for HUMANITY. i believe low self-esteem is the root cause for this officer's actions. i hope, for the sake of his soul, he will see the deepest truth in his actions so that his children do not have to pay for his sucky karma. as for the Oscar Grant family.. well.. my condolences go out. i was at the rally in Leimert yesterday where his momz spoke and its pretty bad what she has to go through. i feel for her and all the mothers and family members who deal with these sorts of issues. i don't know what i could say to try to ease that pain.. but i do feel you. and hopefully in time, love will shine a light where darkness flows.
From myself getting beat down by 7 white police officers on college campus my sophomore year, and from speaking with thousands of other students and successful men and women through my motivational speaking career, it's a proven fact that we must still fight for equality.
Racism still exists. You're automatically stereotyped by the way you look, dress, and physical possessions you may have. Racist cops can't be too upfront with it now, thanks to our past ancestors, so what many are doing now is targeting college students, especially minority students, in subtle ways.
What better way to kill a dream than to attack it while it's trying to get an education n become something? Hopefully to make you drop out n quit, and enter an already messed up economy of low employment rates? That's the new way to shatter ones dreams.
Thank God for technology in which one can catch these acts in the process. Condolences goes out to his family!
Coming from a family of police officers, incidents like these deeply sadden me. There are a lot of cops that have the public's best interest at heart, but these guys make their jobs so much harder and puts them in unnecessary danger. Reckless cops like these should not get involuntary manslaughter but the book thrown at them, because there was no threat against their lives. If someone is in cuffs and on their knees, there is no way that you are in danger.
What happened to shooting to disarm? Then with technology and everyone always using their camera phones you have to know that your actions will catch up with you. IDK, I'm rambling, but I'm deeply disappointed in these officers and deeply disappointed in the sytem.
I viewed the video for the first time today, although I have heard about the events that took place last year. There are a few issues that determined the outcome of the verdict, and this truly shows how unjust a system we live in. First the trial was moved to Oakland, but there were no Afro -Americans of the jury. That's very alarming giving the population of Afro-Americans in that city. Secondly the in the video, there was no reason for the officer to draw his weapon because the victim was on the grown and being searched. That a if Im not mistaken is not a guideline of police to draw a weapon. So my question is, Why wasn't the officer held accountable for unapproved work practices?
^ the trial was not moved to Oakland it was moved to Los Angeles. And the judge ok'd that jury because they all watch our for eachother, there is nothing just about the justice system. If this kind of stuff really makes you mad, we can always use more black lawyers and police officers.
I don't understand why he needed to shoot or taze him in the first place, he wasn't resisting the bart cop. He did stand up and i guess that was a mistake, but when he got back down and put his hand up, which is a universal sign of surrender, the cops all should have back down. So it's very sad that his life got taken and he didn't get any kind of punishment that he deserved.
Wow! That is so sad, but I'm sure the officer won't be punished. It't the Amerikkkan way :-(
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