A new video has become available of the Oscar Grant shooting in Fruitvale Station, Oakland.
Check it out here.
Check it out here.
It provides a different angle on the incident that ended with BART officer Johannes Mehserle drawing his gun and firing a bullet into the back of Oscar Grant.
Comments from onlookers can also be heard - including an appeal from a passenger inside the train at the station who is heard calling out - "let him go, what the fuck."
It looks very much as though Mehserle was intent on going for his gun. The shooting that followed was clearly no accident despite the police claim that Mehserle's gun simply 'discharged.' Mehserle pulled out his weapon and took aim at Grant.
Some people who have seen the video think Mehserle may have mistaken his gun for his taser. A taser has quite a different feel from a gun. Surely an officer with Mehserle's training and experience would be able to tell the difference, simply by the grip. Also police wear their guns and tasers on different sides of their belt, which makes the alleged confusion seem even more unlikely.
In any case, check out the video and decide for yourself. It provides a different perspective on the incident from the earlier Karina Vargas video ... here.
Comments from onlookers can also be heard - including an appeal from a passenger inside the train at the station who is heard calling out - "let him go, what the fuck."
It looks very much as though Mehserle was intent on going for his gun. The shooting that followed was clearly no accident despite the police claim that Mehserle's gun simply 'discharged.' Mehserle pulled out his weapon and took aim at Grant.
Some people who have seen the video think Mehserle may have mistaken his gun for his taser. A taser has quite a different feel from a gun. Surely an officer with Mehserle's training and experience would be able to tell the difference, simply by the grip. Also police wear their guns and tasers on different sides of their belt, which makes the alleged confusion seem even more unlikely.
In any case, check out the video and decide for yourself. It provides a different perspective on the incident from the earlier Karina Vargas video ... here.
