Violence in my back yard...

Today when I walked out of the Fruitvale BART station, a few young people were asking people to boycott BART tomorrow to honor the killing of Oscar Grant, a 22 year old man BART police shot and killed in the early hours of January 1st, on the platform of the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland. I have been following the story since New Year's Day when I learned of the fatal shooting just hours earlier on the platform just a few hundred meters from where I live. make-shift vigil at Fruitvale BART station

Video footage supported by eyewitnesses reports of this incident shows that Grant was "lying on his stomach with his hands out in a non-threatening position when he was shot". Police have confirmed Grant was unarmed and have suggested the shooting was an accident. Grant lived in Hayward and leaves behind a 4-year-old daughter. There will be a rally to protest the shooting from 3pm till 8pm on Wednesday January 7th at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland after a public funeral in Hayward.

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[Mariana]

my sister's hubby is a probation officer and showed me the you tube stuff- apparently the tazer gun weighs 3oz less than the gun and is the same shape... that the police officer was on the force for two years, one of which was a year of training. the officer looked shocked himself in one of the phone videos on you tube, but it's not a very clear video. after shooting the kid on the ground, he put his gun away, opened his mouth while putting his hands to his temples. it's a young cop and he's likely gonna go to jail.... some people just shouldn't have a gun... scary on either side. eepers. by the way, the problem the cop is gonna face is that he should NOT have even been reaching for his tazer... there are protocols- baton, taser, gun... which he didn't do. I wonder if 15 years in prison (which my sister's hubby suggested he'll likely get) is enough though?