Johannes Mehserle Only Got 2 Yrs. For Killing Oscar Grant!

Oscar Grant's killer didn't get any real time for taking his life! Johannes Mehserle was sentenced to just 2 yrs. with credit for time already served. What a joke! They took Michael Vick through the ringer for killing dogs. I guess the loss of a dog's life is more important than the loss of a black man's life. Some people want to excuse what Mehserle did. Michael Vick was vilified for what he did.

Those dogs got justice for what happened to them.Where is the justice for Oscar Grant? This sentence was the minimum instead of the maximum. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry has left many people with the impression that he cares more about upholding those who enforce the law rather than upholding the law itself.

This is absolutely shameful that the attitude towards black men has barely changed in the 21st century. The representation of blacks in "The Birth of A Nation" still holds true for far too many to this day. The image of a black man as something to fear is still here.

During & after slavery,black men were thought of as vicious brutes. It seems to me that's how both Mehserle & the judge in this case felt about Oscar Grant. Because the judge seems to agree with Mehserle's assertion that Grant was resisting arrest. Even if that were true,which I do not believe it was,that still does not justify shooting an unarmed man. Johannes Mehserle was a much more imposing figure than Oscar Grant was. Why did Mehserle feel that a weaponless Oscar Grant was a threat? Simply put,it is because he is a black man.

If you have been taught that all black men are brutish threats to society,you probably think that this sentence was unfair for a different reason than I do.Like the folks who participated in the pro-Mehserle rally in Walnut Creek,you are of the opinion that the prosecutors should have never prosecuted this case. I mean,c'mon, everyone knows that blacks pose a threat just by existing. For those who share that viewpoint,Mehserle is a heroic cop whose life was on the line.

Race definitely played a part in what transpired on that fateful night. A lot of blacks feel like life is unfair while others try to downplay that reality.This sentence only highlights the injustice that blacks have to deal with on a daily basis. It proves their point.

But some say if you just try to conform to a European standard of living,everything will be fair for you. That's really the way that too many blacks feel.This attitude stems from slavery to the present.Looking & acting black is a no-no for some.One black woman told me that whites feel uncomfortable around those who are Afrocentric. I'm guessing that's the reason that she's worn a European styled wig every single day of the two years that I've known her. She wants to make white people feel proud that others are doing their best to emulate them.

I will never be white. Quite frankly,I don't want to be white. I am black. Why do I feel like I have to spend every day of my life making up for that fact?Do we have to bleach our skins & destroy our hair in order to be accepted by society? That seems to be the case.

Oscar Grant's blackness got him killed. So much for a post-racial society.

Here's what the Grant family's attorney had to say about the sentence,courtesy of SF Gate :

"John Burris, attorney for the Grant family, said at a news conference outside the Los Angeles courtroom after the sentencing that he viewed the two-year term as confirmation of a racially unfair justice system.

Burris said he hoped there were no violent reactions, "but I can understand the pain and frustration that many will feel here. ... There is no place to go."

Grant's grandfather, Oscar Grant Sr. of Hayward, was in front of City Hall shortly after the sentencing, and said he hoped unrest did not break out.

"Responding to this situation - do it peacefully," he said. "Violence is not going to solve anything. Violence is what killed my grandson.

"Knowing how the judicial system in this country works, I was not surprised," he added of the sentence. "Two years is just a slap in the face."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.