Showing posts with label family of bart shooting victims seeks 25 million dollars in lawsuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family of bart shooting victims seeks 25 million dollars in lawsuit. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
I Am Infuriated That The Bart Police Killed This Young Unarmed Man In Oakland!
Oscar Grant was fatally shot by the Bart police in Oakland this past Sunday. He was only 22 years old. His daughter was the first thing on his mind as he lay dying from the gunshot wound in his back. The officer who drew his weapon should be criminally charged & Oscar Grant's family should receive every bit of the $25 million that they are asking for. The video clearly shows that the man was being subdued by several officers. They couldn't handle one man without shooting him? It just does not make any sense. And now I'm hearing that the officer may have accidently shot Oscar Grant with a real gun instead of a taser gun.Well, I think that this officer intentionally shot Oscar Grant.Here's the latest on this story from Fox News:
"Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Chief Gary Gee said on Sunday that the agency is "committed to completing an unbiased, thorough and detailed investigation" of the shooting death of Oscar Grant.
"This case is not even four days cold. We're in the early stages of the investigation and we will do a very thorough job," he said.
Several unanswered questions remained after BART officers went to Oakland's Fruitvale station to investigate reports of a supposed brawl on a train on which Grant was riding around 2 a.m. Thursday.
A friend of Grant's who was with him on the crowded Oakland train station platform at the time of the shooting said Grant pleaded with officers not to harm him.
"Oscar yelled, 'You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter,"' said Fernando Anicete. "Oscar was telling us to calm down and we did. We weren't looking for any trouble."
Anicete was among more than 50 people attending a tearful news conference in Oakland on Sunday where Grant's family announced they planned to file a $25 million claim against the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency this week. A claim is the first step in the process of suing the agency.
The family's attorney John Burris said the shooting was intentional, and that he planned to ask Alameda County prosecutors to seek criminal charges against the officer. Burris said Grant, of Hayward, Calif., posed no threat to officers when a bullet entered his back and ricocheted to his lung area, killing him almost instantly."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,476644,00.html
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