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[QUOTE]Originally posted by N8: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Luke87GT: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by N8: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Luke87GT: [qb]....Reminds me a lot of the OJ case. [/qb][/QUOTE]I remember this vividly. I actually fought with a cousin of mine because I felt strongly OJ did that shit and got away with murder. [/qb][/QUOTE]N8, although there are examples here and there of people actually believing OJ did not commit those two murders, the opinion that he did is overwhelming regardless if you are white, black, male, female, rich, or poor. You and I know what happened that night as did Johnny Cochran, Robert Shapiro, Judge Ito, the guy who drove the white Bronco during the low speed police chase, Chris Rock, etc etc etc, lol. Unfortunately, everything was thrown out the door (perjury & suspicion of falsified evidence). I recall watching the verdict on TV while sitting in a diverse high school classroom in Berkeley, CA. When the verdict came in, the classroom split between black and white. The black kids were screaming, cheering, and slapping hi-fives while the white kids were putting their head down in disbelief of what just happened. It was a very eye opening experience for me regarding race relations. I'm sure many high schools across the state shared a similar reaction. It was like Chris Rock joked, "Black people, WE WON!" Regardless of the circumstances, "we won" with the cards stacked against us! Chris Rock goes on to deliver one of the most famous lines of his career, "He (Ron Goldman) was known to drive around in her Ferrari that OJ bought her ... I'm not saying that he should have killed her, but I understand" Classic Rock, LOL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJJFT9GZwY Getting back on track with the Mehserle-Grant case, I go back and forth and struggle with this one. On one hand, shooting a suspect in the back while he lays on his stomach is completely inexcusable. There is just no way this can be justified. However, it's difficult for me to identify with Oscar Grant... not for his race, but for who he was and what he was doing the night he was killed. For the past 20+yrs I've been riding BART regularly at all hours and routinely see youngsters running up and down the isles, drunk, causing trouble, stirring up controversy, and disrupting other riders. On the other hand I've never had any serious altercations with police that I didn't bring upon myself. So it's very natural for me to sway in one direction in this case. Combine that with two felony prison terms prior to this case for Grant, and well... well it goes without saying I guess. If I felt like I had been regularly mistreated by law enforcement, I could easily see myself opposing the men in blue and more easily identify with Grant. Going back to my original comment about there is no excuse to shoot someone in the back, Mehserle rightly has been convicted. The sentencing is not what the Grant supporters wanted, and it's not what the Mehsrle supporters wanted. When the smoke clears the following glarring lessons stick out of me: - Police need adequate training to reduce the possibility of something like this happening again. - If you are a burden on society, cause trouble, create disruptions, oppose law enforcement, you are playing with fire. [/qb][/QUOTE]Luke you are officially my favorite member :D I too think the inexcusable (shooting a man in the back). Do I think he wanted to kill him? No. Do I think he meant to pull his gun? Yes. Even tasing at that point was uncalled for. So IMO any action he did take or would have taken by his account, is gross negligence. I am thinking somewhere around 4-5 years with credit time served would have been just. As a provision I would strip him of PC rights :D (I kid). The funny thing that I see as a constant, is ones that are for this judgment or against Oscar Grant. Have no ties what so ever to Oakland. And as a whole tend to sit on a perch and judge the city. Luke I admire you for being able measure your opinion with your experience in the area and also identifying where you opinion lacks depth. To that I say :patriot: [/QB][/QUOTE]
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