RIP courtesy BART PD
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drewkittyBART PD has another controversial fatal shooting on their hands.
A BART police officer shot a man lying on his stomach, in the back, who later died at the hospital. No weapon was found on the now deceased person. This took place on the platform, in the midst of a mass arrest situation following a fight on the train.
Inquiring minds want to know:
1) What was the deadly threat that required this action? We're kind of short on the traditional excuses here (you know, 3 AM, long black finger). Irony would be if the man was pulling out his own cell phone to record the action.
2) Was this a case of "Oops, I meant to Taze you . . ." and the officer reached for the wrong object?
3) Why did BART PD "collect" all the cell phones from the people recording the action, except the one who wisely gave her camera's video directly to the news media? What happened to all this phone footage? Will people get their phones back, let alone any damning video that may appear on them?
4) Why the @#*&! is anyone, anyone at all, talking publicly about the capabilities of BART cameras? These are damn near the only counter-terrorist precaution on the entire fragging BART system, and public discussion of them could kill a lot more than the handful gunned down so far by BART PD.
5) Was the suspect handcuffed after being shot (standard police procedure) or was he handcuffed prior to being shot? If the latter, can we go for Murder One on the officer?
I am a staunch supporter of law enforcement. I've carried a firearm in public for a living. This shooting stinks to high heaven and there need to be felony criminal charges.
A BART police officer shot a man lying on his stomach, in the back, who later died at the hospital. No weapon was found on the now deceased person. This took place on the platform, in the midst of a mass arrest situation following a fight on the train.
Inquiring minds want to know:
1) What was the deadly threat that required this action? We're kind of short on the traditional excuses here (you know, 3 AM, long black finger). Irony would be if the man was pulling out his own cell phone to record the action.
2) Was this a case of "Oops, I meant to Taze you . . ." and the officer reached for the wrong object?
3) Why did BART PD "collect" all the cell phones from the people recording the action, except the one who wisely gave her camera's video directly to the news media? What happened to all this phone footage? Will people get their phones back, let alone any damning video that may appear on them?
4) Why the @#*&! is anyone, anyone at all, talking publicly about the capabilities of BART cameras? These are damn near the only counter-terrorist precaution on the entire fragging BART system, and public discussion of them could kill a lot more than the handful gunned down so far by BART PD.
5) Was the suspect handcuffed after being shot (standard police procedure) or was he handcuffed prior to being shot? If the latter, can we go for Murder One on the officer?
I am a staunch supporter of law enforcement. I've carried a firearm in public for a living. This shooting stinks to high heaven and there need to be felony criminal charges.
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Date: 2009-01-05 11:36 pm (UTC)