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Originally Posted by Nine17
That is FAR from clear. The Fruitvale BART station and the surrounding area are notorious for shootings by addled thugs carrying illegal concealed firearms. If you're really from Oakland you should know that very well. Add in drunken New Year's revelers itching for a fight and tired cops on forced overtime and it's an accident waiting to happen. I'm amazed at all the cop-haters here -- the same kind of people who want to wander the streets drunk, smoke pot, and get in fights with people who "disrespect" them but who bay like dogs about the lousy 9-1-1 response when one of these thugs steals their car or tries to come into their home. Murder is the premeditated and intentional killing of a human being. Negligent homicide is something else -- usually a matter for a civil suit rather than a criminal prosecution. The only thing that is clear from all the public hysteria is that we all WISH that Officer Mehserle had never reached for his gun the way that he did. I'm sure that he does too.
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In Oakland, as well as many other cities, there are situations that are more "volatile", but cops still don't feel the need to draw their firearm. As an expert on Oakland, you should know that. And why was Mehserle the only one to pull out his gun? Like you, maybe he was the only one that considered people yelling at him an "immediate threat." If Mehserle was justified in drawing his weapon, as you believe, why would you wish that he didn't? This is clear: you only see and believe that to which you are predisposed.