No black jurors on the Oscar Grant case
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If the prosecutor does his job, it really is not hard to see. During the preliminary hearing one of the officers testified that Mehserle made a comment right after the shooting stating" I thought he was going for a gun." I would believe it could be a mistake but given the totality of circumstances, he is guilty of murder in the second degree.
If Mehserle thought Grant was reaching for a gun, lethal force would be an acceptable act. But Mehserle is claiming to have accidently grabbed his gun instead of his taser. My angle would be this given the defenses stance:
Mr. Grant was on his stomach face down. His hands looked to be behind his back. There were 2-3 other officers standing over him. What threat did he pose to Mehserle or his colleagues? This incident is a misuse of force which resulted in death. An accident would be worthy of manslaughter. This was an intentional mistake, not a negligent one given the totality of circumstances. His actions following the shooting and the inconsistent statements even after they had time to come with a story point towards guilt. He will atleast recieve a manslaughter conviction, imo.
this is obviously a short to the point argument. But believe your boy could put together a 20-25 page argument with supporting facts and cases to shit on the defense of Mehserle. This is the type of occasion I want the prosecution to win and serve justice.
If Mehserle thought Grant was reaching for a gun, lethal force would be an acceptable act. But Mehserle is claiming to have accidently grabbed his gun instead of his taser. My angle would be this given the defenses stance:
Mr. Grant was on his stomach face down. His hands looked to be behind his back. There were 2-3 other officers standing over him. What threat did he pose to Mehserle or his colleagues? This incident is a misuse of force which resulted in death. An accident would be worthy of manslaughter. This was an intentional mistake, not a negligent one given the totality of circumstances. His actions following the shooting and the inconsistent statements even after they had time to come with a story point towards guilt. He will atleast recieve a manslaughter conviction, imo.
this is obviously a short to the point argument. But believe your boy could put together a 20-25 page argument with supporting facts and cases to shit on the defense of Mehserle. This is the type of occasion I want the prosecution to win and serve justice.
aranoid:I agree with what you are saying and am wondering how would you feel if he was only convicted of manslaughter? Everyone knows that if he gets off clean it is some BS but it seems like a lot of people would be just as pissed off if it was manslaughter.
edit: I was just reading what you said again and really police need to treat a taser like a dangerous weapon because it is. I think they have started to over use it why would you need to tase someone that fulley restrained? IF this was a mistake (that is hard to believe) it would have never happened if police were more selective about when to tase someone.
Did you see what happened right after the whole ting? All the marches where they were burning cars and looting stores? If he isn't convicted there will be riots in Oakland but they really need to direct the violence to something other than local businesses they should be looting the and burning down the BART headquarters.
edit: I was just reading what you said again and really police need to treat a taser like a dangerous weapon because it is. I think they have started to over use it why would you need to tase someone that fulley restrained? IF this was a mistake (that is hard to believe) it would have never happened if police were more selective about when to tase someone.
Did you see what happened right after the whole ting? All the marches where they were burning cars and looting stores? If he isn't convicted there will be riots in Oakland but they really need to direct the violence to something other than local businesses they should be looting the and burning down the BART headquarters.