Oakland Riots Pt. 2

OK, so today they shut the part of downtown Oakland where the BART offices are. My mom works right across the street and she said it was pandemonium. Police in the full scale riot gear... and ish...I wonder if they have horses. They put all the buildings in the area on lockdown, so basically, my mom is locked up in her office and cannot leave. I know they are doing this for people's safety, because it is liable to get crazy after the meeting is over, but man... come on man, come on man (think of that Chris Rock skit).

The point they are making is correct and valid and needs to be made. You can't just do this kind of ish and think you can get away with it. But once again, I have a problem with the way the people are doing it. You see this on TV...people are not going to see pain and anger that the protestors feel... they are going to see rage and ignorance, and violence. That is ALL.

Now, what would the best alternative situation be? I do not know. But this is not it. Pretty sure about that.

But long story short, this WAS wrong, like the worst kind of injustice there is. BART police were trying to point to the fact that the officer (who resigned btw) might have thought he was pulling out his taser, or that the victim had a prior arrest record... REALLY? You couldnt have come up with anything better than that? The officer had already used his taser prior to this (not on the victim)... you know what side your taser is on. Come on now. And I hate when people try to use prior record as an excuse. At this venture, they didn't even know dudes history... just sad crap man.

Oh yeah, oh yeah. And the officer resigned...wtf did he think that was going to do. You explain that right now. Yes, he cannot be compelled by BART to speak anymore as he is no longer an agent of BART... but when he acted, he was an agent of BART acting under color of law. What does he think, he is going to get away? Please believe he can be tried himself in civil and criminal court. They would probably only charge him with manslaughter or some ish... but come on now...that was 1st degree murder. There were no extenuating circumstances to take that down to a lesser offense.

Just ridiculous.