Comments on: Racism & The Murder of Oscar Grant III

By: Willie

Willie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:47:56 +0000

Sad group here. Alas the truth is: Oscar Grant killed himself. Let’s cut through the racial BS, the name calling etc. Oscar Grant had the choice NOT be on that platform, had the CHOICE not be a convicted felon, had the CHOICE not to be a CONTINUOUS FELON OFFENDER, had the choice not to be in felony possession of narcotics at the time of his death, had the choice to comply with lawful orders of police officers WHO DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE, because it was their job to be on that platform. Officer Mehserle will not serve another day in custody and it is reasonable to believe that he will seek civil tort against BPD for the way he was forced into resigning prior to being convicted in due process. WE THE PEOPLE have to understand that when WE THE PEOPLE arm police and give them powers to arrest and an unfortunate mistake takes place WE THE PEOPLE have to absorb it. Strange? Misconstrued? Racist? Take for instance Ofc. Hardy shoots at a fleeing suspect, the shot ricochets and kills the little old lady crossing the street.

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By: cest la vie

cest la vie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:21:26 +0000

That’s life, all! We all have responsibilities.

To all the black folks, don’t martyrize Grant.

Here is a grown man, a father, with a record, going out on new years eve at a time trouble can brew any minute. He is a 22 y.o man that has a penchant for trouble. His actions showed a lack of brains to be honest. Now he leaves his daughter fatherless and his wife a widow. He could have prevented this.
He should have stayed home with his family and watched the celebration from tv. It’s what a responsible, mature father does.

No, he did not deserve getting shot at. But, the black communities need to step up and guide folks like Grant to be smarter and make smart choices.
Shame on the cop, it’s been written he’s a hot head before.

But folks, don’t martyrize Grant. He made his choice and the real people suffering are his family and the cop’s family.

START HELPING YOUR OWN KIND AND EDUCATING THEM TO MAKE SMART CHOICES ALREADY!

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By: Tired

Tired — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:35:11 +0000

my2cents is right (comment 87). i think we could be friends. just so tired. more people worldwide are enslaved now than ever in history. only 4% of the africans sold into slavery (by other africans) ended up in the united states (before it was the united states). not to downplay the incident, but pretty small number. we need to move forward.

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By: Tired

Tired — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:30:15 +0000

obama will fix it.

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By: racismreview.com » Blog Archive » Spreading Racialized Fear in “Post-racial” America

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:01:17 +0000

[...] as I read this, I thought of the recent exchange on this blog regarding Jessie Daniels’ post on the Grant police brutality case. I think some of the reaction to Jessie’s analysis reflects [...]

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By: bigdawg

bigdawg — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:37:03 +0000

frankly, none of my black friends are 400 years old….i have never known a slave…..mpst races were slaves at one time or another and often sold to others by their own peoples. i have a biracial daughter and i want her to grow up in a world where there is no ignorance but that will never happen. i have never felt the need to harm someone because of their race. i dont feel like i should have to pay for “400 years of oppression” as i have never owned a slave and, again, never met a former slave. racism does exist and its a shame. i dont believe i could go into Compton and be welcomed with open arms even though i have never harmed another human being based upon their skin color. my people were here first and i grow extremely tired of hearing about affirmative action, oppression and 400 this and the plight of all of those so apparently less fortunate because of their history. take a look around people! whether you are white, black, asian, latino or whatever, you are living in a country with far more freedoms than most! i am seminole, part of the cherokee nation, by blood and in my chest beats a heart that will never falter or deny as such. if you want to know about oppression, slaughter, desscrimination, slavery, rape, destruction…..pick up a histoy book and read about the natives of this country and the other races that have been slaves. if we really want to bitch about it, i guess we could try to trace our roots back to Israel and all scream “Let my people go!” there is so much focus and anger on the black and white side of things that we cannot see what we all do have. its a governmental way to keep us divided just enough that we dont wake up and see what the true problem is with this nation! we have a right to change things but we choose to fight amongst one another and completely miss out one what we truly could be as a nation. races and creeds are so worried about “what they are owed” that it sows just enough hatred amd mistrust that we are divided. I think it was an accident, it was an abuse of power, but an accident just the same. he should be held accountable as someone who KILLED ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AND NOT A BLACK MAN! I am not black but i have been on the receiving end of cop attitudes as well as members of my family. as long as we have extremists on all sides, we will be divided

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By: Claire Renzetti

Claire Renzetti — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:31:50 +0000

Because of travel, work, and many other commitments, I haven’t been able to spend much time recently on Racismreview.com. I was somewhat surprised today in reading some of the comments on Jessie’s post about the BART police shooting of Oscar Grant. There is a very good article in Tuesday’s edition of USAToday that I hope readers will look at [http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090113/column13_st1.art.htm]. The article is by DeWayne Wickham, who discusses various police shootings of unarmed black men since 1966. Wickham writes, “That Oscar Grant didn’t live long enough to see Barak Obama sworn in as this nation’s first black president is proof that the post-rcial era that Obama’s election was supposed to usher in has not arrived.” This is a point well taken, I believe, and one that we should keep in mind on Tuesday as we celebrate President Obama’s inauguration.

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By: Seattle in Texas

Seattle in Texas — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:19:09 +0000

And had the police known they were being recorded, I’m sure they would have behaved very different–they may not have even thought of drawing any weapons at all…or even made the stop??? There was no excuse and racism is the only explanation. But, in the updated post above, it sounds as though the cop who shot him is sitting with many of those he probably unjustly arrested earlier, etc. Good lord is he going to enjoy the Cali jails and prisons….

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By: whoselaw

whoselaw — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:17:16 +0000

To everyone saying that it’s “possible” that the cop mistook his gun for a taser, thus it’s “possible” the shooting was not racist: there’s no good reason to taser someone who is handcuffed and lying on the ground. Thus even if the cop thought he was using a taser, it just means that he accidentally killed someone for racist reasons, instead of just inflicting severe pain on someone for racist reasons. whoops.

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By: sad sad sad world « rising phoenix

sad sad sad world « rising phoenix — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:57:58 +0000

[...] First, I would like to present Jessie’s post from racismreview. I have picked out some key parts of the post that I think are very good points: Racism & The Murder of Oscar Grant III [...]

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