top
East Bay
East Bay
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Oakland, Ca Fruitvale Bart Station Shooting. Full Video and interview with Karina Vargas

by via GioSifaTaufa
A home video has surfaced showing the events surrounding the shooting death of 22-year-old man by police at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland early New Year's day. A copy of the videotape was provided Saturday to CBS 5 by the woman who captured the scene on camera.

Karina Vargas told CBS 5 that she was making the tape available so the public would know what transpired shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday at BART's Fruitvale station when Oscar Grant was shot.

The video, that Vargas said she shot on a brand new camera she received for Christmas, would seem to support previous witnesses accounts that Grant was laying on his stomach with his hands behind him on the train platform when a single shot was fired by a BART officer.
Copy the code below to embed this movie into a web page:
According to Vargas, Grant was not resisting when the gunshot was fired. Vargas said she was standing only about 5 feet away from the shooting scene. She also said she resisted an officer's attempt to confiscate her camera.

Vargas, who said she was on her way home from a New Year's celebration along the Embarcadero in San Francisco when she witnessed the shooting, contended that Grant's "rights were definitely violated" by police.

BART officials have said Grant was unarmed and implied the shooting was an accident, saying the officer's gun discharged while he and four other officers responded to reports that two groups of young men were fighting on a train that had come from San Francisco and was en route to the Dublin/Pleasanton station.

Grant's family in Hayward has formally hired attorney John Burris to look into the circumstances surrounding his death.

The Oakland attorney, who has filed numerous lawsuits against police departments on behalf of family members of people who have been shot and killed by officers, scheduled a Sunday morning news conference to discuss developments in the case.

"It's an outrageous set of facts. My sense is clear that this was an unjustifiable shooting," Burris said based on witness statements, but prior to the videotape being made public. "There were no movements and he was not trying to overrun the police officer. A gun cannot discharge accidentally, you have to have your finger on the trigger."

"When conduct like this occurs, there is a price to pay," he added. "Police have to be held accountable when they engage in this kind of unlawful conduct."

BART officials have not released the name of the officer who shot Grant. They said the officer has worked for BART for nearly two years and was placed on administrative leave following the shooting.

The Alameda County District Attorney's office is handling the official investigation into the shooting. The D.A.'s office has not commented on the case.
§R.I.P. Oscar Grant
by via GioSifaTaufa
oscar-grant-rip.jpg
§OAKLAND POLICE KILL MAN AT BART STATION *CAUGHT ON TAPE*
by via JewelzTV
Copy the code below to embed this movie into a web page:
The shot is heard fired at 1:04. You can clearly see that the man is ALREADY restrained on the ground when the shot was fired.

Another view: Cell phone video of shooting:
http://www.ktvu.com/video/18406930/index.html
§RAW FOOTAGE Police Murder Unarmed Man at Fruitvale BART STATION
by via SomoshiphopRadio
Copy the code below to embed this movie into a web page:
A home video has surfaced showing the events surrounding the shooting death of 22-year-old man Oscar Grant by police at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland early New Year's day.

BART officials have said Grant was unarmed and implied the shooting was an accident, saying the officer's gun discharged while he and four other officers responded to reports that two groups of young men were fighting on a train that had come from San Francisco and was en route to the Dublin/Pleasanton station
§Oscar Grant
by RIP
oscar-grant.jpg
§Oscar Grant III
by RIP
oscar-grant-iii.jpg
§Oscar Grant and his child
by RIP
oscar-and-his-kid.jpg
Add Your Comments
Listed below are the latest comments about this post.
These comments are submitted anonymously by website visitors.
TITLE
AUTHOR
DATE
Chris Meyers
Mon, Mar 23, 2009 10:28PM
October 22nd Coalition, Seattle affiliate
Sun, Jan 18, 2009 3:40PM
Andy Malroes
Mon, Jan 12, 2009 9:30AM
Andy Malroes
Mon, Jan 12, 2009 9:22AM
~Alabaster Dog
Sun, Jan 11, 2009 1:14AM
MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN
Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:33PM
j.H. M.
Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:25PM
Citizen-Smith
Wed, Jan 7, 2009 10:37PM
a TG person
Wed, Jan 7, 2009 9:51PM
t-baby
Wed, Jan 7, 2009 8:44PM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$80.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network