BART Police Officer who Fatally Shot Unarmed man Resigns

[Connie_Corleone]

BART officials announced today that the officer involved in the fatal New Year's Day shooting of Oscar Grant III has resigned, effective immediately.

On Monday, Officer Johannes Mehserle's attorney postponed a meeting that had been scheduled by BART investigators for Tuesday and sought to defer the meeting until next week, according to press release from BART.

BART investigators declined the delay and scheduled a meeting with the officer for this morning. At that meeting, the officer's attorney and his union representative submitted his resignation letter. The officer was not present, according to the release from BART.

BART investigators have urged the officer to meet and cooperate with the transit agency's investigation into the fatal shooting, they said.

"This shooting is a tragic event in every respect for all involved," BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger said. "We recognize that the family and friends of Oscar Grant are in mourning and we extend our condolences."

http://www.mercurynews.com/alamedacounty/ci_11399026

(So when will he be arrested for shooting an unarmed man in the back? Intentional or not, a crime was committed.)

:shrug:

On edit: Another article states that with this resignation, Mehserle does NOT have to talk to BART investigators.

Arrest his ass then.

[PDJane]

1. Looked pretty intentional to me.........

But it seems that officers are exempt.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. "it seems that officers are exempt" -- they will be until 'tough on crime' is seen

for the abomination that it is.

[d_b]

2. why isnt that asshole sitting in jail?

[Uzybone]

3. I hope they know where the fucker is

Now that he is a regular citizen I hope he isn't looking to run.

[Mike 03]

5. It looked horrible. Has he provided testimony? The only thing I can think is that

maybe he thought he was tasing the guy but reached for his gun instead.

It was an incredible scene.

[jsamuel]

6. The way they were holding him down looked like they were about to tase him.

One more reason tasers are bad. The guy was under control, then they hold him down for the tasing, but the officer pulled out his real gun instead.

[my2sense]

7. This could have been one of our loved ones

We are paying these folks to PROTECT US yet we are scared of them. There's something very twisted about this.

[WeDidIt]

8. It was clearly premeditated

He should get the death penalty if California believes in equal justice under the law.