I really wish we had more info out there. This whole thing doesn’t make sense (unless the Bart officers really are just a totally out of control group who kill at will—and I can’t buy that yet).
Me too.
Your innocence is charming, and I mean that in a good way.
BART cops are no worse than any other cops that have ever existed -- they consider themselves a breed apart, above the law. That's why they call us "civilians", even though they're just as "civilian" as anybody else. They're the Blue Army -- and sometimes the Blue Army kills people.
That's why is best to have as little to do with the police as possible -- because they ARE the law -- at least when no smartasses with cell phone cameras are around -- and with that kind of power even a "good cop" can go bad at any minute and with no warning. Next time it may be you or me on the receiving end of What are you gonna do -- call the cops ?
I think policing should be done by unarmed neighborhood watch groups backed up by professional paramilitary police like the Gendarmerie in France or the Carabinieri in Italy. Police should be under military discipline and subject to the UCMJ. When was the last time a GI shot an unarmed kid here in America -- 1970?
Wasn’t it the same cop who hit him that killed him...sounds like an execution to me.