[ellery]

According to the article they claim they had not handcuffed him yet when the victim allegedly went for his waistband for a possible weapon.

And then the cops rushed around and forcibly confiscated the camera phones of all the onlookers (except for a few who beat it out of there before the cops could steal their property).

[bobby.223]

I need to pay better attention I guess. I had not heard about this.

[roadcat]

And then the cops rushed around and forcibly confiscated the camera phones of all the onlookers (except for a few who beat it out of there before the cops could steal their property).

The cops illegally confiscated camera phones from those people they saw around them and their video didn't make it to the news feeds. The video we saw on network TV news stations was mainly from passengers on a train who were able to conceal their cameras until the train left the station. The video clearly showing the cop drawing his pistol and shooting the victim, as well as the video showing the other cop beating the victim, originated from camera phones operated inside the BART passenger car.