Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who fatally shot a man on the Fruitvale Station platform in Oakland early New Year's Day, is being kept under wraps and moved from place to place after receiving a number of death threats


Update to this story
*new update in comments* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

A march protesting the slaying of young Oakland father at the Fruitvale BART station early New Year's Day became violent Wednesday evening as a group of marchers attacked a police car and lit two parked civilian vehicles on fire.


*This story has taken on a life of it's own* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

The RSPCA has launched a nationwide hunt for a youth shown beating a kangaroo unconscious, and possibly killing it, in an online video. The video, which shows the youth using kickboxing-style attacks on the kangaroo as his friend laughs while filming. Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

While filming an episode of the reality TV show
"COPS", An officer attempting to pull over a vehicle is shot at by the driver...All caught on the Police Officers Dash Camera.
Direct link
(warning: slightly graphic) picked by muppet 2 years ago

The BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man (Oscar Grant) on an Oakland train platform and then refused to explain his actions to investigators was arrested Tuesday in Nevada on suspicion of murder, authorities said. Follow up to this story picked by nesbyniccolo 11 months ago

POLICE COMMISSIONER Charles H. Ramsey yesterday asked Philadelphians not "to rush to judgment" when watching a video showing baton-wielding cops repeatedly striking, kicking and stomping three young men whom they had stopped after a triple shooting in Hunting Park. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Phuong Ho, 20, was arrested in September for resisting arrest and brandishing a weapon after San Jose police responded to a disturbance call at his home. Officers repeatedly used batons and a Taser gun as they took into custody Ho, who had put down the steak knife before they arrived. Their actions are under investigation. picked by drogue 1 month ago

A police officer who was terminated for brutally beating a woman in his custody has been reinstated because the polygrapher failed to make a recording of the polygraph examination. Wiley Willis' brutalization of Angela Garbarino became national news when video from the incident was released.
(GRAPHIC video in comments) picked by Bingo 4 months ago

An interesting look at the lives of rap video models, a look at the hardship and toughness of a rap video model fighting her way in the rap industry. picked by mikewall 3 years ago

"Whoops! My bad." I'm not 100% sure I believe this story, mainly because he was so closed-lipped immediately afterward about what exactly happened... like they were all trying to decide on what story to go with. picked by RowanGrey 10 months ago

A man in custody shot a small-town police chief to death Wednesday from the back seat of the chief's cruiser in Eastern Kentucky, a county official said.

Powell County Judge-Executive Darren Farmer said Police Chief Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had arrested shortly after 11 a.m.


-If he were following procedure, wouldn't he have checked the guy for weapons before he put him in cruiser? picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

A video, showing a live alien will be revealed to the news media in Denver. The video recorded with the help of infrared camera shows an alien head looking in the window at night. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

A spectacular and almost blindingly bright meteor sparked a flurry of emergency calls to the police after it lit up the skies over western Canada.

Onlookers across the province of Alberta watched in awe, describing a kaleidoscope of colours as the rock rapidly descended. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday there is enough evidence to have former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle stand trial on a murder charge for fatally shooting Oscar Grant III. Mehserle, 27, shot 22-year-old Grant once in the back as he lay face down on the platform of the Fruitvale BART station early on New Year's Day. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A man dressed in a World War II-era German uniform who was fatally shot by Seattle police on New Year's Day was fascinated with history and enjoyed re-enacting war events, friends say.

Moral of the story: Don't point a rifle at cops when you're dressed in full nazi garb. picked by muppet 11 months ago

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan security agents seized and erased a video showing the first lady slapping a government official, apparently angered because he introduced her by the name of a woman widely believed to be the president's second wife, officials said Friday.

Revisionist History is now almost instant. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Two of the eight players who made the crude video released to the Internet this week admitted to their involvement and were fined by their clubs. The video portrayed a rubber chicken, a condom and a chicken carcass in various tasteless acts. The story and the video
*I find it hard to believe that adults made this video, really, its that bad. picked by equinox 8 months ago

300,000 views on YouTube before Delta even starts using it on flights! How long before she gets an offer from some certain magazine(s)? Direct link to the video here picked by moe 2 years ago

This story even has video. Priceless. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

While a video crew was filming a tornado, the twister tilted over on its side and the crew got video looking into the tornado from the top.
A first, and simply incredible.

*includes video link* picked by bornbad 6 months ago