R. Hurst posed the question of, ‘Why would BART police need a gun’?
Mr. Hurst, when returning home via BART in the evening, most passengers would have a collective gasp when stopping at the West Oakland stop and there wouldn’t be any people boarding from that stop.
This was 20 years ago, though I’m sure West Oakland hasn’t improved.
Furthermore, I’m sure law breakers at a BART station are not inclined to stay at the BART station, Many, most considering this is Oakland, will flee the area. Would you want to be an officer running from BART into Oakland’s city streets unarmed?
I’m not condoning Mr. Mehserle’s actions, for that is much, much too preemptive. Let the evidence present itself through time. And not be have a knee-jerk response like the few morons in Oakland/ Berkeley. Destroying property, much of it personal, in the hopes of, ‘Justice.’ Man, I don’t miss that loony area.
