It is SO obvious that the young policeman did not intend to shoot the punk hooligan that was causing trouble, it was an accident, pure and simple. The punk's mother kept saying her son was murdered, but she did not add that he was a troublemaker who was looking for a fight and was out to destroy property and probably even hurt people. The only good thing about this is maybe now cops will be more closely scrutinized when they kill civilians. Where I live in Northern California the police have shot and killed 5 people in the recent past and all of the deaths were called justified. One case, where an inebriated Asian man swung a broom stick at the police, he was riddled with bullets. Nothing justifiable about that but the District Attorney did nothing and the city had to pay over a million dollars to the family of the dead man. There are too many instances where cops get away with murder.

What is not mentioned in the article is the fact that the suspect was hand cuffed behind his back, on his stomach with the cop kneeling on the guys back. While he is completely subdued the cop pulls out his pistol and puts a bullet through the guys back, it ricochets off the pavement and hits the suspect in the chest , tearing through his heart and killing him. In addition to "accidentally" shooting him, the cop and his friends confiscated all cameras and cell phone recordings of the incident from the passengers on the platform. Fortunately, passengers on a train across from the platform captured video of the event. It is quite clear from the video clips that I have seen that the officer shot the perp / victim in cold blood. Look it up for yourself...

I am from Oakland, born and raised, and I have to say this isn't new. In the past, it was common to see this everywhere. The nation only knows NOW because of the media. Back then, you'd only see it on local news.