I am appaled by BART PD's fatal use of force now in 2 instances - Oscar Grant(1January2009, in which BART settled with the Grant family for $ 1.5 million) and Charles Blair Hill (3July2011). In both cases, BART PD decided NOT to use non-lethal force(tasers) & effectively murdered the victims. For a moment, imagine yourself to be a part of the victim's family & maybe you will realize why people are so indignant at BART & want to protest peacefully. I used to think San Francisco is one of the most liberal & progressive places on earth, but BART & BART Police's actions have shamed this wonderful city.

p.s. OT(off-topic ?) : The following link is a press briefing(youtube video) by BART on the killing of Charles Blair Hill. http://bit.ly/bartisevil [ I am really appalled at how Mr. Linton Johnson laughs @00:22 in the video. This incident resulted in the loss of a human life, and is still pending investigation. After the horrific Oscar Grant shooting by a BART PD officer, one would expect all BART employees to exhibit much greater sensitivity to human life & observe some basic etiquette. This press conference was to discuss the loss of a human life & maybe Mr. Hill (the dead man in this incident on Jul3) was homeless & MAYBE, he was a danger to himself & other patrons, it still does not give Mr.Johnson to show such disrespect to the loss of a human life. He is beginning a news conference to discuss the circumstances of a man's death by cracking a joke. He is not just any BART employee, he is BART's Chief Communications Officer.

I would like to seriously ask BART's general manager & Mr. Johnson, what precisely does he find funny ?

As a regular BART rider, & after the Oscar Grant shooting, i was really upset about BART's conduct. And Mr. Johnson's behaviour & such crude insensitivity, makes me sad & dismayed.

- a disappointed BART rider ]