Three officers have died, and the fourth officer is brain dead, but remains on life support. This was just updated, by the Oakland Police Department; changing their previous press release that the fourth officer was dead...
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UPDATE: 5 Oakland Police Officers Shot and 4 Killed as Fourth Officer succumbs
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william sire
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At least they did kill the criminal. Too bad he didn't hide with more of his friends so they could have been killed too.
Just for the sake of accuracy, the officer who killed Oscar Grant wasn't and Oakland Police officer, but was employed by the BART transit district.
+1 ^^^ I know so many people have got that incident mixed up. Bart Police have nothing to do with the Oakland Police Department. Their jurisdiction is the Bart Stations/Trains/Parking Lots of several cities and counties, and are full-fledged Peace Officers that have arrest powers throughout the state of California, and can issue tickets for moving violations and violations such as eating food in the paid areas of Bart and on the trains....
That is messed up. Too bad. Don't mind that the guy on the bike died, but it's too bad he had to take down 4/5 officers.
The last I heard is that they are contemplating the officer's organ donations with the family....
Services for all four Oakland Police Officers killed in the line of duty will be Friday, March 27, '09 at the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California @11AM.....