" prisoners should have no rights or the ability to sue "

" Might as well have left the trial in the East Bay. "

" The civil trial is completely different than the criminal trial. The show has just begun. "

" I have followed this phase of this incident also. It is my opinion this civil suit was filed at the behest of attorney's who view this case as a sure fire winner. I hope the whole thing is detected in the trial process. "

" Wow, 50 Million dollars. I somehow feel its all about money now. I am also starting to think about the race card. I believe this was an accidental shooting that may have serious outcomes, (rioting, violence in the street, etc.) if anything less than a full conviction is not made in the criminal trial. This is just a terrible tragedy for all parties. "

" I feel bad for the Mehserle family. Every chance the Register gets to post another article about this, they do. I can't wait until it's all over. "

" Yeah,

Remember OJ's criminal and civil trials. Of course we know the end result of that one. "

" This accident was bound to happen due to the fact that the taser looks and feels almost identical to the cops pistol. Anyone who thinks this was a intentional murder is just being racist towards white men. They think the fact that a black man was killed by a white officer makes it racially motivated.
The Chicago incident where a 16 year old black kid was beatin to death by black kids was never addressed as a black on black crime. It was just adressed as teens kill teen. But with Mehserle it's white cop and black man. Why is race mentioned at all? "

" Joe wrote on Oct 21, 2009 7:24 PM:
" This accident was bound to happen due to the fact that the taser looks and feels almost identical to the cops pistol."



That's completely untrue, especially with the model Mehserle was using. "