Unarmed Man Shot in Back by Oakland Police

On New Years Eve/Day a white police officer shot and killed an African American man in the back after the man had been handcuffed and was lying face down on the ground. The victim had been pulled off of a commuter BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train for being involved in a fight. It is not known why the police officer shot the man but the incident was filmed on several cell phones and the African American community along with most of the world is claiming that the reason is racism.

On Jan. 7 protesters went to the Fruitvale Bart Station where the incident ocurred to protest the shooting. Subsequently a riot broke out. The police officer involved has resigned, it is said, in order to avoid questioning from officials.

Police respond to fighting on Bart Train in Oakland, CA around 2:15am on 1/1/09.

Sun 12 Capricorn (H3); Moon 5 Pisces (H4); ASC 5 Scorpio; MC 11 Leo; NN 10 Aquarius

Astrologically this looks like a clear example of the Sun-Mars-Pluto stellium in action. This isn't a good time to provoke Adrenaline in others. These planets were right on the 3d House of Public Transportation. This indicates violence involving all things 3d housian. A Bart train station is certainly that. It would also rule catching the crime on a cell phone. What's extra special about this chart is for the time of the incident these planets were ruling the angles. Pluto rules the chart and the Sun rules the Midheaven. Mars is stand out in this chart because it is out of bounds. It rules the 6th House of Policemen. The Sun rules the Back and all planets disposit to Capricorn which rules the Spine (and subsequently, the back). The Sun in this chart has only a wide conjunction to Mars and is otherwise unaspected (by Ptolomaic aspect). Both Sun and Mars are Fire planets and this chart lacks planets in Fire signs so there is going to be problem with impulsiveness in actions.

The Nodal Axis here is crossing the IC/MC line. This can show a situation between the Authorities and the General Public.

I'll play Devil's advocate here and mention this: what the video footage doesn't show is any audio so its impossible to know what the victim was saying to the policeman which might possibly have caused him to lose his mind. The Fruitvale Bart station is not the friendliest place on earth at any time of day. It would be a total Hell Hole in the middle of the night and these guys had rap sheets and were drunk and fighting. I'm very aware that African Americans are accused all the time of committing crimes that they are innocent of, but it would be ironic if the last words out of the victim's mouth had actually been racist themselves considering the degree of reaction from the black community. The event chart may actually show this as Rex Bills gives tentative rulership of "irony" to Mars. (An Hispanic policewoman was discussed on the news for having killed an Hispanic man during an incident because she accidentally pulled out her gun instead of her taser. She is back at work so there is some cross racism going on here.) It's also ironic to watch the video where it appears that an almost all white police crew was sent in to deal with what looked like an all black fight. That's asking for trouble at any time.

I don't have an exact time for the shooting but it looks like the Nodal Axis was passing over the IC/MC axis with the North Node on the IC (endings). The Sun would also rule the South Node. The Node is conjunct Chiron (unhealed wounds). Taurus is on the Descendant. This would indicate that Pluto and Venus rule Killer (ASC) and the Victim (DESC).

Venus which is conjunct Neptune (drinking?, martyrdom) and the Moon (more water so lots of drinking, emotions, hysteria) in the 4th House. This appears to describe the Victim who was unarmed, restrained and facing his back to the police officer. Neptune rules Victims and Institutions and 4th House rules end of life situations.

I already talked about the women who fought off their attackers with this Mars-Pluto versus Venus-Neptune conjunction. This is a tragic version of these two working at the same time.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oakland-shooting9-2009jan09,0,7674813.story
http://cbs5.com/local/BART.shooting.police.2.898502.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/12/BAMF1585T4.DTL&tsp=1

Rioting in Oakland at Fruitvale Station beginning peacefully at 3pm on 1/7/09. Transiting Mercury was at 6 Aquarius within one degree conjunction of 7 Aquarius IC of the shooting event chart. The cell phone (Mercury) videos had been surfacing on the Internet all week.

The Moon which rules Public Reactions is at 5 degrees Gemini by 7pm. This is the first square to the event chart Moon. Venus, which rules DESC of the event chart, was conjunct the Moon (Public reaction) of the event chart within a degree.

The Police officer was 27 year old Johannes Mehserle.

The Victim was 22 year old Oscar Grant. May His Soul Rest in Peace. May Justice be served if he was murdered because of hatred.