Protests Over Shooting of Unarmed Man by Transit Police Turn Violent in Northern California

FOX/AP ^ | Jan. 8, 2008

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed.

A few hundred protesters took the streets of downtown Oakland to condemn the shooting and call for criminal charges against 27-year-old officer Johannes Mehserle. Oakland police reported at least 15 arrests.

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[Psycho_Bunny]

No one who actually lives in northern California considers anything south of Napa, “northern California”.

[WayneS]

Oakland is Northern California?

I'm from Virginia and I know THAT'S not right!

[nuconvert]

When I lived in Calif., I thought anything north of Santa Barbara was Northern Calif.
:~ )

[TankerKC]

Anything north of Oxnard is “Northern California.”

;)

[bubbacluck]

Anything north of the Tehachapi’s is Northern California.

[popdonnelly]

Violence is not the answer. It will only convince more people that Oakland is a place to stay out of.

[nufsed]

I’ll see your Oxnard and raise you a Santa Barbara.

[AppyPappy]

Thank you California. Ya’ll been slacking on the riots lately.

[Chickensoup]

It will only convince more people that Oakland is a place to stay out of.

Doesnt most of the counry know that already??

[org.whodat]

Give them the shooter and move on!!!

[DocH]

We gots to have a reason, ANY reason to get our shoppin' done (we needs a nu 60 inch flat screen TV bi-otch!).

Hale wit just shopping on "Black Friday", when a brutha git kilt or beat down by dee po-leece, EVERY day is Black Friday, Saturday, Sunday...

[GunsAndBibles]

Long live the secessionist State of Jefferson!

http://www.jeffersonstate.com/firstmap.html

Rural Northern California, and the Sierra foothills, have nothing in common with the rest of California.

There was actually a movement in 1941 to create a 49th state out of portions of N. Calif and S. Oregon. It was gaining momentum, but unfortunately got sidetracked by an incident in Honolulu on Dec. 7th.

[DogBarkTree]

How ironic that it was protesters who created the environment that led to the shooting in the first place.

[HelloooClareece]

I’d love to see the cops of Northern California begin a protest for the 1000’s of unarmed civilians killed by gangbangers in the area.

[vetvetdoug]

I say let them riot. Police and the light of skin just stay out of the way and let them burn, loot, and maim their own and clean up after its over. The citizens that are unarmed and can’t protect themselves have no one to blame but themselves for creating the liberal environment that exists.

[NoLibZone]

Pelosi ville.

[weegee]

“...windows broken, fires set...”

Not a peace or justice movement.

[blueplum]

How ironic that it was protesters who created the environment that led to the shooting in the first place.

blame the citizens, that's right. The bystanders were just people waiting for their trains at a busy station - the young lady who captured video of the shooting was lilly white, btw.