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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland police say people have broken into an athletic store near the city's downtown as hundreds of people protest the verdict in the case of a former transit officer. Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on Thursday in Los Angeles in the videotaped shooting death of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform.

(07-08) 14:59 PDT LOS ANGELES -- Jurors have reached a verdict in the murder trial of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle, who shot and killed unarmed train passenger Oscar Grant on Jan. 1, 2009. The verdict is scheduled to be read in Judge Robert Perry's downtown Los Angeles courtroom at about 4 p.m. today, said a source with knowledge of the matter. Jurors were given four options during deliberations. They could convict Mehserle, 28, of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter, or they could acquit him. The panel began deliberations Friday, but had to start from scratch Wednesday...

Freeper Mail Question: Where's our victories, damn it? VANITY Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Keywords: VANITY, VICTORIES, POLITICAL AND LEGAL BATTLES Published: 06/23/00 Author: Conservative X (aka Lowbridge) Posted on 06/23/2000 16:26:53 PDT by Conservative X A question for all Freepers: Looking over the news this past week, today alone, has been quite depressing. Elian's family loses court battle, Gov. Pataki in New York pushes through outrageous gun control laws, Independent Counsel finds that Hillary lied but chooses to let her slide, Janet Reno promises to investigate Gore...at her own slow pace, Republican Party giving us only RINO's after RINO's to vote for,...

... but Bartcop isn't Enjoy!

<p>A Springfield computer programmer who has run for both he U.S. Congress and Senate as a Democrat and Republican was released Wednesday night from the Los Angeles County jail after being picked up on a Greene County warrant.</p> <p>Marc Perkel, 46, was arrested Monday by the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division.</p>