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  • Crowd forces way into Oakland store amid protests

    07/08/2010 9:05:44 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 75 replies · 2+ views
    Associated Press ^ | July 8, 2010
    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.
  • Mehserle jury reaches verdict (Guilty: Involuntary Manslaughter)

    07/08/2010 3:26:14 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 43 replies
    SF Gate ^ | 7-8-10 | Demian Bulwa
    (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...