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And if he gets no jail time more than likely Oakland will erupt again. I do hope last night was the end of the anger - but what goes on at sentencing will be another hold your breath day...
I agree Joe- it was a fair verdict.
The feds are going to investigate for civil rights violations. Hopefully they can get a few more years added to his already WEAK conviction. (And before anyone wonders, I am 100 percent white so it's not a race issue and I'm pro LE. I don't have a dog in this fight. I just know injustice when I see it, and LE is NOT always right!)
http://cbs13.com/local/bart.mehserle.trial.2.1794788.html
snip...In a move reminiscent of the Rodney King beating case in Los Angeles, the federal government said it intends to investigate Johannes Mehserle, who was found guilty Thursday in state court of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant.
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Totally wrong verdict IMO. I've watched that over and over and he had intent and I think he knew it was his GUN not a taser. Don't buy it. Feel very sorry for the family and friends.
Most of the 70-80 something people arrested were rabble-rousers from outside of Oakland, doesn't represent the true feelings in the Bay Area...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...-killer-Johannes-Mehserle-cleared-murder.html
there was some violence in Oakland after the verdict, I had hoped that a guilty verdict to involuntary manslaughter would have allowed people to see that Oscar got some justice
and Oscars family are not happy with the verdict,
hopefully it will now all calm down,
I did hear he could get up to 4 years in prison, I think any jail time will be suspended, I don't think he will serve any time, probably a long period of probation
In the past, the violent protests over a white transit officer's slaying of an unarmed black man trashed downtown Oakland businesses. But after Johannes Mehserle on Friday received the minimum two-year sentence for slaying Oscar Grant, angry demonstrators marched into residential areas near Lake Merritt for the first time, putting innocent people in harm's way.
Police arrested 152 protesters, including seven juveniles, on suspicion of crimes including vandalism, unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace