By The Admin on July 10, 2010
San Jose Mercury News
- Moments after the verdict was announced this week in a racially charged case involving a white transit cop who fatally shot a black man, the accusations rang out.
Critics said the jury convicted former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle of the least serious of three homicide charges — involuntary manslaughter — because [...]
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By The Admin on July 9, 2010
Mike -
Please try to get this message to the public:
I don’t know what the jury in this case is going to decide, but I hope those who hate me and those who understand that I never intended to shoot Oscar Grant will listen to this message.
I have and will continue to live everyday of my [...]
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By The Admin on July 9, 2010
NBC Bay Area
- The U.S. Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the Johannes Mehserle case in order to determine whether or not the shooting merits federal prosecution, according the department.
“The Justice Department has been closely monitoring the state’s investigation and prosecution,” the department said in a statement.
“The Civil Rights Division, the U.S. [...]
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By The Admin on July 9, 2010
Police have made more than 50 arrests, with more arrests expected as officers try to maintain the peace in downtown Oakland.
Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts said that officers are “focused on arrests at this point in time.” He expected the number of arrests to double during the night.
Several business were damaged, including a Foot Locker [...]
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By The Admin on July 9, 2010
About 400 people are marching through the streets of Oakland to protest an involuntary manslaughter verdict in the shooting death of an unarmed black man.
The growing crowd marched Thursday near City Hall after the verdict was read in Los Angeles in the case of former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle in the death [...]
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