The verdict is in. Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of Oscar Grant.
LA Times reports:
Hundreds of people have gathered in downtown Oakland near 14th Street and Broadway, angered that a former BART officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter instead of a more severe second-degree murder conviction.The crowd is tense, holding up signs decrying the verdict, and some holding up pieces of paper with the photo of Oscar J. Grant III, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot by white BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland.
But there are no reports of violence, according to local television reports. Workers in downtown Oakland cleared out late this afternoon, hoping to avoid a possible disturbance. Oakland police were on the scene in riot gear
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He only gets 2 to 4 years... This is ridic!
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That let's you know how disposable a life of a black male still is in our society...
Involuntary manslaughter? That's fucking rich. In the vids you clearly see him draw and fire the gun.
He didn't mistake it for a taser.
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