Riots to follow!
Oakland merchants better be rolling down the steel windows about now and running out the back door.
Ruh-Rho!
who is he and why do we care?
(really, we all dont live where you live)
Oaktown Burns!
According to SFGate, he gets two years, including time served.
According to KGO radio, the Gun Enhancement was dropped entirely by the judge.
Yikes... I am sure many not pleased in Oakland
“...and the man in the back said “probation” and it turned into a ballroom blitz...ballroom blitz!
Judge Robert Perry has sentenced former BART transit cop Johannes Mehserle to the minimum sentence of two years in state prison for the shooting death of 22 year old Oscar Grant.
Well, Bay Area. Brace yo'selves, foo'.
Get out the JiffyPop
Shop for free tonite... stock up for Xmas
1 p.m.
A Los Angeles judge has sentenced former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle to two years in prison and given credit for 292 days of time already served in jail. Someone in Oscar Grant's family said "no surprise here" after the sentence was read. Grant's family was visibly upset when the sentence was read.
1:10 p.m.
In downtown Oakland, about a couple dozen people have gathered outside City Hall.
"My reaction is visible,'' said Cat Brooks as she cried and stomped her feet. "This country has a history of young men of color being murdered by police. The anger of the people who are coming to this rally today is righteous. People are also repeatedly yelling "burn baby burn" and "(Expletive) the police" Alameda County Sheriff's deputies are outside monitoring the crowd.
Light sentence there. He’ll always have to worry about street justice afterwards.
Stores are boarding up windows.
Protesters are chanting “Burn Baby Burn” and “F*ck the Police”.
It seems the Obama voters are waiting for dark to start the wealth re-distribution in earnest.
The Oakland Tribune needs to get its facts straight. He got two years.
Today is yet another day that I can spend thanking God for getting me out of that stinking hell-hole of Oakland. (While I’m still within a hundred miles, that should be far enough to be pretty sure I’ll be OK.)
2:20 p.m: Some downtown Oakland streets closed as police prepare for briefing, people speaking at City HallPolice Chief Anthony Batts, City Administrator Dan Lindheim and Mayor Ron Dellums are preparing to speak to the media at 2:30 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Police have closed eastbound 17th Street at Castro Street. Both directions of Martin Luther King Jr. between 16th and 17th streets are closed. Albany and Emeryville police are manning the traffic posts. At City Hall, a few hundred people are gathered listening to speeches. One man who spoke said, "It's a pattern. Why are all the people who get killed this way African Americans? White life is worth more than black life. We can sugarcoat it, we can pretend the election of Barack Obama solves all our problems, but I, as a black man, can be shot face down with impunity." At the podium, a woman said, "We must take the power for ourselves, don't rely on the police, they've been killing us on the streets, black and brown, but keep your poise, make sure the truth gets out."