http://www.kgoradio.com/listenlive.asp
KGO is live on the latest in Oakland. Cops are holding a group of protesters to around Broadway at 12th, but nothing else to report really so far. Right now things are peaceful at the civic center area.
Nutshell that I’ve gathered: Broadway and Franklin in the downtown area are closed, the slain man’s family is unhappy and wanted 2nd degree murder, watchers were surprised that the jury came back so quickly, legal folk are calling it a ‘compromise verdict,’ and cops are cautiously optimistic at present (but if anything happens the thought goes that it’ll be after sundown).
Police are starting to clear off the Oakland streets and we have some fighting going on. Some demonstrators arrested.