....lybob Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 OAKLAND, Calif. — About 300 protesters gathered in downtown Oakland on Sunday to show their anger over Johannes Mehserle a former San Francisco Bay Area transit police officer’s pending release from jail after serving 11 months of a two-year sentence for killing an unarmed passenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 He shouldn't have served any time. It was obviously a mistake. It was not intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I don't know who Oscar Grant is, but is serving 11 months on a 24 month sentence unusual in CA for prisoners with good behavior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I don't know who Oscar Grant is, but is serving 11 months on a 24 month sentence unusual in CA for prisoners with good behavior? Only if you're a legal resident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 At about 2 AM(when the bars close in CA) on Jan1, 2009, the Bart cops ,which have all the powers of any other cops, got a call of a fight on a BART train. At the station, they pull off the troublemakers and on the platform they are getting them cuffed. They tell Oscar Grant to comply and he doesn't. The cop was going to taser him and accidentally grabbed his gun and killed him. It was being filmed by people cell phones and you can see that the cop has a shocked look on his face. It was an accident. Grant's family wanted him tried for first degree murder. They protested every day in front of the court building because the charges were manslaughter. They protested because they said it was taking so long. They wanted him tried immediately. Then they protested because the venue was changed to SoCal because their protesting gave it too much publicity in Oakland. When the cop got convicted , the family held a peaceful protest because it was involuntary manslaughter. After the protest ended, anarchists ( bandanna clad white kids) led a riot where Foot locker etc were looted. I noticed they skipped over the "Oaksterdam University" "medical pot" club. Then when he was sentenced to two years, the anarchists started another riot, but the cops were ready. Sunday there was a protest, but no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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