Oakland Riot
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- Point50
Former BART officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter
“Prosecutors accused Johannes Mehserle of intentionally firing his handgun as he tried to handcuff Oscar J. Grant III on New Year's Day 2009.”
someone please explain “involuntary manslaughter” to me ... I'm a bit confused if he's being accused of firing his handgun intentionally.
- watch the video. it's fairly clear that he didn't intend to kill the man.sequoia
- http://en.wikipedia.…d_rek
- is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought. It is distinguished from voluntary manslaughter by the absence of intention. It is normally divided into two categories; constructive manslaughter and criminally negligent maslaughter.fiver
- yeah right. taking his gun out and shooting a man in the back. I hope that cop gets shanked in jail.cerberus
- Oh shut up, I hate people like you.chalk
- JG_LB0
shit's going down in LA and South Central....
http://www.latimes.com/news/loca…
- fiver0
ruh roh
- sublocked0
Yeah...riots are going down. Kind of glad I don't stay in Oakland right now. Shit is gonna be hectic as fuck this weekend.
- chalk0
Regardless of what happens, it will end in a massive riot. The cops just spent almost $700k on sonic weaponry and they are going to use it no matter what.
- epic_rim0
he will probably get a pretty light sentence or nothing at all.
- mg330
Ah, I remember this story now. So there's a chance the cop that shot him will get off?
- dbloc0
- No, wait. That's a Celebration riot. I thought this was the Indignant riot thread.WrappedInBooks
- There may be a celebration riotdbloc
- bored2death0
This taught me not to keep my taser next to my gat.
- dasohr0
fuck oakland
- bored2death0
I think the guy is getting railroaded.
- just cos he was crying his eyeballs out on the stand? oh really.kpl
- duckofrubber0
- For those who have no clue what this thread is going on about.duckofrubber
- fiver0
i went to an east bay rats party (motorcycle gang) on the 4th a few years ago and thought i was going to die.
- epic_rim0
Oakland is bad on the 4th. You can sit in the hills and listen to the automatic weapons going off down in east oakland. A while ago there were a few signs up warning people to not fire their guns into the sky on independence day. They were designed so that people who couldn't read could understand the graphics. It looked like a fucked up ghetto rebus.