Oakland Riot
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- dbloc0
- No, wait. That's a Celebration riot. I thought this was the Indignant riot thread.WrappedInBooks
- There may be a celebration riotdbloc
- mg330
Ah, I remember this story now. So there's a chance the cop that shot him will get off?
- fiver0
ruh roh
- JG_LB0
shit's going down in LA and South Central....
http://www.latimes.com/news/loca…
- epic_rim0
he will probably get a pretty light sentence or nothing at all.
- 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
- Point50
OK, I just looked it up. In a nutshell, involuntary manslaughter is the killing of a person without malice aforethought ... however, whoever thought that shooting someone point blank most likely WOULDN'T result in death?! I call bullshit. It's murder.
and yes, I read about manslaughter on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man…
- fiver0
what happens when the warriors don't get lebron at 6 pst tonight? ZOMG!
- 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.
- fiver0
Judge gives ex-BART cop Mehserle 2 years - shortest term possible
Protesters massing in Oakland as businesses close
- 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.
- instrmntl0
It's going to be ugly tonight. I feel sorry for my friends that have to take BART home this evening. Glad I'm up in Sonoma County at the moment.
- fiver0
yeah, shit is going down when the sun sets.... no doubt.
- instrmntl0
Rioters already attacked cops near 14th and Broadway and ran. Nothing major though it sounds like....but people are heading in that are to FSU.
- colin_s0
peaceful so far but i bet all it's going to take is one slip on either side for the other to break the peace, then all hell will break loose
- instrmntl0
on the live news broadcast, some dude is yelling FUCK THA POLICE! in the background. it's gonna get fugly i bet. sucks.