Fifty people have been arrested in Oakland in protests following the involuntary manslaughter verdict for BART cop Johannes Mehserle, according to Oakland police. Hopefully OPD can tell the difference between their tasers and their guns. [Pic via ABC7]
Oakland residents were bracing themselves tonight for riots, should white former transit police officer Johannes Mehserle be cleared of shooting an unarmed black man in 2009. Tonight, Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by an LA jury.
