Well folks, get ready. This is the quintessential tail wagging the dog story. It’s when the threat of violence pervades the judiciary in order to influence decisions by the court that should be unbiased. The story relates to the killing of Oscar Grant by an Oakland PD officer, Johannes Mehserle. One thing is certain, a potentially devastating series of riots is expected in Oakland if the court returns a verdict of anything except guilty…
‘Nearly everyone in the Bay Area agrees that a major Oakland riot is brewing if the verdict in the trial of policeman Johannes Mehserle, accused of murdering BART passenger Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day, 2009, comes back anything other than “GUILTY!” The problem for Oakland’s sense of security is that Mehserle is almost certainly not guilty of murder, and the jury is likely to give him a comparatively light sentence or even let him go completely.’
‘Nearly everyone in the Bay Area agrees that a major Oakland riot is brewing if the verdict in the trial of policeman Johannes Mehserle, accused of murdering BART passenger Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day, 2009, comes back anything other than “GUILTY!” The problem for Oakland’s sense of security is that Mehserle is almost certainly not guilty of murder, and the jury is likely to give him a comparatively light sentence or even let him go completely.’
