+Nation | July 9, 2010
Demonstrators gather in Oakland, California to protest the verdict on the case of BART officer Mehserle

Crowds Storm Oakland After BART Shooting Conviction

By Megan Friedman

Hundreds rioted on the streets of downtown Oakland yesterday after white former police officer Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man, on a train platform.