Friday, July 09, 2010

A Night of Broken Glass

After dark, mobs form, smash windows, loot [More]
Yeah, it's the stores' fault.

Pretty neat "Only One" verdict, though.

If Grant had popped a prone Mehserle in the back, what do you think the chances are he'd have gotten off with involuntary manslaughter?

We all realize that if the rioting gets worse and the cops end up killing more, we could well see other cities react...?

3 comments:

straightarrow said...

I think we all knew this is what would happen. 2years suspended is probably the going to be sentence.

cops are digging graves with their badges, some of those graves will be theirs.

Defender said...

The time for rioting was as the echoes of the shot, and the handcuffed, prone, cooperating man surrounded by cops, died.
They tried to take all the cell phones so video wouldn't get out, remember? Well, if one fix doesn't work, there's always another.
What else was it about Oakland this week. Oh, yes, building inspectors, fire inspectors and cops ganging up to do warrantless searches of buildings.
Oooh. I wouldn't want to be any kind of public official there.

Longbow said...

Is officially sanctioned and unpunished MURDER a reason to express anger and outrage?

Perhaps so.

A reason to steal sneakers?

Hmmmm.....