Oscar Grant Riots: 86 Arrested, Downtown Oakland Smashed

• �Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow provincial 'outside agitator' idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds." �Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail

• the only way things will ever change is through a breif but necessary offensive but "targeted" not random looting and ignorance. We as young black men need to stick together and do it like America does. When somebody attacks us we(america) goes and f@cks everybody up so the whole world gets the message. So I think we should start smoking cops everytime they get out of line. they are public servants not public serial killers and bulleys. google how many young black men are shot by cops specifically white boy cops in every major city in this country, im sure its more than the death rate in iraq and afghanistan for US soldiers. An eye for an eye

• The rioting is deplorable. The only ones affected by this our Oakland business owners, yet with the large amount of police force from Oakland and outside forces, they were unable to prevent the damage from looting. But at the same time, the city wants to layoff more police. (Makes no sense&$^??) Now you understand why so many businesses can not make it Oakland.

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• H. -- I can't tell from your comment if you're accusing us of yellow journalism or the media in general. We had a man on the scene and I think we were very responsible in not over-selling the situation. In the meantime, 80-odd arrests, broken windows through a healthy swath of downtown, and quite a bit of looting isn't Watts, but it isn't nothing.

• Yellow journalism, Really, remember what Hearst said: "You provide the copy and I'll provide the war.". You're into that and it's sad. Some news outlets were claiming "hundreds arrested" and "dozens of businesses looted" and it was all a lie. 2 businesses and 84 arrested (most released at the scene) and a few dumpsters burned. No doubt most of the damage by law enforcement provocateurs. h.

• From what Ron Dellums and the Governator were saying yesterday afternoon, there may be a federal Civil Rights case in the works, as happened to the officers in the Rodney King case.

• No, he can't. Judges can't just override a jury verdict. That's why we have the jury system. Only the defense can appeal, and he can not be retried for Voluntary Manslaughter or 2nd Degree Murder. Double Jeopardy would apply for the last two.

• The judge could increase the verdict to second degree,or to voluntarily manslaughter.please check the law, but I believe it is true. my blessing to the grant family.

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