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OAKLAND, California-- Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting a Los Angeles court decision to sentence a white former transit police officer to the minimum term for fatally shooting an unarmed black man. Friday night's unrest was the latest...

Oakland prepares for verdict violence OAKLAND, Calif., (UPI) -- Police in Oakland, Calif., held riot training while waiting a verdict in the trial of a former transit police officer accused of killing an unarmed train rider. Police are hoping to avoid a repeat of the January 2009 violence...