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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 that broke out when amateur video of the fatal shooting at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station was posted on the Internet, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.
Johannes Mehserle is on trial for the slaying of Oscar Grant, allegedly shot in the back while being detained by Mehserle on a train platform after a fight on a BART train, the newspaper said.
Oakland firefighters, BART police, paramedics, California Highway Patrol and the city's Public Works Agency participated in Friday's training.
In addition, police and city officials have reached out to various parts of the community, including clergy and Grant's family, police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said.
"This type of situation is very emotionally unique to the community," Joshi said.
Self-described anarchists have started posting locations on leftist Web sites for where to gather on the day of a Mehserle verdict, the Chronicle reported.
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 that broke out when amateur video of the fatal shooting at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station was posted on the Internet, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.
Johannes Mehserle is on trial for the slaying of Oscar Grant, allegedly shot in the back while being detained by Mehserle on a train platform after a fight on a BART train, the newspaper said.
Oakland firefighters, BART police, paramedics, California Highway Patrol and the city's Public Works Agency participated in Friday's training.
In addition, police and city officials have reached out to various parts of the community, including clergy and Grant's family, police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said.
"This type of situation is very emotionally unique to the community," Joshi said.
Self-described anarchists have started posting locations on leftist Web sites for where to gather on the day of a Mehserle verdict, the Chronicle reported.
