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US cop gets manslaughter in shooting case
US cop guilty of involuntary manslaughter in BART shooting case
The verdict was announced at 4pm PST, and Oakland, San Francisco, and the entire Bay Area Transit System are bracing for a violent reaction to a verdict that may carry as little as two years in prison. Then-BART officer Mehserle, shot an unarmed youth on the Fruitvale train station platform in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2009.
To follow up-to-the-minute developments, check twazzup.com, keyword search "mehserle" for links not just to twitter commentary but to news websites.
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