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Month: July 2010

Police Declare ‘Unlawful Assembly’ In Wake Of BART Shooting Verdict

(KGO) – Police have arrested at least 83 people in Oakland Thursday night for failing to disperse, resisting arrest, burglary, vandalism and assaulting a police officer. The rowdy protests followed late Thursday night following the Johannes Mehserle verdict. Protesters defiled several storefronts along Broadway, with businesses between 12th and 20th streets sustaining smashed windows, sporadic

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Ballot Counting Begins After Court Order

A Riverside County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that 12,563 misplaced ballots that were not tallied during the June 8 primary election must be counted. Tabulation started Friday afternoon with final results expected sometime Saturday. “Voting is a right for which people have sacrificed their lives to protect,” Judge Mac R. Fisher said before announcing

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