Oakland Is On Edge While Jurors Deliberate In The Oscar Grant Trial!

All over the local news,there are nightly updates on the Oscar Grant trial.Here in the Bay Area,folks are on edge about what will happen after the verdict is announced.The police are gearing up to face a serious battle if the streets react violently to a Mehserle acquittal.

Bay Area residents are saying that they will avoid riding Bart & drive to their destinations instead.Everyone I know wants to avoid getting caught up in the mayhem that is sure to ensue if jurors reach a decision that favors Johannes Mehserle.

Honestly,I can't fathom any other verdict than guilty.Either second degree murder or voluntary manslaughter would make sense to me.I don't see how any other conclusion can be reached.He certainly shouldn't be found not guilty.

Here's more on the status of this case from CNN:

"Jurors wrapped up deliberations Friday and will continue next week in the racially charged murder trial of a white former police officer in Oakland, California, accused of killing an unarmed black man.

Jurors deliberated for nearly three hours Friday afternoon without reaching a verdict in the case against Johannes Mehserle.

Mehserle, a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, is accused of shooting 22- year-old Oscar Grant dead on a California train platform on January 1, 2009.

The jurors will resume their deliberations Tuesday morning; court is closed Monday due to the extended holiday weekend. Closing arguments concluded earlier in the day Friday.

Mehserle could be found not guilty, guilty of murder, or guilty of a lesser offense like manslaughter.

The shooting was captured on a bystander's cell-phone video camera. The video was widely circulated on the internet and on news broadcasts, and it spurred several protests and riots in and around Oakland."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.