DOJ to Review Oakland Shooting Incident

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it will conduct an independent review of the California transit shooting case to determine whether the incident -- in which a white transit officer shot and killed an unarmed black man -- merits federal prosecution. 
"The Justice Department has been closely monitoring the state's investigation and prosecution," the department said in a statement. The inquiry is being carried out by DOJ's Civil Rights Division.

Also today, the attorney for Johannes Mehserle has released a letter that the former transit police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Oscar Grant,. then you might not have a clue about current fashion trends.fashion accessories wrote before the jury handed down its verdict.

In it, Mehserle reaches out to Grant's family and describes the moments after the shooting on the Fruitvale BART station platform on Jan.1, 2009. The ex-officer expresses remorse to both "those who hate me and those who understand that I never intended to shoot Oscar Grant."

The letter, double-spaced and written in all-capital letters,. She created clothes and chanel jewelry for others that were the same as she created for herself. continues: "I know a daughter has lost a father and a mother has lost a son. It saddens me knowing that my actions cost Mr. Grant his life, no words can express how sorry I am."

Oakland appeared calm today after a night of racially-charged rioting followed the conviction Thursday. Scores of people were arrested.

The verdict in the case came after more than six hours of jury deliberations during the course of two days in Los Angeles, where the trial was moved because of extensive media coverage.

Prosecutors had asked that former officer Mehserle be convicted of murdering Grant, 22, who was shot once in the back as he lay face-down. But the jury's conviction on the lesser charge sparked a repeat of the rioting that followed the shooting on New Year's Day in 2009.

Police said 83 people were arrested after some protesters smashed store windows, overturned dumpsters, ignited fires and pelted officers with rocks and bottles. Officials called the troublemakers "anarchists" who came to Oakland with the intention of creating disorder after the verdict.. Generally, women today have at least three handbags to carry, depending on their outfit.womens accessories

"For the most part, the demonstrations were peaceful," Oakland police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said this morning.. The idea that a small Necklace is dangerous to patients is at best absurd.