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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

Just out of curiosity, were you watching the local Faux Newz station (KTVU 2)? I expect talk of protests, and given what happened before, of riots; San Francisco has a heavy population of professional protesters, and they all probably jumped on BART to head to Oakland the second they heard a verdict was being delivered. The presumption that it's going to be African Americans sounds likethe racist spin that I would expect from KTVU.

My resident criminal defense attorney can't understand why the involuntary option was even given to the jury. This is akin to an acquittal.

SHIT! I had heard the verdict was going to be announced at 4 pm on my way home on the radio, so turned on TV when I got home. I just flipped to a station that was covering the verdict-it was Ch 2!!

It was just the regular news at that point (with the Breaking News cut in). I went back out again until now and haven't watched anything else yet and didn't listen to the radio in the car.

I was struck by the insinuations being just thrown out. But, I don't usually watch 2. Now I get it!

The involuntary man option did seem off. But, I really can't speak to how these things are put forth in a trial. My guess is that many people will take this as an acquittal. I am stunned with the verdict.