sentencing stuns Oscar Grant supporters, sparks riots in Oakland

By Jack Leonard, Abby Sewell and Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times November 5, 2010|8:50 p.m. Reporting from Los Angeles and Oakland — A former police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed man on an Oakland train station platform was sentenced Friday to two years in prison, sparking outrage from relatives and supporters of the victim who denounced the punishment as too lenient. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry said evidence in the racially charged case showed that the shooting was an accident caused when Johannes Mehserle mistakenly reached for a firearm instead of an electric Taser weapon he meant to use. Full Article Here.