Photos: Oakland speaks out, acts out after Mehserle verdict

Fire in a trash can next to a bus stop in downtown Oakland last night.

Fire in a trash can next to a bus stop in downtown Oakland last night.

Through the evening of July 8, 2010, Spot.us founder David Cohn photographed the protests, vandalism, and Oakland Police response to public unrest after the Johannes Mehserle verdict:

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Amy Gahran is an itinerant troublemaker and info provocateur who moved to Oakland CA after spending 14 years in Boulder, CO. Her background is as a journalist, editor, and managing editor mainly covering energy, environment, and business. For the last 12 years she's been happily and gainfully self-employed, mostly helping organizations, institutions, and individuals wrap their brains around the internet. Speaking of brains, Amy is also Oakland Local's official zombie reporter.