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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Ex-BART officer guilty of manslaughter, LA Times guilty of writing under the influence

Johannes Mehserle gets 2-4 for an involuntary manslaughter verdict.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times slaughters the English language: 

(the italics are ours)

Olis Simmons, executive director of an Oakland youth group that is advocating a peaceful reaction, called the verdict a miscarriage of justice.

"It is a walk for him. It is a walk," said the head of Youth UpRising. "I think everyone --the family, everyone young black person who is afraid of the peoliceeverobody is goign to see this as a msicarraige of justice."
Update 6:50pm:

Looks like the LA Times has corrected their online copy. It now reads:
"It is a walk for him. It is a walk," said the head of Youth UpRising. "I think everyone -- the family, every young black person who is afraid of the police -- everybody is going to see this as a miscarriage of justice."