Photos: Reaction to BART verdict

A demonstrator taunts officers in downtown Oakland.
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Protesters wear Oscar Grant masks at a demonstration in downtown Oakland. Grant was shot to death by a BART police officer on New Year’s Day 2009.
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Demonstrators gather in downtown Oakland.
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John Lopes states his case in front of Oakland police officers after the verdict was announced.
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J-Bo, left, and Studio Mike stand against a backdrop of police officers during a demonstration in downtown Oakland.
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Wanda Johnson, mother of shooting victim Oscar J. Grant III, reacts to the jury verdict outside the criminal courts building in downtown Los Angeles. “The system let us down,” she said. “My son was murdered, and the law has not held that officer accountable.”
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Wanda Johnson, mother of the slain Oscar J. Grant III, is comforted at a news conference after the verdict is announced.
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Aidge Patterson, left, and John Morales protest outside the criminal courts building in downtown Los Angeles.
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Patrick Huang, 28, of Los Angeles holds a sign at a rally in Leimert Park to protest the involuntary manslaughter conviction.
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Oakland police take positions next to a patrol car damaged by protesters upset over the verdict handed down in Los Angeles. The jury chose to convict on the least serious of three homicide charges.
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A demonstrator is arrested as a smoke grenade explodes in the background in downtown Oakland.
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