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“Riders” Trial On September 12, 2002 the “Riders” trial, which is putting three former Oakland police officers on trial after being fired and later charged with 26 felony and misdemeanor charges, began. The former police officers are being accused of beating and framing some suspected drug dealers. The 26 counts against them include conspiracy, planting evidence, kidnaping, obstruction of justice, filing false police report, and abusing suspects that occurred during a two week period in the summer of 2000. A rookie police officer, Keith Batt, went to his supervisors when he was formerly working for the Oakland Police Department and told them about this alleged abuse. He claimed that the officers used “stop and grab” tactics and that they would take random suspects off the street, handcuff them, and put them in the patrol car before they would question them about their activities. Jude Siapno, Clarence “Chuck” Mabanag and Matthew Hornung have been waiting to hear the juries verdict since May 29. The jury however has reached a verdict on four