. >> the former police officer johannes mehserla is scheduled to be released from prison in two weeksarea group is not happy that he is a sentence is being released early. the judge sentenced him to two years in prison but johannes mehserla is being released early because of time serve during the trial. we're live in oakland as a group protest his release. >> that is right, there was a press conference that took place a couple of hours ago. at times it felt like a pep rally than a press conference. but these people are not happy, they're trying to generate support for 2 separate protests that will take place for the day that johannes mehserla is released. that is somewhere between june 13th and 15th. for now they're trying to rally the community because they are furious that he will get out after spending less than half of the two years that he was sentenced to in jail. >> we feel that johannes mehserla is a threat to not only the family but the community. he came up on the platform as you can see in the video, spoke out religiously to the young man on that platform, jackie bryson and