Posted on 11/03/2011 6:49:59 PM PDT by Calif Conservative
Edited on 11/03/2011 7:13:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
About eight men and women dressed in black, faces covered in bandannas and armed with hammers, sticks and poles had just barged down the doors of Oakland's landmark Rotunda Building -- with another dozen behind them -- when they were turned back by a tenant with a shotgun and an attitude.
This wasn't your average building employee, this was Oakland developer and building owner Phil Tagami who provided a one-man sentry for the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza building that he oversaw a $50 million renovation on in years past.
"They took a few steps forward and I racked the shotgun and they left," Tagami said Thursday, still calming from the events of the previous night. "It's sort of the universal 'Don't come any farther' sign."
And the group didn't. They high-tailed back out through the front doors and joined the raucous crowd outside.
The Oakland native and longtime mover and shaker surveyed extensive damage to the building Thursday, estimating hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, from broken windows to vandalism to destroyed property.
"It's not hyperbole to say we were under siege last night," he said.
Tagami, who worked late Wednesday, brought his shotgun from home before leaving for work -- just in case. About 10:30 p.m., as the situation deteriorated outside his building, he told the janitorial staff to leave the first floor, and pulled the security guard from his desk.
Tagami said he phoned the mayor's office and began communicating with senior staff around 10:45 p.m. voicing his concerns. Yet police were nowhere in sight, he said.
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NICE!!!
I can guarantee you this sort of crap would not be tolerated here in Texas and the OWS crowd knows it. There won’t be any Oakland-style riots here.
I hope people are watching what is happening in these liberal-run cities and taking note of how poorly property and eventually lives are being protected. When did we become a nation of wusses when it comes to standing up to mobs?
He's still active Army, and can't stand these hippies!
Thanks for sharing.
But the Saiga 12 with the 20 rd drum is your BEST friend!
Grateful for your son and his service!
Yup you know what will happen in Texas (with the exception of Austin). They would occupy my front yard for about 3 minutes. Need at least a minute to call 911, then send for an ambulance. I don’t condone violence but stay outta my yard Occupy America. Just saying...
(This was right after the 9-11 attacks).
True story!
Korean shop owners during the Rodney King riots.
Sounds like you raised him right. Congrats & God bless,
A paid day off at that!
DO NOT screw with the descendants of the Samurai, the Japanese-American, when he is armed with a) weapons and b) a knowledge of the Second Ammendment Rights and c) the sacred will to die to protect his family and property. Ask any son or daughter of a 442nd Regiment veteran. Kakkate KOI! (Bring it on)
I don’t know who it is but it could be one of my nephews. I have one in Aschanistan right now.
prayers to your nephew!
The fear is the police not coming to protect you from the mob (already happening in California) and prosecution for protecting yourself and property (already happening in the UK).
Another example of cops can’t protect you or are ordered not to. I remember when the Koreans in Koreatown in LA took to their roof tops with firearms and the mob kept on moving down the street.
BTTT!
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