Posted on 04/24/2017 4:42:20 PM PDT by SkyPilot
BART police are beefing up patrols at Oakland stations after dozens of juveniles terrorized riders Saturday night when they invaded the Coliseum Station and commandeered a train car, forcing passengers to hand over bags and cell phones and leaving at least two with head injuries.
The incident — the first of its kind in recent memory — occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses told police that 40 to 60 juveniles flooded the station, jumped the fare gates and rushed to the second-story train platform. Some of the robbers apparently held open the doors of a Dublin-bound train car while others streamed inside, confronting and robbing and in some cases beating riders.
“At least two victims suffered head/facial injuries requiring medical attention,” said a police summary prepared after the incident.
Alicia Trost, a BART spokeswoman, said Monday that seven people were robbed — with the victims losing a purse, a duffel bag and five phones. Six people were robbed inside the train car, with a seventh confronted on the platform, she said. Police received no reports of guns or other weapons being brandished.
The attack was quick, police reported, and the teenagers were able to retreat from the station and vanish into the surrounding East Oakland neighborhood before BART officers could respond. The train was held for about 15 minutes as authorities interviewed victims and witnesses and tended to the injured.
Trost said police arrived at the station in under 5 minutes, but the robberies took place in just seconds. No officers were at Coliseum station at the time, but were patrolling Oakland stations, she said.
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They don't know. The reporters said "appear to minors."
So we just have take their word for it, or at least that is what they hope.
As many have stated here, it is almost certain that they are covering up for a favored and protected minority group.
How do they know they are all under age?
They have no idea.
If they are so certain that must also mean they know exactly who they are.
Sure you can. Disparity of force allows you to use greater use of force. They are a mob. It is a surprise attack. They are assaulting people.
My guess is that would more than do the trick.
You do realize that it happened in SF, right? The rights are always for the attacker, never the defender who would be arrested for ‘over reacting’ ....
Two weeks ago I worked in Oakland on Alameda Island on the USS Hornet.
Saying that area is a Third World $hit Hole doesn’t due justice to the term Third World $hit Hole because it truly is a Third World $hit Hole.
They usually take over non-moving department and convenience stores.
The images cannot be shared publicly, she said, because the suspects appear to be minors.
Well, OK then.
So we are not seeing this on local tv, as these thugs appeared to be minors.
“Make no mistake, if you take out 20 the rest will run.”
You’re probably right, but I don’t want to bet my life on it, and especially not my dependents’ lives.
Some people are very unpredictable.
Isn’t Oakland mexican for Assh01e?
Doubtful that’s the problem here. This is native grown.
Correct.
They can charge you with Brandishing, and Assault (even if you don't fire the weapon, it's Assault). Combined with illegally carrying in states like CA, and you can be sent to prison for a long time.
I had a throw away gun when I went to NYC.....
Illegal...yes....
Shoot, toss and walk.....
wHEN THE FIRST 21 DROP DEAD-—THE REST WILL RUN LIKE HELL——GARBAGE FROM THE PROGRESSIVE WORLD
Around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, I think.
Good tips for maximizing the effects. Those aren’t things I would normally think of.
I’ve been accosted and punched by “teens” in Ithaca, NY; Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; and Palo Alto, CA. First “teen” encounter was when I was 13 in a movie theater in Ithaca — wheeled around and sucker punched in the face. Thank God I’ve never been seriously hurt. Each incident heightens your situational awareness a lot. Hasn’t happened in about the last 30 years because I generally know where to not go...starting with MLK Blvd.
BRING BACK ALCATRAZ
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