Posted on 11/05/2010 8:11:59 PM PDT by SmithL
Nothing short of a public hanging would have satisfied the mob.
There are no real good guys in this one.
The point is any number of young black males get killed by other blacks but no one riots if they are not sentenced harshly. As for the guy who was killed, Oakland if full of idiots who think it is fun to terrorize Bart riders, I used to have to ride Bart into SF and that was bad enough, I would never ride into Oakland unless I was armed to the teeth.
Two years is probably a fair sentence (I wasn't in his shoes, I don't know what really happened.)
You are correct, African American men die all the time and nobody riots. There is a racist component to this but it doesn't emanate from the white people involved. Like you, I've ridden BART for many years. General rules are stay out of the East Bay and the Mission after 8 PM. Say what you may about the man but this place could use a Mayor Giuliani. What we have instead are under-trained BART cops with Glocks and M4s.
Silly me,,,
How could I have forgotten the lootin’ part!?!???!,,,
The last riot we had here was the”Lakeside Riot”,,,
The cops ran away and let the blacks loot~n~burn the place.
The “Cedar Grove” riot was the same thing,,,
The last bank in that area was robbed so many times they
just shut it down and moved,,,
After 6/7 people killed nobody would work there,,,
Now,,,The black preachers all whine because nobody has a
place to shop or bank,,,
The last gas station in that area has a bullet-proof
glass cage,,,
At least it will stop AK-47 rounds because the robbers
tried it out...
I think it's "shoot, loot, and scoot," or "loot, scoot, and shoot." Okay, maybe it's "loot, shoot, and scoot."
I can't keep this stuff straight.
I think that DRINK~N~DANCE is in there ,,,somewhere...;0)
Did anyone get their head stomped by a tea partier?
I think I might argue your ranking just a little. I would switch BATFE and armed security guards around. And you left out armored car drivers/guards. I would also separate law enforcement into 3...state troopers, county sheriff deputy, and city cops. County sheriff deputy at the top, state troopers at the bottom of those three.
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