Posted on 11/05/2010 8:11:59 PM PDT by SmithL
7:45 p.m.: Police arresting people at 7th Avenue and East 17th Street
Police have announced to the crowd that they are going to begin arresting people. They are telling protesters not to resist and to follow officers' orders.
Officers are using wristbands to secure people's hands. People are surrendering and allowing themselves to be cuffed. A few people are on the ground.
Police are declaring the area a crime scene.
"Do not resist arrest," police are saying. "You will not be hurt in any way."
Someone has lit a trash can on fire, and an officer is putting the fire out with his boot.
At least six people have been arrested so far.
One man is fighting back and being tackled.
7:35 p.m. Police have boxed in about 200 people at 7th Avenue and East 17th Street
Police have boxed in about 200 people at 7th Avenue and East 17th Street. It looks like the police have contained them.
One officer had his gun ripped from his gunbelt in a backyard in the area. Other officers intervened and made an arrest.
7:30 p.m.: Reporters stuck between police, protesters
Reporters are stuck between the police skirmish line and protesters at 6th Avenue and East 18th Street. Protesters are yelling, "We are all Oscar Grant."
A thin layer of press photographers is between the police and protesters. There are a lot of angry people, and the police appear to have decided to end this here.
7:20 p.m.: Officer hit in chest with brick, two BART stations closed
The Fruitvale and Lake Merritt BART stations are closed, but trains are still running through the stations.
A police officer has been hit in the chest with a brick at 6th Avenue and East 18th Street. He fell to the ground but got back up.
In the same area, police have their beanbag shotguns out and are moving in on the protesters. A homeowner in the area came out of his house and yelled at a protester after he jumped on his car. At least one police officer has been injured by a rock.
Police have arrested at least one person. The crowd continues to splinter off and run though backyards. Someone at an apartment complex on 6th Avenue threw a firecracker in the air, but no one was injured. There is another group on 5th Avenue at Foothill Boulevard.
7 p.m.: Protesters bust out bus and business windows
Protesters have busted out two windows of an AC Transit bus at Lakeshore Avenue and International Boulevard and broken a window at a sign company at 22nd Avenue and International.
There is graffiti on buildings there that says "Justice for Oscar Grant" and "(Expletive) the police." The main group has splintered into smaller groups as police follow behind the crowds. Some groups have walked 15 blocks.
The city of Oakland has set up a hot line for people to get updates about the situation. The number is 510-444-2489. There also are updates on www.oaklandnet.com.
6:55 p.m.: Police box in crowd at East 2nd and 10th, crowd pushes down fence
A few hundred people were blocked in at East 2nd Street and 10th Avenue as police call in extra officers. Someone ripped down a temporary construction chain-link fence near the Kaiser Center, and now the crowd is marching in a stream and is nearing the lake.
Many are wearing bandannas over their faces. There are helicopters in the air, shining lights on the crowd. The crowd is stretched out on 1st Avenue and East 10th Street to about International Boulevard, possibly heading toward the Fruitvale BART station. Police are trying to contain them as they march.
6:50 p.m.: Crowd turns unruly near Laney College
The crowd, about a block long, is moving east on 10th Street and could be headed to the Fruitvale BART station.
There are people in the crowd fist-fighting one another. The unruly crowd has reached Laney College, and there is no order to the group.
Police have Fallon Street blocked off. Protesters have stomped a car at 10th and Oak streets. Some protesters have T-shirts covering their faces.
Excerpt: http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-bart-shooting/ci_16533309
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.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.