Posted on 07/09/2010 12:37:21 AM PDT by NoLibZone
As the verdict reached the streets, hundreds converged in downtown Oakland for mostly peaceful protests before swelling to a crowd of more than a thousand, with a hard-core splinter group of rioters clashing with police and wreaking havoc in downtown.
By late evening, hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the Bay Area had descended downtown to help local police quell the protesters. Wearing black masks, many looted stores, smashed windows and rolled trash bins into the streets while setting them on fire. At one point, protesters began throwing M-1000 fireworks at law enforcement officers and other demonstrators.
Stephen Allen, a 22-year-old protester from West Oakland, got caught near a mob that broke through the gate of the Foot Locker shoe store and looted the store of sneakers and sportswear. Moments later, a masked man, in one swift and violent blow of a long object, broke the window of the Far East National Bank across the street.
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Could you imagine what would happen if Obama was impeached?
Well, not really- it’s been like this for quite a while: the restless natives yearning for a reason to riot and act like savages isn’t so new.
WRONG!
At 3 AM most of them are up smoking crack and drinking malt liquor. Release the verdict at 8 AM and the thugs will be sleeping.
looters don’t give a damm about someone geeting killed. It turns out many looters are illegal aliens ,you really think they are concerned about about some black boy being killed.
The Foot Locker looks like what happens when racoons get into my garbage. Trash everywhere and a bitch to clean up.
Anyone remember Hurricane Katrina, where the wonderful prizes of humanity raided a Winn Dixie? Left the food but took all the booze and cigarettes, PRIORITIES!!!
Yup, Georgia. Not Atlanta. I have always felt that most of Atlanta seems like it has imported some of the worst of the culture of northeast cities. The Georgia that I choose to live in is nothing like that.
This country is being run by black supremacists. These are the black KKK.
Eric Holder belongs in prison.
And they call TEA Party's racist. Just horrible double standard. keep your powde dry!
“...or a black man accidentally killed by police...”
This kid was shot in the head, while laying face-down on a train subway platform. Accidentally?
The cop should be given life in prison as far as I’m concerned. Whatever the kid had done prior, he was face-down and clearly NOT a threat. The cop had NO business pointing the gun at his head; he could have knelt on the kid’s back and secured his wrists, and called for backup.
I saw the video of when it happened. I believe it was actually posted out here at the time.
The Cop said in the courtroom testimony that he confused his Gun with his Taser; well if that’s the case, I don’t want ANY cops like him on the street with life-or-death decision making powers ANYWHERE NEAR ME. If some F***ing moron with a badge can’t tell the difference between a Taser and a firearm, HE/SHE SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO CARRY EITHER ONE, much less make instant life-or-death decisions.
Murder is murder; this was clearly NOT 1st Degree (premeditated), but it was still murder, and not the lesser manslaughter charge.
And as far as the rioting in the inner cities goes, you’re spot on...it doesn’t take much. Just look back at ANY big city...Newark, Camden, Detroit, Watts in LA. Any excuse that can be found and the dregs of society run amok.
Even many small towns now have stores with gates over their windows.
This is nothing new or out of the ordinary.
Yes, anarchists...but I don’t see them looting...
they are always looking for any reason to loot and rob the stores in Oakland. Nothing new. Why don’t they burn their own homes down in protest instead of destroying tax payer public property??
He should, and I could, and it would not be pretty in all the “diverse” communities across the nation. Unfortunately won’t happen.
what was said as it was deleted? Could you tell me please via private message.
Obviously you don't live in the ghetto, I mean Utopia, of Oakland or Detroit etc
Obviously you don't live in the ghetto, I mean Utopia, of Oakland or Detroit etc
Who wants to bet that the Feds now step in to get an “appropriate” outcome?
This nations “justice” system is now a joke.
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