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Masked and angry, rioters cause chaos [Oakland, CA - The Bosom of Progressiveness ]
Oakland Tribune and Mercury News ^ | July 9 2010 | Cecily Burt

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: barryofthebungle; california; cokeheadinchief; democrats; inthewoodpile; laotaliban; liberalstupidity; lowiqwh; maumau; mehserle; mesherle; notapeacemovment; oakland; oscargrant; pravdamedia; racialdivision; riot; riots; subhumans; unevolved
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To: Uncle Ike; Condor51; skimask

Yes, you’re definitely right. The tactic of using the Federal justice system to get a desired result certainly didn’t start with Obama.

He’s probably been the most aggressive in simply ignoring results he doesn’t like (regarding anything, from Congressional votes to state or local judicial proceedings) and finding some other means of imposing his program.

But with his cowardly appeasement, GHWB certainly did announce that “rioting works.”


61 posted on 07/09/2010 5:08:40 AM PDT by livius
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To: Uncle Ike
*** The parallel I was drawing with my example had more to do with craven surrender to rioting mobs - which GHWB made no attempt to disguise when he personally came on TV and announced the do-over for the Rodney King Trials..... ***

Ooops, you're right.
I caught that (your intent) and then missed it. (forgot)

62 posted on 07/09/2010 5:11:22 AM PDT by Condor51 (SAT CONG!)
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To: NoLibZone
Some people are taking the Lebron news really hard and it didn't even happen in their city.

At least we know what 80s group they don't like.

Here's one of my favorite takes on riots,

http://home.comcast.net/~jerbe3/stories/oldmanwassucker.htm

63 posted on 07/09/2010 5:14:49 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: boycott

They celebrate.


64 posted on 07/09/2010 5:16:09 AM PDT by sport
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To: Never on my watch

It may be a metal security gate the covers the door. Most places in NYC have them.


65 posted on 07/09/2010 5:16:41 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: NoLibZone
Nothing says "support my cause" like looting Footlocker.

66 posted on 07/09/2010 5:23:02 AM PDT by TSgt (We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: NoLibZone

Why don’t they release these type of verdicts at 3:00 AM on Sunday morning when these idiots are in bed?

Or better yet, just shoot them.


67 posted on 07/09/2010 5:24:44 AM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: livius
*** But with his cowardly appeasement, GHWB certainly did announce that “rioting works.” ***

Yes he did. (I already posted my mea culpa regarding that part.)

But Obama and his stooge Heinrich Himmler, oops I mean Eric Holder, beats all by 105 power.

Dropping the 'New Black Panther' case, after already getting a Default Guilty Judgment, was a not so hidden signal to 'Da Boyz In Da Hood' that anything goes now -- 'we have your back Homies'.

68 posted on 07/09/2010 5:25:23 AM PDT by Condor51 (SAT CONG!)
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To: Hexenhammer

Asspress leads with headline. “Police report no arrests in Oakland protest.”

Up is down. Bad is good. Lie after lie after lie with these people.


69 posted on 07/09/2010 5:26:31 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I remember that one. It was good! The problem is that now even white kids want to start out at the top. It isn't just blacks and "immigrants". We have become an entitlement society. Did you see the article about the 24 yr old, living with his parents, that turned down a $40,000 a year job? It wasn't high enough on the ladder of success.

Where's the pride in working for what one has? *sigh*

70 posted on 07/09/2010 5:30:47 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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To: NoLibZone

The police should have shot all the pieces of garbage that were rioting. The hell with arresting any of them.


71 posted on 07/09/2010 5:31:32 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The rallying cry of American patriots.....REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: NoLibZone

If they rioted in Oakland, would anyone notice? And in a different story, I heard there was a riot in Oakland last night. They ended up doing $500,000 in improvements.


72 posted on 07/09/2010 5:33:03 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: NoLibZone

The Dems still think the Tea Party people are violent.


73 posted on 07/09/2010 5:36:22 AM PDT by imskylark
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To: NoLibZone
I have a feeling we will see much more of this over the coming months in our big cities. Its like a powder keg in the inner cities right now - waiting on that little spark to set it off. Something as simple as a championship won, a law against illegal aliens passed, or a black man accidentally killed by police
74 posted on 07/09/2010 5:37:30 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Nekman

“Eric Holder has pronounced that black on white crimes are to not even be investigated!”

And why are the pussy Republicans in Congress silent about this? Cowards.


75 posted on 07/09/2010 5:38:09 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The rallying cry of American patriots.....REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: NoLibZone
Makes so much sense.....

I AM SO MAD I AM GONNA TO STEAL SOME S&*T!!!!!!

76 posted on 07/09/2010 5:40:18 AM PDT by carolinacrazy (Bow to your sensei.... BOW TO YOUR SENSEI...... www.jackassdemocrats.com)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
Our multicultural society only works when people value and identify with being American first and foremost.

Most people will never be able to do that, ever. It's just human nature. They will always identify and group with the lowest common denominator -- race, family, religion, politics, etc. We've even seen hatred, true hatred, towards others just because they cheer for a different sports team. It will never change.

77 posted on 07/09/2010 5:41:23 AM PDT by AnglePark
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To: chilltherats

The black people who DO contribute to society are not even considered “black” by the leftist definition. The leftists only recognize their fellow criminal thugs.


78 posted on 07/09/2010 5:43:17 AM PDT by Soothesayer (“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license...")
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To: NoLibZone

The police should have shot a few hundred of them.


79 posted on 07/09/2010 5:45:05 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: Never on my watch

“...a mob that broke through the gate of the Foot Locker shoe store...”

How come I never think of looting as a reasonable way to express my distress over an outrage committed by the Kenyan?

I guess white people don’t know how to riot.


80 posted on 07/09/2010 5:53:11 AM PDT by y6162
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