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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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.”
Ooops, you're right.
I caught that (your intent) and then missed it. (forgot)
At least we know what 80s group they don't like.
Here's one of my favorite takes on riots,
They celebrate.
It may be a metal security gate the covers the door. Most places in NYC have them.
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.
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'.
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.
Where's the pride in working for what one has? *sigh*
The police should have shot all the pieces of garbage that were rioting. The hell with arresting any of them.
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.
The Dems still think the Tea Party people are violent.
“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.
I AM SO MAD I AM GONNA TO STEAL SOME S&*T!!!!!!
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.
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.
The police should have shot a few hundred of them.
“...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.
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