Posted on 07/09/2010 12:08:07 PM PDT by nmh
(07-08) 23:33 PDT OAKLAND -- There was outrage, there was looting and there were skirmishes between police and protesters, but that wasn't the whole story of how Oakland reacted to the Johannes Mehserle verdict.
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They smashed windows of shops including the trendy Ozumo restaurant, and one building was spray painted with the words,
"Say no to work. Say yes to looting."
A boutique called Spoiled was spared. It had a sign outside and pictures of Oscar Grant with the words,
"Do not destroy. Black owned. Black owned."
JJ Fryzel, an Oakland artist who just moved into a gallery called Show And Tell Art on Thursday, said a group of looters threw rocks through her window.
"They were throwing rocks at me," Fryzel said. "I was standing right there. I said, 'Oh s-, spare me.' ... They have no idea what they are doing. No clue."
Outside, the windshield of Fryzel's Mazda four-door sedan was shattered and the side view mirrors were knocked off.
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Officials said the main instigators appeared to be organized "anarchist" agitators wearing black clothing and hoods. Many of the most aggressive demonstrators smashing the windows of banks and shops were white.
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Tony Coleman, a community organizer with New Years Movement 4 Justice for Oscar Grant - the black man shot Jan. 1, 2009, by then-BART police Officer Mehserle, who is white - was one of the first speakers at the podium as hundreds gathered at 14th Street and Broadway.
"I'm angry as hell, but he was found guilty of something," he said into a microphone. Then, referring to calls for federal civil rights officials to look further into the Mehserle matter, he added: "It ain't over yet."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Looks to me like some of this is the work of the white anarchist crowd.
That's why I appreciate the unfiltered version.
We'd never get the truth from the scumbag media.
Just have a few red laser dots appear on the chests of these rioters and see how long the riot lasts.
The plan was to stir the mob to joining in on the CHAOS (setting fires, breaking windows, throwing bottles), and for the POLICE to overreact and shoot some black people.
What better thing to have than some black people shot who were 'peacefully' protesting about a white 'cop' who says he accidently shot a black man?
The secondary plan was that it would draw attention away from the Black Panther deal (they didn't kill anyone, lately).
If you think Obama and Holder really care about 'black' AMERICANS, you are wrong. Black MUSLIMS, yes, but AMERICANS, no.
They, like us, are just fodder for the cannons. We are equal in their eyes. We all are the 'little people' and sacrifice to their causes is our duty as servants of the master.
When we get to 'pissy' with them, they just turn us on each other.
From the “People’s Anarchy” of the Northwest, I can assure you they were white children of affluent left wingers. They take advantage of any and all disturbances to push their Khmer Rouge style beliefs
‘Coming to a city near you.’ - NOT ! ! !
Many cities, nearly all as a matter of fact, allow guns.
Guns in the hands of property owners prevent rioter from attacking that property.
Had the jewelry store owner been able to be armed, his store would not have been robbed. Whether ghetto trash or outside agitator, all understand what a gun barrel trained on them means.
“but when you are trapped in a moving train car with men & women bent on giving you trouble....now you need more & more ‘mass transit police’.”
Nope, you don’t. You need to be armed.
Geeze people it was just a ordinary block party...no big deal../s
They’d vanish!
They are true cowards at heart.
RE: “The plan was to stir the mob to joining in on the CHAOS (setting fires, breaking windows, throwing bottles), and for the POLICE to overreact and shoot some black people.
What better thing to have than some black people shot who were ‘peacefully’ protesting about a white ‘cop’ who says he accidently shot a black man?
The secondary plan was that it would draw attention away from the Black Panther deal (they didn’t kill anyone, lately).
If you think Obama and Holder really care about ‘black’ AMERICANS, you are wrong. Black MUSLIMS, yes, but AMERICANS, no.
They, like us, are just fodder for the cannons. We are equal in their eyes. We all are the ‘little people’ and sacrifice to their causes is our duty as servants of the master.
When we get to ‘pissy’ with them, they just turn us on each other.”
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Got it, thanks — my head is ready to explode trying to keep up with all the ‘fires’ burning everywhere — Levin mentioned this on his show yesterday — average citizens of US are flailing all over the place wondering what to do, how to protect assets, worrying about new taxes, and all the rest of it — total CHAOS all around.
Thanks, Obama — hope your days are numbered!
“BUT: He continued to try & move & kick at officers who were trying to subdue other blacks who were part of the problem. I am convinced that the officer thought he had his Taser in his hand.”
Idiot should not have been resisting arrest. Anyone knows that police officers are the most tense beings on the planet and will do whatever it takes to stay alive.
Idiot should not have been out wilding in the first place.
“Our judges need to treat these mobs with dam harsh justice. Give them five years without parole.....hard labor. If they get caught again, give them 20 years.””
These judges are too afraid of Oprah.
“.now you need more & more ‘mass transit police’”
Stupid idiots causing more and more expenses in our government.
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