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Film crew robbed at gunpoint in downtown Oakland (california)
East Bay Times ^ | 7-19-17 | Harry Harris

Posted on 07/20/2017 3:21:45 PM PDT by dynachrome

Four members of a crew filming a television reality show in downtown Oakland were robbed at gunpoint Monday night of $50,000 worth of equipment and personal items, according to a victim and authorities.

The head of the crew said he was thrown up against a wall and that he and the other victims were forced to lay on the pavement, where the two robbers put guns to their heads and threatened them

Chris Burns, 37, an independent director of photography for the AwesomenessTV production “This Is Summer,” a reality show that follows eight 17-year-olds growing up in the Bay Area, said Wednesday the robbery “was really, really scary. It’s the most terrifying robbery I’ve ever been a part of.”

Burns, who lives in the Bay Area, said the robbery has prompted Awesomeness officials to decide they won’t film again in Oakland and that wherever they do film there will be either armed private security or police.

No security was present when the robbery happened about 10:15 p.m. Monday in a parking lot next to Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 1830 Webster St., where the crew had just wrapped up filming.

(Excerpt) Read more at eastbaytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; filmcrew; oakland; reality
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Perps descriptions seem rather vague...
1 posted on 07/20/2017 3:21:46 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

“Oakland is a great place to shoot,” he said.


2 posted on 07/20/2017 3:22:47 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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Guess they have some local color for their action shots.


3 posted on 07/20/2017 3:23:27 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: dynachrome

Dog Bites Man story.


4 posted on 07/20/2017 3:23:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: dynachrome
Reality, yep, reality.

Insurance covers it.

5 posted on 07/20/2017 3:25:22 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: dynachrome

This happens in Oakland at least three times every year.
You would think the word would have gone out by now.
If you film in Oakland, first inform the police of your plans, then bring your own armed guards.


6 posted on 07/20/2017 3:25:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: dynachrome

Bangui by the Bay.


7 posted on 07/20/2017 3:32:20 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: dynachrome

Can’t argue with that.


8 posted on 07/20/2017 3:34:39 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: SpaceBar

Bungle in the jungle


9 posted on 07/20/2017 3:34:44 PM PDT by Recompennation
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To: ptsal

Probably ended up with perps, maybe from another incident, on footage. Easiest way for bad guys is to take all the gear and tape or film.


10 posted on 07/20/2017 3:35:19 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: dynachrome

This guy either has not been paying attention to the news or he was playing the odds. If the latter, maybe he wanted to upgrade his gear or is a liberal or both.


11 posted on 07/20/2017 3:37:18 PM PDT by SteveH
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The robbery has prompted Awesomeness officials to decide they won’t film again in Oakland

lol....If the crew really wants some reality, tell um to head to South Central LA, drive around in some flashy car with Trump flags on it at about midnight.

I promise top rating and the show should will be a sensation.

12 posted on 07/20/2017 3:37:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Can’t argue with that.


13 posted on 07/20/2017 3:39:06 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: dynachrome

They should make a law against doing that sort of stuff (sarcasm). At least they provided a great description of the suspects (again, sarcasm)


14 posted on 07/20/2017 3:39:32 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: dynachrome

15 posted on 07/20/2017 3:40:38 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: dynachrome

There was a Robbery very similar to this in Oakland a few years back and think it was at the same Pizza place, It was also a film crew


16 posted on 07/20/2017 3:41:41 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: dynachrome

Welcome to reality.

It’s all just part of living in cities that we now need to get used to.

Right?


17 posted on 07/20/2017 3:45:32 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: dynachrome

They just got culturally enriched in a vibrant part of town.


18 posted on 07/20/2017 3:46:42 PM PDT by SIDENET (My next tagline will be so awesome.)
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Africans being Africans I suppose, but hey, it’s their color that’s the problem not their criminal behavior.


19 posted on 07/20/2017 3:50:48 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unar)
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It’s the most terrifying robbery I’ve ever been a part of.”

So he has been a part of others....and was still unarmed?


20 posted on 07/20/2017 3:51:41 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Fascism and socialism are cousins. They both disarm their citizens.)
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