RAIDER RAGE: Oakland police no match for street mayhem

The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Monday, January 27, 2003 | Chronicle Staff Writers

[new cruelty]

It's the Raiders' fault -- blame it on the Raiders," Akela Thomas, 19, shouted. "If they would've won, we wouldn't be doing this."

But of course.

[logic101.net]

This is the result of too much hype, as I stated in this post earlier today.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/830301/posts

[trebb]

I personally think that the police should be given "shoot to kill" orders in cases of rioting and looting. It is a cancer on civilization.

[new cruelty]

wow, thats a bit extreme... but it gets the point across, doesn't it?

[camle]

boy! talk about sore losers!

[Brett66]

They would've had a full scale riot if they had won.

[smith288]

It's the Raiders' fault -- blame it on the Raiders," Akela Thomas, 19, shouted. "If they would've won, we wouldn't be doing this."

Just keep voting Democrat like a good slave

[new cruelty]

well, he is only 19. maybe some time in lock up will change his point of view.

[XHogPilot]

International Blvd is the crack and prostitution center of San Francisco's East Bay. It runs through Oakland and Berkeley. Not quite Freeper friendly areas.....

[Mr. Mulliner]

Didn't Raider fans act this way last week when they won? What's with these thugs? Soon the NFL will have to set up rules to keep them out of other cities the way British soccer fans are made to feel unwelcome at soccer matches around the world.

[xp38]

Definitely a blue zone.

[Types_with_Fist]

Well, maybe the Oakland police had a tough time with these punks but I can promise you the Tampa Bay defensive unit wouldn't have. Heh, heh, heh. Today's News

[new cruelty]

Some people just don't know how to control themselves.

[new cruelty]

hehe.. yeah, the smaller tampa defense, that must rely on their speed to even stand a chance... heheh.

[Types_with_Fist]

Missed the game did you?...:-)

[jimt]

Asked whether he was surprised by the damage, he said, "No, I've lived in Oakland a toilet for 25 years. What can I say?"

Yup.

[aardvark1]

"We lost, and that bothers a lot of the young people out here," said Hannibal Willis, a member of the rap group Hazardous Materials. "A lot of them are real Raider friends. I ain't gonna lie -- if we had won, we would have done the same thing, but milder."

They couldn't help themselves. They had to do this. They're certain this will endear them to their idols on the Raiders' team.

[MileHi]

Raider fans are the worst. The NFL should pull their franchise.

[PMCarey]

I think we, as a society, need to embrace these people and look for the root causes of such riots...

... such as the Raiders decision not to establish a running game early in the Superbowl.

[SW6906]

My local morning news is reporting about the Super Bowl over and over this morning, but no mention of this large-scale riot in a major American city......