Leave Oakland now!
Safely, came back home at midnight from work. I work in Oakland.
Protesting is OK as long as it's peaceful. But those looters need to be in jail. They have no respect for others. Accept the verdict and move on.
Protesting is OK as long as it's peaceful. But those looters need to be in jail. They have no respect for others. Accept the verdict and move on.
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Not that it will happen but I wish footlocker would take all of those pictures and video that was taken and hire a PI and prosecute as many of those pieces of **** they could identify.
All those retards we doing tonight was looking for a reason to destroy ****.
Like hollondaze and the news said 75% of the retards there aren't even from oaktown.
All those retards we doing tonight was looking for a reason to destroy ****.
Like hollondaze and the news said 75% of the retards there aren't even from oaktown.
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Originally Posted by SFGate
After a mostly calm day of protests following the Johannes Mehserle verdict, a group of rioters looted stores, torched dumpsters and smashed windows of shops in downtown Oakland last night. Here's raw footage of an evening that ended in the arrests of more than 80 people. Also, SFGate wants your photos and videos!
Oakland cops in gas masks and wielding clubs read the riot act, declaring an unlawful assembly. (Video via SF Weekly)
A crowd gathers at 14th and Broadway near the Far East National Bank, one of several businesses damaged in the riots. The Chronicle reports that a group stormed the bank, wreaked havoc inside and spray painted "Riot for Oscar" on the wall. (Video via SF Weekly) Warning: Graphic language
Perhaps the most dramatic and widely-covered business casualty of the night was the Foot Locker on Broadway near 14th Street. A crowd of bystanders and media watched as protesters ran through the store grabbing merchandise.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=111061586001
According to the Daily Californian, looters tossed clothes and shoes into the crowd. CBS5 reporter Joe Vazquez talked to one smiling young man who brandished a new pair of sneakers (4:40). The video below also shows paper being set on fire -- and someone stomping it out (3:34).
http://cbs5.com/local/Crowd.of.400.2.1795716.html
Pyros moved on to bigger targets: dumpsters.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7545188
A masked man is seen busting the glass door and windows of the Sears. Seconds later, a woman reaches through the broken window of a bedding display and snatches a blanket and decorative pillows.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=111060985001
In the end, more than a dozen businesses were targeted: Subway, Foot Locker, Sears, Far East National Bank, Rite-Aid drugstore, Luka's Taproom, Ozumo Japanese, Oaksterdam University, Oakland Coin and Jewelry Exchange, Whole Foods, Grace Beauty Supply, JC Jewelry, the Acura dealership showroom, Wells Fargo, California Bank and Trust, US Bank and Bank of the West
Oakland cops in gas masks and wielding clubs read the riot act, declaring an unlawful assembly. (Video via SF Weekly)
A crowd gathers at 14th and Broadway near the Far East National Bank, one of several businesses damaged in the riots. The Chronicle reports that a group stormed the bank, wreaked havoc inside and spray painted "Riot for Oscar" on the wall. (Video via SF Weekly) Warning: Graphic language
Perhaps the most dramatic and widely-covered business casualty of the night was the Foot Locker on Broadway near 14th Street. A crowd of bystanders and media watched as protesters ran through the store grabbing merchandise.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=111061586001
According to the Daily Californian, looters tossed clothes and shoes into the crowd. CBS5 reporter Joe Vazquez talked to one smiling young man who brandished a new pair of sneakers (4:40). The video below also shows paper being set on fire -- and someone stomping it out (3:34).
http://cbs5.com/local/Crowd.of.400.2.1795716.html
Pyros moved on to bigger targets: dumpsters.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7545188
A masked man is seen busting the glass door and windows of the Sears. Seconds later, a woman reaches through the broken window of a bedding display and snatches a blanket and decorative pillows.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=111060985001
In the end, more than a dozen businesses were targeted: Subway, Foot Locker, Sears, Far East National Bank, Rite-Aid drugstore, Luka's Taproom, Ozumo Japanese, Oaksterdam University, Oakland Coin and Jewelry Exchange, Whole Foods, Grace Beauty Supply, JC Jewelry, the Acura dealership showroom, Wells Fargo, California Bank and Trust, US Bank and Bank of the West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bUSo1p66a0
I guess "few suburban kids got[sic] spooked" so scared they trashed the city.
