Oakland rioting

[badger]

I wish I could understand why these type of things happen.

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100709_13_0_hrimgs232334)

Basically, a white former transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaugher instead of murder after shooting a black man in the back. He said in court that he was reaching for his taser because he was worried that the man had a gun. Instead, the officer pulled a gun himself and fatally shot the man.

It was a Rodney King-like scene in Oakland last night because of the verdict :(

Another eerie similarity is that the feds will now conduct their own investigation of the shooting following the rioting.

[Leroy Lizard]

I wish I could understand why these type of things happen.

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100709_13_0_hrimgs232334)

Basically, a white former transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaugher instead of murder after shooting a black man in the back. He said in court that he was reaching for his taser because he was worried that the man had a gun. Instead, the officer pulled a gun himself and fatally shot the man.

It was a Rodney King-like scene in Oakland last night because of the verdict :(

Another eerie similarity is that the feds will now conduct their own investigation of the shooting following the rioting.

Double jeopardy means nothing if you shoot the wrong person.


Protesters looted an athletic footwear store and ransacked a jewelry shop.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100709_13_0_hrimgs232334

Heh. "We're angry and we're not going to take anymore! So let's get some new tennis shoes and diamond rings."

[C&CDean]

I'll tell you why they happen. Big cities are full of worthless thugs on welfare who are dying for an excuse to be looting racist *******s. No more, no less. I'd be a lot happier if it read "police shoot and kill 83 racist ****wads who were rioting" than seeing them go to jail. These people are nothing but ****ing animals.

[XingTheRubicon]

I'll tell you why they happen. Big cities are full of worthless thugs on welfare who are dying for an excuse to be looting racist *******s. No more, no less. I'd be a lot happier if it read "police shoot and kill 83 racist ****wads who were rioting" than seeing them go to jail. These people are nothing but ****ing animals.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7316/kukluxklanabcdfiles.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/kukluxklanabcdfiles.jpg/)

[Curly Bill]

I didn't see anybody in white robes rioting. I did see lots of worthless pieces of crap rioting.

...and these worthless pieces of crap came in both black and white colors.

[XingTheRubicon]

I just love the pic. I pretty much agree with everyone else in this thread.

[Curly Bill]

I just love the pic. I pretty much agree with everyone else in this thread.

Oh, well if you agree with Dean and I, that must mean you're on the right side of the issue. ;) :D

...and by right side of the issue, I mean the correct side of the issue. ;)

[badger]

Heh. "We're angry and we're not going to take anymore! So let's get some new tennis shoes and diamond rings."

http://www.tulsaworld.com/articleimages/2010/20100709_shoesprotest000709.jpg

It's not as bad as the infamous New Orleans looter carrying away Heineken... but the situation is still sad.

[Leroy Lizard]

I just love the pic...

Well, since you're the one that posted it...

[StoopTroup]

We lived in Royal Oak Michigan for over 3 years when i was a kid. In 1967 I was 8 years old. I remember seeing Downtown Detroit 3 times when we lived there. It was the only place my Father ever felt the need to own a handgun. Back then someone might pull up next to you and just blow your **** away. Scary times. I have never felt the need to go back and visit. Never.

If you can figure out why that riot had to happen...you'll be one step closer to figuring out why and of the riots after that had to happen. Hell for that matter....figure out why the Tulsa Riots happened.

mAjLIVISqRw

[StoopTroup]

I'd like to be a fly on the wall if any one of you happened to be in a situation where you were visiting an old person in the nursing home and they asked you to look up the lotto ticket their friend had bought for them and you looked it up and they won 40 million. As you tell them the good news...it's to much for their heart to take and they pass on. I know everyone of you would make sure the ticket got to their next of kin. :D

[Leroy Lizard]

If you can figure out why that riot had to happen...you'll be one step closer to figuring out why and of the riots after that had to happen. Hell for that matter....figure out why the Tulsa Riots happened.

mAjLIVISqRw

I can figure why the riots happened. But you will need to explain why they had to happen. In case you forgot, 53 people died in the LA riots ten years ago.

Or is this a case of WMG?

[StoopTroup]

I can figure why the riots happened. But you will need to explain why they had to happen. In case you forgot, 53 people died in the LA riots ten years ago.

Or is this a case of WMG?

It's to bad you aren't Reginald Denny. You talk like someone beat you in the head with a brick

[AlbqSooner]

I'd like to be a fly on the wall if any one of you happened to be in a situation where you were visiting an old person in the nursing home and they asked you to look up the lotto ticket their friend had bought for them and you looked it up and they won 40 million. As you tell them the good news...it's to much for their heart to take and they pass on. I know everyone of you would make sure the ticket got to their next of kin. :D

I would simply approach the next of kin, tell them that I know of some estate assets that are as yet undiscovered, and offer to disclose the nature and location of said assets for a 25% fee.:D

[Collier11]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/articleimages/2010/20100709_shoesprotest000709.jpg

It's not as bad as the infamous New Orleans looter carrying away Heineken... but the situation is still sad.

Worthless humans, all of them. And I guarantee you all of them ran home talking about how "hard" they are, yet they couldnt even show their faces for the sorry pieces of sh*t that they are

[Leroy Lizard]

It's to bad you aren't Reginald Denny. You talk like someone beat you in the head with a brick

Yep, White Man's Guilt.

Pathetic.

[SoonerInKCMO]

I wish I could understand why these type of things happen.

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100709_13_0_hrimgs232334)

Basically, a white former transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaugher instead of murder after shooting a black man in the back. He said in court that he was reaching for his taser because he was worried that the man had a gun. Instead, the officer pulled a gun himself and fatally shot the man.

It was a Rodney King-like scene in Oakland last night because of the verdict :(

Another eerie similarity is that the feds will now conduct their own investigation of the shooting following the rioting.


Hardly. I just happened to have spent the last week in San Francisco and thus had the opportunity to watch and read a great deal of local coverage of the verdict's aftermath.

The vast majority of the people protesting were doing so peacefully. In the wake of the riots that occurred after the shooting, the Oakland police and city government spent a good deal of time preparing a plan for protests and possible riots. They communicated well with the community leaders during the trial and people that wanted to protest knew that they would have a forum to do so.

There were specific areas of the downtown Oakland area that were specified as protest sites. People were given a chance to get up 'on their soapbox' so to speak and express their thoughts. There was a large police presence in each of these areas and all the organized protests went off in a non-violent, safe manner.

The violence and looting was confined to a 2-block area and lasted for a short period of time. The vast majority (upwards of 75% according to Oakland police) of people arrested during the violent outbreaks were from outside of Oakland. They were referred to as "professional anarchists" - people that travel around to places where there are tense situations and try to push the public and authorities over the edge.

[Leroy Lizard]

The violence and looting was confined to a 2-block area and lasted for a short period of time.

Well, that was really nice of them.

[MR2-Sooner86]

What else do you expect from a large group of black people?

*looks around*

Who said that? Racist *******...

[bluedogok]

City Journal - Riots Without Cause (http://www.city-journal.com/2010/eon0709hm.html)

[SoonerInKCMO]

What else do you expect from a large group of black people?

*looks around*

Who said that? Racist *******...

What makes you think it was the black people there doing the damage?

[Leroy Lizard]

What makes you think it was the black people there doing the damage?

What makes the rioters think race had anything to do with the shooting?

[MR2-Sooner86]

What makes you think it was the black people there doing the damage?

Oh my god it was really white people in disguise to make blacks look bad :eek:

I mean those L.A. riots were caused by a bunch of pissed off, racist white people. Why not this one?

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Oh no the media is taking pictures of nothing but whites dressed like blacks to make blacks look bad while the racist whites gets off free and racism continues in this country with white people looking down at blacks who are wrongly accused and don't do anything wrong because they're victims and will always be victims because they were slaves so we should forgive their violent, drug filled rap, gang, and thug culture because it's not their fault :eek:

Glad we got that cleared up.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Hardly. I just happened to have spent the last week in San Francisco and thus had the opportunity to watch and read a great deal of local coverage of the verdict's aftermath.

The vast majority of the people protesting were doing so peacefully. In the wake of the riots that occurred after the shooting, the Oakland police and city government spent a good deal of time preparing a plan for protests and possible riots. They communicated well with the community leaders during the trial and people that wanted to protest knew that they would have a forum to do so.

There were specific areas of the downtown Oakland area that were specified as protest sites. People were given a chance to get up 'on their soapbox' so to speak and express their thoughts. There was a large police presence in each of these areas and all the organized protests went off in a non-violent, safe manner.

The violence and looting was confined to a 2-block area and lasted for a short period of time. The vast majority (upwards of 75% according to Oakland police) of people arrested during the violent outbreaks were from outside of Oakland. They were referred to as "professional anarchists" - people that travel around to places where there are tense situations and try to push the public and authorities over the edge.Your ****'n us...right?

[Turd_Ferguson]

Oh my god it was really white people in disguise to make blacks look bad :eek:

I mean those L.A. riots were caused by a bunch of pissed off, racist white people. Why not this one?

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2010/07/08/ba-mehserle_092__0501945842.jpg
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http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2010/07/08/ba-mehserle09_0501946306.jpg

Oh no the media is taking pictures of nothing but whites dressed like blacks to make blacks look bad while the racist whites gets off free and racism continues in this country with white people looking down at blacks who are wrongly accused and don't do anything wrong because they're victims and will always be victims because they were slaves so we should forgive their violent, drug filled rap, gang, and thug culture because it's not their fault :eek:

Glad we got that cleared up.

Those were professional anarchist.

[Leroy Lizard]

I noticed that they're all wearing nice sneakers.

[Turd_Ferguson]

I noticed that they're all wearing nice sneakers.For the exception of the last picture. The professional anarchist in the blue skirt had high heels on.:D

[GKeeper316]

Heh. "We're angry and we're not going to take anymore! So let's get some new tennis shoes and diamond rings."

thats "kicks and bling" i believe.

[SoonerInKCMO]

Your ****'n us...right?

No, I suppose the Oakland police are ****tin' you.