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Brian4Liberty
04-16-2019, 02:02 PM
Oakland sideshow rages into violence, destruction as crowd sets vehicles ablaze (https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Oakland-sideshow-Social-media-documents-looting-13768214.php)


A sideshow in East Oakland devolved into violence and destruction over the weekend when armed spectators commandeered a semi truck, looted it, set it and an AC Transit bus ablaze and hurled bottles and rocks at responding law enforcement officers, injuring one, officials said Monday.

Investigators spent the day searching for evidence at 42nd Avenue and International Boulevard, where daybreak revealed the sweeping aftermath of Sunday night’s destructive melee: toilet paper hanging from traffic lights and debris scattered in every direction. The truck and bus were gutted by fire.

Police vowed to confront future out-of-control gatherings while a city lawmaker blasted the Police Department response as “lax” after outnumbered officers failed to manage the trouble.
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More: https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Oakland-sideshow-Social-media-documents-looting-13768214.php


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9vvx8fmBP0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e73bZUUqesI

Brian4Liberty
04-16-2019, 02:05 PM
Nothing new:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c__cntHOy4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLt2fN3k4rk

ATruepatriot
04-16-2019, 02:11 PM
Must have closed the local YMCA.

Anti Globalist
04-16-2019, 02:47 PM
Everyday occurrence in California.

acptulsa
04-16-2019, 03:00 PM
"An impromptu demonstration of vehicle stunts."

I wondered what they were calling a "sideshow" these days. I think this qualifies for the original definition--a display of human oddities most often in conjunction with a circus.

Anti Federalist
04-16-2019, 08:57 PM
"An impromptu demonstration of vehicle stunts."

I wondered what they were calling a "sideshow" these days. I think this qualifies for the original definition--a display of human oddities most often in conjunction with a circus.

That's why all the circuses went tits up.

Why pay good money to see a freakshow that is free at every Wal Marx across the country?

ThePaleoLibertarian
04-16-2019, 09:36 PM
Oakland went from this:
https://securea.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/116334.jpg
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_480w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/07/10/Obituaries/Images/Obit_Ken_Stabler_Football-02262.jpg?uuid=fQVavCcmEeWq4mxPWbBQqg
http://oaklandtech.com/staff/centennial/files/2015/02/1970s-Front.jpg

To this:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/943dce45e347c27f075bbe221d0ccb59/tumblr_inline_mgqdbyp3Ag1rzv36o.jpg
https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20130317_020658_eoak0317drummond.jpg?w=512
https://www.facingchangeusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Stanley18.jpg
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/01/56/54/17230598/3/920x920.jpg


What a fucking waste.

Pauls' Revere
04-16-2019, 10:06 PM
Now is a perfect time to send bus loads of asylum seekers to this sanctuary city.

RonZeplin
04-16-2019, 10:09 PM
They should have been playing Midnight Basketball with Al Gore & Ivanka.

https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/ada347d/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F08%2F3d%2 F03a9b4804e418b0155824f9a9821%2F161205-al-gore-ivanka-trump-getty-1160.jpg

Schifference
04-17-2019, 04:28 AM
Why the term "side show"? It diminishes the actions. Out of control Riot is more like it.