Oaktown Burnin' Down - Aftermath

[joe_momma]

Just drove the main streets - very little damage - the banks and businesses around 20th got the worst - a few windows broken. Most businesses in downtown are closed.

The police and street maintenance staff are mostly gone, the debris and broken glass removed and the graffiti presure washed away.

[Book]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw

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[keehah]

So you started a second thread called "Oaktown Burnin' Down" to say no fires, but watch for some broken glass? ::)

Par for the course for so many threads here these days.

[joe_momma]

Yeah - the only fires were a couple of dumpsters in the middle of a 6 lane road - had really expected a better show.

[madfranks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw

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Hilarious, that video. I loved the black lady yelling back at the machine, "how am I supposed to feed my kids now?" Oh God, and not a single white person to be seen, they were all blacker than a thousand midnights.

[Book]

Hilarious, that video. I loved the black lady yelling back at the machine, "how am I supposed to feed my kids now?" Oh God, and not a single white person to be seen, they were all blacker than a thousand midnights.



http://diversityaffluence.com/diversity-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/regional-232x300.jpg

Yeah...that quote jumped out at me too. Notice that all of them are driving new SUVs? Affirmative Action really paid off and they now have no self-interest in burnin' down their 'hood because some black punk got killed by the BART police officer in Oakland.

:D

[gunDriller]

The cop who shot the un-armed young man still faces sentencing, which is 5 to 14 years.

he could well end up in the 10 to 14 years category. that's one of the bigger sentences for an out-of-control cop/ police brutality case that i've heard.

once again, it shows the power of video.