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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"'This is not Oakland': Looting suspects came from out of town, city officials say"
More: https://abc7news.com/oakland-looting-george-floyd-protests-curfew-in-ca-2020/6225716/
OAKLAND (KGO) -- Many of those arrested for looting in Alameda County over the weekend were from out of town, revealed Oakland's police chief in a press conference Monday.
"Many were coming actually from, surprisingly, the Stockton, Merced, southern area and coming in very organized fashion... 15, 20, 30 cars at a time, hitting as you've seen different shopping malls, different areas," said Interim Police Chief Susan Manheimer.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said 60 people were arrested Sunday who were "clearly engaged in serious illegal activity." She said many of the alleged looters had targeted businesses in East Oakland and Fruitvale.
"These attacks last night were to business owners that are already vulnerable to this pandemic and that are the only services and beloved resources for these communities that are already suffering. So it was extremely painful," Schaaf said.
"Many were coming actually from, surprisingly, the Stockton, Merced, southern area and coming in very organized fashion... 15, 20, 30 cars at a time, hitting as you've seen different shopping malls, different areas," said Interim Police Chief Susan Manheimer.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said 60 people were arrested Sunday who were "clearly engaged in serious illegal activity." She said many of the alleged looters had targeted businesses in East Oakland and Fruitvale.
"These attacks last night were to business owners that are already vulnerable to this pandemic and that are the only services and beloved resources for these communities that are already suffering. So it was extremely painful," Schaaf said.
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"'This is not Oakland': Looting suspects came from out of town, city officials say" (Original Post)
Jamaal510
Jun 2020
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still_one
(92,061 posts)1. Stockton, Merced, are extremely right wing areas here in California
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)3. Exactly what I was going to say.
Jarqui
(10,122 posts)2. This is like a broken record
I keep hearing the same thing, over and over
"people from out of town"
"white supremacists"
someone is trying to start something - beyond the protests
John Fante
(3,479 posts)4. Reich-wing agent provacateura posing as antifa.
Out there fucks.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)5. This is called owning the libs
Stir up shit so their fellow travelers can spread the racist propaganda about liberals, Dems doing the looting.
radius777
(3,635 posts)6. white guys w/hammers
lots of vids posted on social media show the same thing over and over
it is blue/diverse areas being destroyed by those with an agenda to do so