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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:48 PM Jun 2020

"'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.
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"'This is not Oakland': Looting suspects came from out of town, city officials say" (Original Post) Jamaal510 Jun 2020 OP
Stockton, Merced, are extremely right wing areas here in California still_one Jun 2020 #1
Exactly what I was going to say. LizBeth Jun 2020 #3
This is like a broken record Jarqui Jun 2020 #2
Reich-wing agent provacateura posing as antifa. John Fante Jun 2020 #4
This is called owning the libs Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #5
white guys w/hammers radius777 Jun 2020 #6

Jarqui

(10,122 posts)
2. This is like a broken record
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:54 PM
Jun 2020

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

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
5. This is called owning the libs
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 12:47 AM
Jun 2020

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
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:43 AM
Jun 2020

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

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