Fyyr wrote:The Oakland cops shouldn't have shot Scott Olson in the head, perhaps. Huh Tudamorf.
So they take their revenge on peaceful citizens by harassing them and destroying their property. How noble. Especially since Scott Olsen wasn't shot in the head at all, but rather was hit by a tear gas canister because he was standing in a middle of a riot.
If these anarchists have a problem with the police, they should exercise their right to vote, not act like a bunch of spoiled brats who want to tear down whatever they can't have.
The majority isn't going to support this anarchist riot crap (which hurts the very people they allege to be rioting in favor of). If they continue, these small bands of protesters will simply be arrested and thrown in jail, where they belong.
Fyyr wrote:In every case I have seen, it has been the cops who have started the violence.
Really?
Just after midnight, police ordered the crowd to disperse as an unlawful assembly. Soon, one officer on Broadway was struck on his face shield by a bottle, disorienting him.
..which is what led to the tear gas.
And then:
"What does putting trash in the street accomplish?" asked the neighbor, 35-year-old Tarrell Gamble, as a crowd confronted him. "This is somebody's property."
Masked men shouted and swore at Gamble, and one protester briefly put him in a headlock. They accused him of being a police officer and said, "Let's give it up for the hall monitor."
I think the police were quite restrained. I would have had all of those people starting fires, destroying property, and harassing citizens arrested, and ordered to do community service to clean up all the mess they caused.
On the Second Amendment issue, although it creates no such right, I'd fully support open carry within Oakland's borders.
This guy had the right idea, and there are areas of Oakland that I wouldn't want to enter while unarmed.