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| Oakland Officials Excuse Violence from OWS 'Fringe' |
| 2011-11-06 |
| [Commentary] Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is quickly solidifying her reputation as one of the most spineless public officials in the country. After throwing her support behind the Occupy Oakland's plan to "shut down the city" this week, Quan now seems surprised that the protest quickly spiraled into a violent riot that left eight people injured, dozens of businesses vandalized, and untold financial damage in cleanup cost and police overtime pay. Unfortunately for the besieged people of Oakland, the destruction hasn't convinced Quan to kick the Occupiers out of the city parks. In fact, she's now defending the movement, and blaming the havoc on a band of rogue provocateurs that had been "hiding out" among the peaceful OWS activists... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 The then mayor of Seattle did much the same thing - right before the WTO riots in Seattle kicked off. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-11-06 21:34 |
| #10 Well spank my ass and call me Charlie. Imagine that, lackluster leadership in Oakland, CA. What will they think of next. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2011-11-06 20:32 |
| #9 Yes, another case soon of Mexicans doing the jobs Bay Longshoremen don't want to do. In a couple years, close Oakland and see the business go elsewhere. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-11-06 18:58 |
| #8 I wonder if some, currently reluctant, former Obama's donor is being told right now "You don't wont to be occupied, do you?". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-11-06 18:53 |
| #7 the Longshoreman's Union at Oakland participated in the strike. F*ck em! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-11-06 17:33 |
| #6 Those idiots shut down a PORT yesterday. And who is that Port going to sue? The state of California and the City of Oakland for lost revenue due to man-made obstruction. The police spend so much on overtime, and violent crimes and shootings are up in the cities because of the OWS protests - they cannot man their proper posts It's public endangerment. It's time to end #occupy. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-11-06 17:07 |
| #5 OWS can have Oakland. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2011-11-06 16:17 |
| #4 the People of Oakland™ are getting chickens coming home to roost. You elect lefty asshats, you get the consequences |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-11-06 14:36 |
| #3 The people of Oakland need to get rid of this violence-inciting doofuss, Jean Quan. Unfortunately, I don't have much hope for this happening. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-11-06 14:00 |
| #2 That's a bland presumption, and don't call me Shirly. There was a report at Jawa where the investigation into mr. ihateprojectilesoffmyhead and police conduct. As per Oldspook's guess/deduction, the officers named by the cattlepie'rs were filmed and reviewed and at the moment do not have any proof the police conduct was at fault, which points towards goofy getting hit by a fellow protester. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-11-06 12:54 |
| #1 Don't worry America. The Presidet, the Vice President and Pelosi of the House supports the lawlessness. But be assured that if the real terrorists per Janet Napolitano of Homeland Security, those on the right, tries anything, the Government will unleash hell on those on the right. Surely however, Rantburgers will simply sit back and "pass the popcorn" as America continues to morally rot away from within and then simply dies. |
| Posted by: wr 2011-11-06 08:01 |