Occupy Oakland protesters terrorized downtown Oakland on Friday, damaging "numerous banks" and smashing a large window at the Tribune Tower. Not surprisingly, the violence barely registered a blip in the mainstream media.
A local news story from InsideBayArea.com notes that in addition to vandalizing banks, the "protesters also shattered an 8-by-8-foot window pane at the landmark Tribune Tower." The "rally" was announced on a post titled, "Solidarity Means Attack," instructing "attendees" to meet at Oscar Grant Plaza.
Yet, shockingly, nobody was arrested.
How is America so twisted that a 7-year-old child who nibbled a Pop Tart into an "L" shape is suspended when the terrorist actions of Occupy "Protesters" have no repercussions? The violent anti-capitalist group even bragged about the damage they caused. On their website, an incredibly disturbing post reads in part:
At 9:00 PM, a small group of anarchists that numbered around two or three dozen took the streets, with black flags and banners that read "FIGHT B(A)CK" and "Anti-Capitalist Anti-Police." We marched south on Broadway, chanting "Anticapitalista," "No Justice No Peace F**k the Police," and "All Cops Are Bastards ACAB." ..."FTP" was written with impressively large font across a Chase bank, and some of it's windows were broken. Multiple ATMs along Franklin were vandalized, Oakland Tribune had some of it's windows shattered. Union Bank had it's front door smashed, Some windows on the Bank of California were broken. But this is an incomplete list of actions we're sure...We would like to thank the comrades who showed up, the NLG for lending us a legal observer. Much love and solidarity to everyone who demonstrates against the system, today or any day."
Hold up. The National Lawyer's Guild is a group of socialist lawyers that represent the Occupy Movement. Why would they "observe" damage done by these thugs?
Another "FTP" event is planned for April 5th. Also to begin at Oscar Grant Plaza, the Occupy Oakland website gives some completely ridiculous advice for the "rally". They say, "We are not encouraging anyone to attack any property whatsoever, but some property is more acceptable than others if you really must risk your freedom by doing something of that nature," which kind of sounds like, "Sure, do some damage." Some other advice includes:
- "PROPERTY THAT IS FAIR GAME IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED - police vehicles and equipment. The police are not our friends, never have been, and never will be."
- "FIRE CAN BE FUN - if you want to burn a usa flag in the street (that isn't somebody's car) then more power to you. If someone is burning a flag in the street then DO NOT INTERFERE."
- "NO INTERFERING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S ACTIONS EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PERSONALLY AGREE WITH THEM. Do not yell stop. Do not grab your comrades. If you feel unsafe, move away...But in the face of the enemy WE SHOW FULL SOLIDARITY. Afterwards we can argue about stuff. Not during the action."
This unreported but newsworthy event is reminiscent of much of the violence associated with the Occupy movement. On April 30, 2012, for example, about 100 people representing the violent "Black Bloc" defaced property, smashed windows, vandalized vehicles and basically destroyed everything in their path in the Mission District in San Francisco. They even brazenly posted videos of themselves causing the destruction online, where one can hear them scream, "F**k the Police" and "Occupy will not be stopped, especially by some f**king cop!" and "What do we want? Dead Cops!" As far as this author knows, there have been no arrests as a result of the destruction in that case, either.
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Comments: 31 ( 1 removed by Renee Nal )
The same things happened in Germany in the 30's during the time of The Leader. Look what happened to the rabble rousers then. Same thing will happen to the modern rabble rousers once they are no longer useful.
Just curious ... can you name me one responsible Liberal who condones "such behavior". When you look back in history in a lot of cases like this it's agents of the far right that provoke such actions. Not always, but enough that any Liberal demonstrations have to be very careful that someone from outside will not come in and try to provoke an ugly scene.
Bruce, I'll name a few, how about the chief of police or city officials that allow this kind of behavior and make no arrests. If you fail to exact law and justice on those who break said laws, you condone and invite further chaos.
The violence of the unions and radical climate alarmists is treated in much the same way (silence, diminish, deflect).
Really, how?
I think pretty universally there was understanding for the complaints, but no support for the movement, and certainly no support for these actions like you claim - pretty much the same overstatement as most all of your posts ... basically anti-Liberal propaganda.
Obama: “I think it expresses the frustrations that the American people feel. That we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Huge collateral damage all throughout the country, all across Main Street. And yet, you’re still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to fight efforts to crack down on abusive practices that got us in this problem in the first place.”
Wake up, Bruce - these are the same people who refer to the Tea Party as radical.
More hate speech motivated by these types of off the wall articles, again and again.
More hate speech motivated by these types of off the wall articles, again and again.
Thats not hate speech thats talking sensibly, if the rule of law breaks down and anarchists like the ones that are breaking the law by vandalizing by mob violence any public building not just the banks then a person is entitled to ask the question "can we shoot them yet"
It appears to me that Bruce CONDONES, and maybe encourages, behaviour like this, EVEN AGAINST HIS OWN PROPERTY. Maybe Occupy should direct their efforts toward HIS property since he apparently LIKES this kind of behaviour. Ditto for property owned by Pelosi and company. Then maybe those that don't condone this behaviour, like me, you, the banks, other businesses, etc can live our lives in peace.
Throughout the recent century the powers of financial capitalism have used their control over money to transform whole societies and the world at large. They have funded both sides of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, funded and instigated both the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Revolution. They have created the mortgage / housing crisis in the United States and actively promoted the current U.S. Economic Collapse. Throughout history they have used their power over money and finance to foment war and revolution as means of transforming society in order to further their control and power.
Free market capitalism works every time it is tried, but you cannot find it anywhere, that is why we fail.
I assure all of you...the collapse of the Housing Sector (which, might I remind you, is the very foundation of the Middle-Class, and of the ENTIRE American Economy), was an orchestrated disaster, an overt (to those who are paying attention) attempt to redistribute Wealth and "balance the Power." In other words...the Middle-Class were becoming much too powerful, and the Powerful were getting a bit fidgety.
It worked.
Soon HUD, Student loans, Obama care, SS and Medicare to fail right behind Freddie and Fannie. Failures by design, not accident. The failure was predictable. They cant say: "we had no idea".
You are quite right...the coming failures will also serve the same purpose. Those loans and programs will be forgiven, and the Money will be stolen, in the form of bailouts, from, you guessed it....the Taxpayer.