I'll believe that when I see proof.
They were wearing ski-masks, so that may be difficult. The police arrested about 80, and I suspect they had been told only to arrest the white ones. The whites are anarchist loonies out there trying to ride in on the back of blacks who just want a free pair of sneakers.
Probably the Anarchist crowd.
From what I saw on TV last night around 99% of the people milling around in the streets were 'blacks', whereas there was a small contingent of white 'youths' (male and female anarchists) who were trying to stir up crap.
Although this 'victimology' attitude sickens me, I have a greater animosity towards these 'privileged' anarchist arses that try to inflame the emotions of others and create mayhem.
I watched it. They were.
These anarchists are the same ones who attended G8 and G20 events.
The main group of rioters were the Anarchists, about 50 of them, supported by SEIU Union thugs. Mostly white. (SEIU Headquarters is two blocks from the main ‘riot’ area, 14th and Broadway)
The BLACK MAYOR of OAKLAND, and the BLACK COMMUNITY had promised peaceful protests. They did so. They also left when police asked them to.
The CHIEF OF POLICE promised not to have his troops ‘overreact’. They did not. The CHIEF knew the anarchists were planing to be there, and he countered their tactics. One of their tactics is to light the fuse and get the cops to overreact, start gassing everyone, shooting innocent protesters. The anarchists were setting fires in places they broke into. The anarchists had spies on the rooftop with binoculars and walkie talkies. They had dumpsters set on fire to spread the police ‘thin’.
I saw a lot of ‘white’ people loaded into police vans and police buses.