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Developer with shotgun scared off Oakland rioters
sfgate.com ^ | 11/3/11 | Henry K. Lee

Posted on 11/03/2011 3:05:38 PM PDT by GSWarrior

Oakland developer Phil Tagami is used to working behind the scenes to broker some of the biggest deals in town. Late Wednesday, he was using different persuasive skills - holding a loaded shotgun to scare away rioters trying to get into a downtown building.

"We had people who were attempted to break into our building," the landmark Rotunda Building on Frank Ogawa Plaza outside City Hall, Tagami said today. He grabbed a shotgun that he usually keeps at home, went down to the ground floor and "discouraged them," he said.

No police were in sight, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; oakland; occupy; occupyoakland; occupywallstreet; ows; secondamendment
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To: nerdwithagun; scooby321

From stories we’ve heard from Tucson old-timers, it used to be safe here when the Mob was in charge (well, for ordinary people, I guess). Now, it’s like some 3rd world, people’s republic, police won’t even go into most neighborhoods — including ours — (a working class formerly decent one).


21 posted on 11/03/2011 3:36:41 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: marty60

About a year back, Glenn Beck was trying to get a response from police union officials about their union aligning themselves with people like Van Jones who happily supports cop killers.

Naturally the union wouldn’t respond but he did get a large number of letters from individual cops who are real concerned about it.


22 posted on 11/03/2011 3:38:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: VanDeKoik

Are the Hells Angels available?

Didn’t they do a bang-up job at some west coast rock concerts?


23 posted on 11/03/2011 3:40:19 PM PDT by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: GSWarrior

Calling all Hells Angels.


24 posted on 11/03/2011 3:41:31 PM PDT by freedomtrail (EEOC- Eventual Elimination Of Caucasians)
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To: FlyingEagle

Just a matter of time!


25 posted on 11/03/2011 3:42:33 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: VanDeKoik
They are crooks, but they aren’t Communists

Perhaps not in the days of La Cosa Nostra, but from what we've seen of these guys, they can be quite flexible, they will adapt to prevailing conditions.
Its not as if they have any particular moral conviction. (I know, I know: only indictments, no convictions)

26 posted on 11/03/2011 3:43:28 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: nascarnation

In the Hell’s Angels defense, they stabbed a guy trying to murder Mick Jagger. They maybe went overboard and made hamburger out of him, but the guy had a gun and was stopped pretty close to Mick. IMO, it isn’t about the Hell’s Angels. It is about right of lethal defense. They may have gone too far, but I’ll take that over Mick being shot and killed in cold blood


27 posted on 11/03/2011 3:45:05 PM PDT by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: El Cid
I guess they're not as committed to die for the cause as the islamofascists are. Pity.
28 posted on 11/03/2011 3:45:15 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: GSWarrior

Send in "Epic Beard Man"

29 posted on 11/03/2011 3:45:55 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: marty60
Remember when the Black Panthers were trying to KILL Oakland police.

If you go by the Occupy Oakland site, the first thing you will see are two large banners: Abolish Capital and Close All Prisons.

Paging Angela Davis....

30 posted on 11/03/2011 3:47:23 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Click HERE to read the entire post.)
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To: DustyMoment
they aren’t smart enough to even know how to BUY a clue!!

They aren't even smart enough to know they need one, or they'd be asking for free ones.

31 posted on 11/03/2011 3:49:27 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: nerdwithagun

Altamont—Where the ‘60s died.


32 posted on 11/03/2011 3:49:42 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Click HERE to read the entire post.)
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To: GeronL

I thought Oakland was already an urban hell hole.


33 posted on 11/03/2011 3:49:49 PM PDT by Dem Guard (Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
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To: DustyMoment

It appears “community organizing” = “fomenting and achieving revolution” a la 1917-21.

Many of the Occupiers throughout the nation do not realize they are being used as tools by anti-Americans who wish to dramtically transform (remake, not rebuild) our country.

As your comments re the education system suggest, how can we be surprised?

Are our RINO’s paying attention?


34 posted on 11/03/2011 3:50:23 PM PDT by frog in a pot (The IRS denies tax deductions to our domestic terrorists. Why the hell do we not just deport them ?)
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To: GSWarrior
Because of lack of cleaning out by police I fear guns will be coming out.
35 posted on 11/03/2011 3:52:59 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Logical me
Because of lack of cleaning out by police I fear guns will be coming out.

Isn't that what they're for?

36 posted on 11/03/2011 3:55:53 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: GSWarrior

While you’re wielding a loaded shotgun, seldom is heard a discouraging word.


37 posted on 11/03/2011 3:56:17 PM PDT by JPG (The loons at OWS will soon be at each others throats.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

We are attaining the “existential” level of so called “inevitable” frictions and conflict. Blood will be drawn and anger on both side is to ripple, bridges burned etc. The idiot psycho democrates will “use” (rather be used) to legitimize foreign thugs to rape it all.

If you do not have the arms nor the will to defend self/freedom, you invested without real responsible will, and folkes might as well forfeit.

Others feel shackled and will be given force to free themselves.

Capitalism may attract volatilizing exuberance and speculation, but at least it’s not volatile weathervane nonsense whim of lunatic ignorant commi protestors who destroy walstreet wokers to start wih.

Shades of FARC.


38 posted on 11/03/2011 3:59:26 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: GSWarrior

Good ole Angela (/s), is she still hanging out with that commie University Prof in SD. Or has she kicked the bucket?

Ofcourse they want the prisons closed, they think nothing of raping and destroying public and private property. These people are the dregs of society.


39 posted on 11/03/2011 4:00:20 PM PDT by marty60
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To: nerdwithagun
I’ll take that over Mick being shot

YOU KNOW HIM ON A FIRST NAME BASIS!?

40 posted on 11/03/2011 4:03:42 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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