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14 arrested in peaceful protest that disrupts BART
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 28, 2014 | Jill Tucker, Kevin Fagan and Kurtis Alexander

Posted on 11/28/2014 5:42:23 PM PST by artichokegrower

“We’re not here to destroy or harm. That’s not what this is about,” said protester Kharyshi Wiginton, 39. “The war on black people is very real. It’s not made up. It’s not on some black people. It’s on all black people.”

The demonstration, like those earlier in the week, was in reaction to Monday’s grand jury decision not to indict white police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

More than a dozen people chained themselves together and to BART cars, on both platforms of the West Oakland BART Station. BART officials halted all trains in and out of San Francisco between about 10:30 a.m. and noon, briefly stranding tens of thousands of people — many headed to malls on one of the busiest shopping days of the year or to airports to go home after Thanksgiving.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: bart; oakland; protest
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So those who participate in society by working or shopping have their lives inconvenienced by those who wish to disrupt society and the police just stand by and watch. Wish the cops would figure out who pays their salaries and pensions.
1 posted on 11/28/2014 5:42:23 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

I’d hardly call this “peaceful”.


2 posted on 11/28/2014 5:44:38 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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if this woman ..Kharyshi Wiginton,....was involved...which according to the article she was...she could have stopped the trains....all by her own self...

how very thoughtful of her...


3 posted on 11/28/2014 5:56:00 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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The war on blacks... oh please!

Stop breaking the laws and you won’t get in trouble with cops. It’s not racist to hold you accountable for that crap you pull.

Go on and collapse the system! See how great blacks have it when they don’t have a redistributionist government that always coddles them.


4 posted on 11/28/2014 5:56:02 PM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: artichokegrower

we need people with signs

don’t attack cops
&
don’t get shot


5 posted on 11/28/2014 5:56:50 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: artichokegrower

These cops have been intimidated and are afraid to act.


6 posted on 11/28/2014 5:57:43 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Sasparilla

Or, ordered not go do anything


7 posted on 11/28/2014 6:00:09 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: artichokegrower

Exactly how is society supposed to stop fighting an imaginary war, against a non enemy that is its worst enemy?

Ok, we quit. Move along, there is nothing to see here.


8 posted on 11/28/2014 6:00:12 PM PST by pallis
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To: AppyPappy

Wait for them to do this to a BNSF or UP doublestack train, or a Crude Oil unit train... Railroad cops are a special breed... plus when interstate commerce is threatened it becomes a federal felony.


9 posted on 11/28/2014 6:01:15 PM PST by Rodamala
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“When black lives matter, the inconvenience won’t be here,” said Oakland school board member Jumoke Hodge, who joined the protesters Friday.

Hey Jumoke, make me some pancakes.

10 posted on 11/28/2014 6:01:56 PM PST by smoothsailing (Mel Kaminsky for President!!!)
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The war on black people is very real. It’s not made up.

Oh, yes it is. Kharyshi, the war is in your mind. It is a war between reality and delusion, and so far, for you at least, delusion is winning.

For the rest of us, your crocodile tears are utterly boring and pointless.

11 posted on 11/28/2014 6:02:01 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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These cops have been intimidated and are afraid to act.

You're thinking of Ferguson, MO, where they looted, rioted and set arson fires while the thousands of cops, already on hand, stood and watched.

12 posted on 11/28/2014 6:02:49 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Bogey78O

The war on black people who are trying to get to work.


13 posted on 11/28/2014 6:07:43 PM PST by cowboyusa
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To: MeshugeMikey

loks like she needs her food stamp allotment cut in half....


14 posted on 11/28/2014 6:07:44 PM PST by mowowie (`)
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she needs to be put in restraints at mealtime

Id say her PROTEST activites.... might be related to her self loathing!!


15 posted on 11/28/2014 6:09:13 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Well hey, they be actin’ white’n all dat...


16 posted on 11/28/2014 6:10:42 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the Republican Party does not want you.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

She’s a threefer — war on blacks, war on women, war on fat people.


17 posted on 11/28/2014 6:11:26 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: artichokegrower

Dress rehearsal protesting Obama’s impeachment successful


18 posted on 11/28/2014 6:12:47 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: MUDDOG

war BY Three People.../s

and,,war by blackm,,war by women,.. war by fat people.


19 posted on 11/28/2014 6:18:11 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: smoothsailing

LMAO!!


20 posted on 11/28/2014 6:24:13 PM PST by gibsosa
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