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Police, baffled by attacks on liquor stores, add patrols Dressy appearance of vandals consistent...
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 26, 2005 | Rick DelVecchio, Jim Herron Zamora

Posted on 11/26/2005 5:09:19 PM PST by CAWats

Police, baffled by attacks on liquor stores, add patrols Dressy appearance of vandals consistent with Nation of Islam, official in West Oakland says. A surveillance video showing a dozen men in suits and bow ties filing into a West Oakland liquor store and confronting the manager before destroying rows of liquor bottles provides detailed images that could pinpoint the culprits and lead to hate crime charges, police said Friday.

The men who smashed up San Pablo Liquor at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday staged an almost identical attack about 10 minutes later at another West Oakland corner store, New York Market, police said. Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan said no suspects have been identified, but the vandals' appearance points to a possible link to the Nation of Islam.

"A bunch of young African American men dressed in black suits, white shirts and bow ties -- consistent with the apparel of members of the Nation of Islam -- vandalized two stores," Jordan said, adding that investigators are taking steps to contact the group's hierarchy. "They told the owners not to sell alcohol in the African American community, and they began to vandalize the property."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: blackmuslims; ca; carnivaloftheobvious; fashionistas; goons; nationofislam; neatasapinhead; noi; oakland; robbery; vandals; whatxxiamendment
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1 posted on 11/26/2005 5:09:20 PM PST by CAWats
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Oaklanistan

Feds better get on top of Screwy-louie Farrakahn

before it`s too late.


2 posted on 11/26/2005 5:13:23 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: CAWats

They looked like home-grown terrorists to me.


3 posted on 11/26/2005 5:20:24 PM PST by abclily
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Yo. Abdul, let's get all dressed up and vandalize liquor stores. Which bowtie are YOU wearing??


4 posted on 11/26/2005 5:21:17 PM PST by philz
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To: CAWats
The police are baffled? The clerk thought these guys were just bored?

When will Americans wake up?

5 posted on 11/26/2005 5:29:21 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Isn't this a hate crime...
6 posted on 11/26/2005 5:29:33 PM PST by pointsal
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I wonder if the will try to attack a crowded redneck bar,or a bar in Oceanside full of Marines?


7 posted on 11/26/2005 5:32:06 PM PST by tankrlm
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Don't most liquor stores keep guns under the counter? I can't beleive all these guys left walking.


8 posted on 11/26/2005 5:34:30 PM PST by eddie2 (Go Cats (Please tell Murtha to steer clear of Kentucky))
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To: tankrlm

Heh- or the old Starlight Lounge in Concord Park-N-Shop. Some guy walked in there years ago brandishing a (running) chainsaw and was repulsed with a storm of hard-thrown beer bottles.


9 posted on 11/26/2005 5:35:54 PM PST by Riley ("Bother" said Pooh, as he fired the Claymores.)
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...the vandals' appearance points to a possible link to the Nation of Islam.

Is this a setup, or is there a rogue bunch from the NofI? They are nuts, but do they have a history of this kind of crime?

10 posted on 11/26/2005 5:36:58 PM PST by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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To: sageb1

Nobody dares arrest Black vandals. Here in Toronto anyway.


11 posted on 11/26/2005 5:38:09 PM PST by KateatRFM
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To: Para-Ord.45

Even Oakland hasn't fallen to the depths that Paris has.


12 posted on 11/26/2005 5:38:56 PM PST by AmishDude (Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
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To: TheDon

Maybe it is the Your Black Muslim Bakery guys trying to make the NOI look bad.

Or is YBMB associated with the NOI?


13 posted on 11/26/2005 5:39:46 PM PST by bluefish (Holding out for worthy tagline...)
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To: AmishDude

I expect the Chronicle to pull this link any minute.


14 posted on 11/26/2005 5:41:07 PM PST by CAWats (People that are easily angered are easily frightened)
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Hmmmm...suits & bow ties.

Lipstick on a pig...

15 posted on 11/26/2005 5:42:35 PM PST by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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bunch of black men in bow ties..

who would of thought?

16 posted on 11/26/2005 5:44:04 PM PST by RIGHT IN LAS VEGAS
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To: RIGHT IN LAS VEGAS
bunch of black men in bow ties.. who would of thought?

This bunch has been around for decades in Oakland and S.F.
17 posted on 11/26/2005 5:49:27 PM PST by CAWats (People that are easily angered are easily frightened)
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Here are the first three paragraphs now:

A surveillance video showing a dozen men in suits and bow ties filing into a West Oakland liquor store and confronting the manager before destroying rows of liquor bottles provides detailed images that could pinpoint the culprits and lead to hate crime charges, police said Friday.

The men who smashed up San Pablo Liquor at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday staged an almost identical attack about 10 minutes later at another West Oakland corner store, New York Market, police said. Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan said no suspects have been identified, but the vandals' appearance points to a possible link to the Nation of Islam.

"A bunch of young African American men dressed in black suits, white shirts and bow ties -- consistent with the apparel of members of the Nation of Islam -- vandalized two stores," Jordan said, adding that investigators are taking steps to contact the group's hierarchy. "They told the owners not to sell alcohol in the African American community, and they began to vandalize the property."

18 posted on 11/26/2005 5:54:49 PM PST by AmishDude (Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
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To: CAWats
"A bunch of young African American men dressed in black suits, white shirts and bow ties -- consistent with the apparel of members of the Nation of Islam -- vandalized two stores,"

"KHAAAAAAAAN!"

19 posted on 11/26/2005 5:55:09 PM PST by WillamShakespeare (What is a John Kerry?)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Oaklanistan . . .Feds better get on top of Screwy-louie Farrakahn before it`s too late.

Been wondering when Louie's people were going to jump into the religious war and begin flexing their 'muslim muscle'. . .This no doubt, is just a start.

And yes. . .I hope FBI are well infiltrated into this group. . .

That said. . .given the problems in CIA; am getting a little worried as to just who our 'agencies' perceive as our enemy these days. . .

20 posted on 11/26/2005 6:09:18 PM PST by cricket (No Freedom - No Peace)
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