Oakland May Day Protests Marred By Vandalism To Businesses, Cars On Auto Row

[RandySF]

Personal Not: It's worthier mentioning that most of the damage done in Oakland over the past few years has been inflicted by a group of kids from Berkeley, NOT Oakland.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A May Day protest and march through the streets of Downtown Oakland turned violent Friday evening, with some businesses and cars being vandalized.

Friday’s protest began peacefully. About 500 people protesting several issues, from police brutality to capitalism, marched from Frank Ogawa Plaza and eventually up Broadway. Later on, vandals went on a rampage. They broke windows of business and vehicles and set a car on fire on the Broadway Auto Row.

One of the marchers said she was okay with vandalism that targeted big business.

“I see it like a game of chess and if one day we can throw rocks at police, right or wrong, however you feel about it, then that’s a day we took a stand. And that, in my mind, to some extent, is a win against the system,” Melissa Crosby said.


http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/01/oakland-protests-may-day/

[daredtowork]

1. How do you know they are from Berkeley?

They could be - I didn't attend this round of Oakland protests.

I just find it interesting that whenever there is trouble in Berkeley, it's attributed to outsiders from Oakland.

[romanic]

2. This quote made me roll my eyes real hard.

“I see it like a game of chess and if one day we can throw rocks at police, right or wrong, however you feel about it, then that’s a day we took a stand. And that, in my mind, to some extent, is a win against the system,” Melissa Crosby said.

Newsflash, that same "system" will continue on and use vandalism as an excuse to exert it's power against the little people. Nothing will change just because you broke a few windows at your local Starbucks.