Vigilante
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Graffiti lined streets. Shattered windows. Boarded up storefronts. Destruction had returned to Oakland.
As the sun came up over the East Bay on Thursday, the sweeping damage from the previous night’s anti-Donald Trump protests became evident as residents, business owners and city officials set about cleaning up the staggering mess.
“This is irritating,” Steve Suzio said as he swept up glass from his shattered windows and door at Oakland Coin and Jewelry Exchange along Broadway. “I understand people are upset, but why take it out on local businesses?”
For many like Suzio here in the city’s small but vibrant downtown, this kind of vandalism is nothing new.
Oakland has traditionally been ground-zero for Bay Area civil unrest - like the Black Lives Matter and Occupy movements - and factions of demonstrators invariably turn their frustrations toward businesses in the community.
Read more at sfgate.com ...
As the sun came up over the East Bay on Thursday, the sweeping damage from the previous night’s anti-Donald Trump protests became evident as residents, business owners and city officials set about cleaning up the staggering mess.
“This is irritating,” Steve Suzio said as he swept up glass from his shattered windows and door at Oakland Coin and Jewelry Exchange along Broadway. “I understand people are upset, but why take it out on local businesses?”
For many like Suzio here in the city’s small but vibrant downtown, this kind of vandalism is nothing new.
Oakland has traditionally been ground-zero for Bay Area civil unrest - like the Black Lives Matter and Occupy movements - and factions of demonstrators invariably turn their frustrations toward businesses in the community.
Read more at sfgate.com ...
