Officials said the main instigators appeared to be organized "anarchist" agitators wearing black clothing and hoods. Many of the most aggressive demonstrators smashing the windows of banks and shops were white.

No fucking shit. I really want to smack folks. In particular, I want to head over to places like Revolution Bookstore and throw bricks through windows.

It takes a special variety of self-entitled privilege to instigate havoc, getting yourself and those weak enough to follow your lead arrested. Particularly when you, as a white person, douche-bag though you may be, almost certainly have more resources to care for you post-arrest than those whose cause you have shanghaied.
"I feel like the night is going great," said Nia Sykes, 24, of San Francisco, one of the demonstrators. "I feel like Oakland should make some noise. This is how we need to fight back. It's for the murder of a black male."

Sykes, who is black, had little sympathy for the owner of Creative African Braids.

"She should be glad she just lost her business and not her life," Sykes said. She added that she did have one worry for the night: "I just hope nobody gets shot or killed."


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Dear Ms. Sykes:

Um, do you know how many black males (and a few females) were murdered in Oakland last year?

What the fuck were you thinking? Your (and your fellow protesters) behavior now looks callow and hypocritical. Totally pointless and arbitrary.

This senseless destroying of a mostly black neighborhood really reads as "Black folk in Oakland are wild, violent, and unpredictable. Is it a wonder the cops are trigger itchy?"

Grow up and do something better for your community than rioting.

-really pissed off that you all attacked my neighbors.

(My neighbor took this picture of a car across the street)
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"I feel like the night is going great," said Nia Sykes, 24, of San Francisco, one of the demonstrators. "I feel like Oakland should make some noise. This is how we need to fight back. It's for the murder of a black male."

Sykes, who is black, had little sympathy for the owner of Creative African Braids.

"She should be glad she just lost her business and not her life," Sykes said. She added that she did have one worry for the night: "I just hope nobody gets shot or killed."


(from this article)

Dear Ms. Sykes:

Um, do you know how many black males (and a few females) were murdered in Oakland last year?

What the fuck were you thinking? Your (and your fellow protesters) behavior now looks callow and hypocritical. Totally pointless and arbitrary.

This senseless destroying of a mostly black neighborhood really reads as "Black folk in Oakland are wild, violent, and unpredictable. Is it a wonder the cops are trigger itchy?"

Grow up and do something better for your community than rioting.

-really pissed off that you all attacked my neighbors.

(My neighbor took this picture of a car across the street)
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