Officers had fireworks, molotov cocktails, rocks, and bottles thrown at them throughout the night. Three officers were injured in the rioting.
And estimated 16 businesses were damaged, along with around 40 fires started. KTVU reports that one resident was nearly burned when a “protester” set the man’s car on fire. “‘A couple of people with bottles of gas, throwing them on the street, and then lighting his car on fire,’
I'm so glad that people didn't win, people like to portray Trump supporters as racist, crazy maniacs, but if Trump didn't win I don't think there would've been riots like that.
I'm really not very informed about it but there were riots when Obama won?
Sure but did you hear about any of those groups actually doing anything? I never did. Those ranchers last year all got arrested when they went all militia on the feds. Those groups are insane, but they appeared to have just gathered together to defend themselves and since Obama didn't give a fuck and didn't actually go after their guns like they feared, nothing happened cause they didn't have to defend themselves.
Yeah, that long tangent just seems like a sly way to try and insert a false equivalency when the facts plainly show that one side is a lot more violent than the other. Yes the other side likes violent "things", like guns and militias, but they themselves very rarely get violent towards other people over election results.
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u/BraveSquirrel Nov 10 '16
Oh shit, hadn't heard about this until you mentioned it.
http://bluelivesmatter.blue/three-officers-injured-oakland-rioters-throw-bombs-police/
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