‘Fu** the Police’: Occupiers Celebrate 4th of July by…Burning American Flags and Vandalizing Police Property
- Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:32am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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If ever you hear someone talk about how peaceful and American the Occupy movement is, you need only to send them this story.
Local news reports out of Oakland, Calif., have noted that the Occupy Oakland group held a march on the 4th of July that resulted in vandalism of a police headquarters and a patrol car. And while that’s true, The Blaze has found some of the pictures and video from the event that paint a much more sinister picture — a picture filled with burned American flags and anti-American sentiment.
For a little background, here is how the Oakland Tribune describes what happened:
The march began about 8 p.m. near 14th Street and Broadway, continued down Broadway to police headquarters at Seventh Street and Broadway and then moved to other streets before coming back to Frank Ogawa Plaza. The one arrest occurred at the plaza.
Sgt. Roland Holmgren said protesters painted “kill cops” on a door at police headquarters and similar messages at City Hall, the police Internal Affairs Division near City Hall, a clothing store, hotel and a bank.
Protesters also spray-painted a patrol car parked near Seventh and Washington streets, punctured one of its tires and broke a window, Holmgren said. The garbage bin was set ablaze near 11th and Clay streets.
But that doesn’t do what happened justice. A search of the group’s regular internet haunts shows the extent of the vandalism and the anti-American sentiment.
For starters, it should be noted that the march was dubbed “Fu** the Fourth,” hardly a name meant to celebrate patriotism. A flickr page shows some of the vandalism on the police. But the real tone of the event is captured on a Facebook page sympathetic to the cause. It includes the police photos but also goes further and shows some of the group burning American flags and attaching them to what appears to be City Hall:
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But the photos aren’t all. The Occupiers were so proud of what they were doing that they even recorded their actions. Below are two videos of what happened. The first is a shortened version and the second is the full length video (CONTENT WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC LANGUAGE):
One outlet notes that it appears the violence was the result of anarchists. But Occupy Oakland has long been a safe place for anarchists to find shelter, and its become nearly impossible to talk about one group without referencing the other.
So what happened to the Occupiers as a result? News reports note no one was arrested for the violence. One person, however, was taken into custody “on suspicion of not having a sound permit for a speaker system and obstructing an officer.”
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Comments (151)
LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:24am…
Report Post »These brain dead occupy freaks are a danger to society.
HKS
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:55amThe handi work of Van Jones, this is what he produces, his mother would be so proud.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:04am100% all Democrats…..Obama’s people…………..stay classy !
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:57amThey are a danger to the liberal cities they spring up in. This is the type of behavior those societies want and approve of.
Report Post »Steelheadisadouche
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:45pmLet them burn all the lib cities and states. These criminals won’t venture to non-union and right to carry states.
Report Post »S.Sailor
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:23amThree simple words…
The. Second. Amendment.
(problem solved)
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:03pmSpoken like a true fascist. Don’t like a political movement? Kill them.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:22amAh yes…JZS’s patriots again…
Report Post »Mark13
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:22amWow, Blaze is censoring posts in high-gear this morning. OK, don’t defend yourself from these Communist thugs. When they show up to burn down your town and your home, throw daisys at them. There, Blaze, is that more acceptable?
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:18amThey don’t like the flag???????? Don’t use a C-130, put them in a Russian spacecraft, launch them and then blow the hatch!
Report Post »These people would’ve been shot as traitors just 200 years ago.
Red Meat
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:37amBall shot in the gut would let them think about their treason…before, well, you know…
Report Post »Brentley
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:16am@ AZCOWBOY1 penetrating power of 223 might ….for sure the GRAND OL 30-06 would. JUST SAYING
Report Post »Mark13
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:07amOakland Unified School District spent $13,000 per year on each student in their public school system. These Occutards are the best and the brightest, according to leftists. Aren’t you proud?
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:33amThese piles of canine excrement need to head to either North Korea or Iran (one way ticket) and live out their utopian dreams there!
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:51am@Cowboy, Why bother. North Korea will be coming here soon (metaphorically). With ObamaTax, and the concept that the feds can force you to buy a product you may not want.. what’s next? Did you know that the feds can’t even tell you how many new felony crimes they have created? There are some 13,000 PAGES of new regs coming at us fromt he IRS fairly soon. Land of the free… LOL
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:05amThey brazenly announce that they want to kill police officers……..
Shouldn’t the police take them at their word and react accordingly? But they won’t until the first officer is killed and then the gloves will come off. And Mayor Quan won’t be able to stop what happens next. Oakland will burn to the ground.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:02amThis is the bed that Oakland made. This is the type of people that Oakland loves and supports. The voting public elected an administration that loves this kind of thing. This is the society that Oakland wants.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:37pmCavallo,
I agree. One reaps what one sows. Good luck, Oakland.
Report Post »LarryofArabia
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:04amThat looks like an Obama/Obiden campaign rally. He has up-standing, well mannered constituants… dont you think?
Socialism is for the people, not the socialists.
Thanks Barry.
Report Post »Palmer1943
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:03amIt would appear that the extreme far left Obama reelection team is getting more aligned with Obama idol Saul Alinsky. This is exactly what POTUS taught in college and Alinsky called for in his book “Rules for Radicals”
Report Post »brntout
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:03amA lion is far less discreet.
Report Post »Baja
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:00amTear gas enemas for all of these BO supporters.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:58amBilly Ayres and Vannie Jones MUST BE SO PROUD
That goes for Francy Foxxy Peevins too
OMG 2012
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:56amWhy don’t the police use undeadly force?Rubber bullets,flash-bangs,tazers.Show these thugs what a sample of whats about to happen to their bodies.Falling down in pain might bring about a mentality of giving a child an ass woppin when they do wrong.I on the otherhand will protect my family and property with deadly force…I will not surrender even to the law for what I believe is an infrigment on my person..
Report Post »Mark13
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:09amDeadly force is much more effective for communist revolutionaries.
Report Post »MAProg
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:05pm@Mark: I love stories like this because you “freedom loving” conservatives show your true colors. You only love freedom if it for those with whom you agree. Otherwise, you call for violent retribution.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:56amWhat I find funny is that if these people get what they are calling for, they will be the first ones who will cry when **** hits the fan. They will be asking why they weren’t “protected” and blame someone else for what is going on….even though they caused it.
Report Post »thop1960
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:53amDo these boys really want to mess with those of us who hold dear the American flag and the freedoms brought about by our constitutional republic? If they persist, it will come to ahead, and they will lose. I’ve got their anarchy right here…this crap is getting out of hand and it must be put down sooner, rather than later. Free speech is one thing, anarchy is another. They are rapidly crossing the line. Patriots don’t want a war, but we don’t back down from one either. If this is where they want to go, so be it.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:58amDefine Freedom. Are there any actions that are not regulated by the Government? They’re burning down and vandalizing a community that seems to approve of their actions. No arrests? They approve of it, they support it.
Report Post »thop1960
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:00pmI am talking about the freedoms that our Constitution (as originally written) gave us. Yes, they are being infringed on by this administration and the longer they stay in power the more freedoms we will lose. These punks stomping on our flag are the useful idiots working on behalf of this administration. Get rid of BHO and these guys will fade back into the darkness like the cockroaches they are.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:53amIf only these idiots could go to a socialist country for 6 months, perhaps, and I say perhaps, they would come back an appreciate all the freedoms and advantages of America. But, I do believe they are too stupid and such fools that even then they would not realize what a gift America is to all of us. They will not know what they have till they lose it all.
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:43amThose who do go to a commie country are shown only the better parts of said country. The places where their 1%ers live. They are not exposed to the reality of communism. They are treated as royalty and as “brothers” and come away thinking it is a better system. But then they already have a distorted view of reality, anyway.
Report Post »Take sean penn, (please) he loves hugo and castro and is treated as if he is one of the rulers when he goes to those places. He is a great PR puppet for communist. But then, he has that ideology anyway. It is easy for idiots like him to ignore the reality of communism because they are financially sound and morally bankrupt.
Cavallo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:12amIts not much of a stretch to say they already are living in a socialist country. Can you name many freedoms that are not heavily regulated, controlled, and watched by the government? With the SCOTUS ruling, does the constitution mean anything? At the very least you are living in a benevolent autocracy.
Report Post »Minnaloushe
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:52amWhat we need is a flag symbolizing ONLY the federal government.
I’ll gladly burn that.
Anyone with the artistic talent and the inspiration?
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:12amCurrently I think you mean the Obama and stripes flag.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:20amThey’d just call you racist. “Next thing will be crosses!” they’ll say. Every protest against the government is racist, remember.
Report Post »Minnaloushe
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:30amHeheh.
Report Post »Let them cry “racist!”. They will anyway and I don’t G.A.S. anymore.
When people ask me that nowadays I’m like, “Yeah. Sure.”
Leftyloons.
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:51am.
Report Post »Just need to round them up stick’em in a C-130 and fly them to Kabul……..
brntout
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:50amGet ready Americans,this is the ilk brownshirts that need a lesson in civility. You are not immune and better be ready to dispatch them with extreme predudice. Sorry to say it ,but it’s gonna get worse before it gets any better…The sooner this is stopped the better… they are targeting those who swore to serve and protect..which side are you going to be on?As my T.I. once said“Nothing sweeter than a slide chambering the first round in the morning” .. To the tune of Carolina in the Morning.
Report Post »myway
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:47amWOW! This is news?
Report Post »jonathanfarrar
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:47amIronic that supposed anarchists would support a liberal pro-big government movement.
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:47amIf they get their way and this country falls, the commie gov that will rise from the ashes won’t put up with their crap. That system will kill them without blinking an eye.
Report Post »no_more_harkin
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:46amYou stay classy, Oakland. What a pathetic joke. The OWS crowd was and is nothing more than a bunch of low-class trash with their hands out. There is no report of them doing anything productive for society, just a bunch of nitwits clamoring for violence and socialism.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:43am.
Report Post »Ready, Aim, FIRE!!!!!!!! Comes to mind………
Fubared
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:53amPavlovian now with the mention of OWS.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:42amPast time to clean the criminals out.
Report Post »PaulHausser
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:18amBoth in the Police Forces and the Government. These clowns are not the problem.
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:58am@paul
Report Post »Agree to cleaning out the criminals. From the white house down.
But these rioters are not the answer nor are their ways going to help. They are just helping the criminals in the system distract the public from the real problems and answers.