Any excuse to loot
10-16-2005, 07:49 PM
#1
0.0 BAR
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 0
Any excuse to loot
Neighbors: Neo-***** Had No Right to March
TOLEDO, Ohio - In the days leading up to a white supremacist march, ministers pleaded with residents to stay calm and community leaders organized peace rallies. Authorities even delayed releasing the route so protesters wouldn't know where the group planned to march.
It wasn't enough to stop an angry mob that included gang members from looting and burning a neighborhood bar, smashing the windows of a gas station and hurling rocks and bottles at police on Saturday. Twelve officers were injured, one suffering a concussion when a brick flew through her cruiser window.
In all, 114 people were arrested on charges including assault, vandalism, failure to disperse and overnight curfew violations.
"You can't allow people to come challenge a whole city and not think they weren't going to strike back," said Kenneth Allen, 47, who watched the violence begin near his home.
Authorities said there was little they could do to stop the group, because they did not apply for a parade permit and instead planned to walk along sidewalks.
"They do have a right to walk on the Toledo sidewalks," said Mayor Jack Ford, who at one point confronted leaders of the mob and tried to settle them down.
A gang member in a mask threatened to shoot him, and others cursed him for allowing the march, the mayor said. He said he didn't know if the man who threatened him was actually armed, but he blamed gangs for much of the violence. The march had been called off because of the crowds, and the white supremacists had left.
It wasn't enough to stop an angry mob that included gang members from looting and burning a neighborhood bar, smashing the windows of a gas station and hurling rocks and bottles at police on Saturday. Twelve officers were injured, one suffering a concussion when a brick flew through her cruiser window.
In all, 114 people were arrested on charges including assault, vandalism, failure to disperse and overnight curfew violations.
"You can't allow people to come challenge a whole city and not think they weren't going to strike back," said Kenneth Allen, 47, who watched the violence begin near his home.
Authorities said there was little they could do to stop the group, because they did not apply for a parade permit and instead planned to walk along sidewalks.
"They do have a right to walk on the Toledo sidewalks," said Mayor Jack Ford, who at one point confronted leaders of the mob and tried to settle them down.
A gang member in a mask threatened to shoot him, and others cursed him for allowing the march, the mayor said. He said he didn't know if the man who threatened him was actually armed, but he blamed gangs for much of the violence. The march had been called off because of the crowds, and the white supremacists had left.
10-16-2005, 08:03 PM
#3
3.0 BAR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,877
Re: Any excuse to loot
Originally Posted by Paul99EX
---- that, let the gangs and the ***** ******** have it out and kill themsleves off, ---- ****'s and ---- gangs
you are missing the point, just because you dont like what someone is doing doesnt give you the right to loot stores, damage property and attack people (unless you are George W Bush :1 )
10-16-2005, 08:12 PM
#5
3.0 BAR
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,877
Re: Any excuse to loot
Originally Posted by di3go
i dont know, its a country of free speech, so I guess they have the right to walk, but the right to loot, ---- them yo.
10-16-2005, 08:43 PM
#6
1.0 BAR
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 199
Re: Any excuse to loot
Originally Posted by Racintweek
Originally Posted by di3go
i dont know, its a country of free speech, so I guess they have the right to walk, but the right to loot, ---- them yo.
10-16-2005, 10:45 PM
#10
1.5 BAR
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 734
Re: Any excuse to loot
I'm willing to bet that the gangs knew that the people would react this way with looting, violence, etc...If they know what will fire the people up and get them to make themselves look bad with out them getting in trouble than i sure thats what their intended purpose was.
