Demonstrators smash windows, attack police cars, start fires
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
July 14, 2013
Civil unrest is beginning to hit US streets following the acquittal of George Zimmerman, with demonstrators smashing windows, attacking police cars, overturning dumpsters and setting fires in downtown Oakland.
Riots in downtown Oakland in response to Zimmerman ruling. pic.twitter.com/T6hnQlbGKC
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) July 14, 2013
One police car was daubed with the words “Kill Pigz” as American flags were torched. “Kill Zimmerman” was also scrawled on the Alameda County Court.
Following a wave of threats to riot in major cities if Zimmerman was cleared of all charges, trouble flared up almost immediately after the verdict was announced late last night.
Unrest appears to be confined to Oakland for the time being, with more peaceful protests taking place in San Francisco, Washington, DC, New York and Chicago.
Twitter messages threatening to violently kill George Zimmerman continue to flood the social network.
A hoax is also circulating concerning a video of riots in Vancouver from 2011 which was falsely labeled as having taken place in Miami.
Hopefully some of the unrest seen in Oakland last night will remain limited and the wave of rioting threatened by many will not materialize.
Protesters in Oakland scrawl "Kill Zimmerman" on the Alameda County Court, @christinKPIX5 reports pic.twitter.com/CXq6F9VWyk
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) July 14, 2013
And there it is. pic.twitter.com/VYXGrPMx6H
— Susie Cagle (@susie_c) July 14, 2013
#Oakland anti-cop protestors overturn dumpsters, smash windows after #Zimmerman verdict, still moving @KTVU pic.twitter.com/Eu6p6cjNGG
— Debora Villalon (@deboraktvu) July 14, 2013
#BREAKING smashed windows downtown #Oakland as protestors march, angry about #TrayvonMartin verdict @KTVU pic.twitter.com/nckdiMCYPb
— Debora Villalon (@deboraktvu) July 14, 2013
Vandals smash windows at Dogwood Restaurant at Telegraph & 17th St. in Oakland. pic.twitter.com/44qXz9xlxz
— John Alston (@JohnAlstonABC7) July 14, 2013
I would classify this as a "symbolic" protest. The flag just got burned at the McDonald's on 14th St in Oakland http://t.co/FISxWFHi8k
— m4rg1n4L (@marg1nal) July 14, 2013
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