An angry crowd attacked a police car in Oakland on Sunday after police responded to a sideshow involving around 700 vehicles. There were reports that a police helicopter was shot at. One person was shot dead after pointing a replica gun at officers.
On-the-spot footage posted on YouTube shows how a cheering crowd surrounds the vehicle and start damaging it. A handful of aggressive mobsters are seen kicking the car from both sides with some of them jumping on its roof.
On Sunday night, some 700 vehicles took over several highways and streets in Oakland, which was followed by an influx of cars from neighboring Fresno and Los Angeles, and motorcycles from San Jose, according to local sources.
Gunfire was also reported from several spots in the city, while police received reports that at least one of the shots flew near one of its observer helicopters.
Wow…so the Oakland sideshow: cars all around, big perimeter around the car ON FIRE, and police in top right pic.twitter.com/1ZXIVORwgc
— Dave Guarino (@allafarce) November 27, 2014
“We did receive reports from officers on the ground that shots were being fired in the vicinity of the sideshows,” said California Highway Patrol Officer Sean Wilkenfeld, as cited by San Jose Mercury News. “Our helicopter was overhead assisting with enforcement operations; however, the crew did not report any damage to the aircraft.”
Oakland police officers shot a person dead in East Oakland on Sunday evening.
The officers were reportedly towing one of the sideshow vehicles when they were “approached by a subject who pointed a firearm in their direction,” according to police.
OPD O.I.S. in area of 90th/Bancroft. Ofcs working sideshow approached by sub who pointed firearm in their direction. Ofcs fatally shot sub.
— Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) November 16, 2015
The officers fatally shot the individual. However, the “firearm” turned out to be a replica.
OIS UPDATE: OPD Recovered firearm used by subject at the scene. Firearm is a replica. pic.twitter.com/zA8umoN6ob
— Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) November 16, 2015
The sideshow that preceded the shooting occurred around 12.45am on Sunday on interstate Highway 880 in Oakland, according to the Bay City News Service.
A sideshow is an informal and illegal demonstration of automotive stunts often held in vacant lots and public intersections, most often in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The sideshows first appeared at Oakland’s Eastmont Mall parking lot where African-American youth had gathered.
https://www.rt.com/news/322252-oakland-sideshow-violence-shooting/
He pointed a gun replica at a cop? What an idiot.
Unloading a real gun on the pig makes sense, but he should have known what would result from this act of stupidity.
It makes me wonder if the replica gun was a “drop gun,” or whatever the pigs call it when they plant a gun on someone after he’s dead to justify shooting him.
cool 😀
“…some 700 vehicles took over several highways and streets in Oakland, which was followed by an influx of cars from neighboring Fresno and Los Angeles…”
L.A. is at least 350 miles away from Oakland. That’s hardly “neighboring”.
The indigenous populants are getting restless… 😎
“… while police received reports that at least one of the shots flew near one of its observer helicopters.”
Must have been birdshot.