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Re: No 2000 stuff yet
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:05:13 GMT
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I grew up in Crocker Highlands, on Sunnyhills Rd. One of the last nice
neighborhoods in O-town. Were you live is just not safe. I have been jumped,
chased, beaten, and robbed while just traveling through that area to get to
school or summer jobs. As I look back at it I can't believe my parents didn't
do anything about it. They probably figured that since I had been a bit of a
bully as a youngster, that this kind of thing was good for me. aome areaes of
the Bay Aea such as west oakland, richmond, palo alto are brimming over with
racially motivated attacks. Not much you can do, and your report of the police
being completely inneffective shows me that things haven't changed. This is
the result of one of the most corrupt and screwed up public school systems in
the nation. My sugggestion is to move! It's a shame to leave those awesome
old Vics behind (I used to get summer work helping to restore them), but there
is not much you can do if you want to escape the violence.
In lugnet.loc.us.tx, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.loc.us.tx, Patrick Justison writes:
> > I grew up in Oakland, were you there on business or for fun?
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> This may be the wrong week to ask me this...
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> ...the other day some kids were getting their jollies breaking out my windows
> with stones as large as an adult's fist, when I went downstairs to capture the
> culprits (being home at the time), a near riot ensued between myself and about
> 20 or so young black kids (ranging in age from early teens to early 20s) who
> surrounded me and helped the kids get away. Anyway, the long and short of it
> that while one person was unintentionally distracting me with completely empty
> arguments as to why I cannot detain two kids to get their names, phone
> numbers, and addreses; some other kid (around 10 years old or so) comes up on
> the scene on a bike -- jumps off, runs up to me, and punches me in the jaw.
> Nice. huh? Maybe I should I mention that as a latino, I was probably
> perceived as white, and its my current annoyance that it was a racially
> motivated act. End result: Richard 0, Local kids 10 broken windows, one 35
> year old caucasian punched in the face.
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> Six hours later when the police arrived to take the report, they told me that
> THEY were afraid of the kids on my block. That the police had been surrounded
> before and their presence nullified. That I acted like a fool and could have
> been killed. That the last time someone did what I did, they were promptly
> hit over the head with a pipe and went right to the hospital.
>
> So, business or pleasure? Worse. I live there...
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> ...right by the bay bridge where the victorian flats are large, rent is
> affordable, and the neighborhood is REALLY sketchy.
>
> Glad you asked me, right? Where did you grow up Patrick?
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> =)
>
> -- Richard (victim of the tensions created by bay area gentrification)
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| (...) This may be the wrong week to ask me this... ...the other day some kids were getting their jollies breaking out my windows with stones as large as an adult's fist, when I went downstairs to capture the culprits (being home at the time), a near (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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