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Sideshows at Post-Super Bowl Riots in Oakland
These pictures are from the riots that took place after the Super Bowl in Oakland. See below for more description.
These sideshows -- which amount to souped-up cars peeling out in circles, or burning their tires on the ground -- were taking place up and down International Blvd. Crowds of about 300 - 400 people were circled around an intersection and the sideshows went on in the middle. As police used tear gas and wooden bullets to disperse one intersection, people hopped in their cars and converged on another intersection. Other people just wandered around on foot. The atmosphere was all about fun, hanging out, truly "taking back the streets." It was also about reminiscing of the sideshows that used to take place every weekend until Oakland police started an aggressive and public campaign to seize people's cars for the city.
This intersection is Seminary and International Blvd.
This intersection is Seminary and International Blvd.
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"Sidin' is the newest street sport to emerge from the East Bay inner city, and already it's against the law.
Sidin' is a semi-spontaneous poor man's car show -- that's it, that's all, no drag racing, no violence. This ain't "The Fast and the Furious" people, it's a rolling show room, and stunt driving exhibition, with a party/club atmosphere.
"
http://www.youthoutlook.org/stories/2001/09/06/extreme.street.sport.the.art.of.sidin.html
Sidin' is a semi-spontaneous poor man's car show -- that's it, that's all, no drag racing, no violence. This ain't "The Fast and the Furious" people, it's a rolling show room, and stunt driving exhibition, with a party/club atmosphere.
"
http://www.youthoutlook.org/stories/2001/09/06/extreme.street.sport.the.art.of.sidin.html
Sideshow!
by JR
Since the 1980s Black Oakland has been known as the sideshow capital of the Hip Hop world. A sideshow is a late night event where a group of youngsters get together to compete against each other to see who has the dopest looking ride, as well as to see which driver has the most “handles” behind the steering wheel. On any given night in East Oakland, driving down MacArthur or Foothill, you are bound to see Chevelles, Mustangs, Camaros, and Grand Nationals with racing stripes figure eightin’, doing doughnuts, fish tailin’, burning rubber or in the parking lot locking up their tires. Oakland has been famous for “stuntin’” like this since before Richie Rich and the 415 rapped about it on their song “Sideshow” in 1989.
Now, after two decades of harassment and tickets, the Oakland Police have stepped up their campaign of opposition with a gang of new measures and strategies to try and wipe the sport out. In 2002, Oakland city and California state officials are making a political issue out of sideshows, when the real issue is a lack of recreation and entertainment for Oakland’s young people.
As of March 23, Oakland’s Black police chief, Richard Word, and the Oakland Police Officers Association put a plan into effect that puts 60 extra police on Oakland streets. That’s in addition to the 40 cops that already patrol the streets on any given weekend. The price tag to the taxpayers is $1.2 million more than what is already spent on policing.
So in essence, under the disguise of “wanting to stop the sideshows,” they are getting the community to accept having more police in the Black community harassing young people, more of our people going to jail, more police murder and brutality, more police in the ‘hood to plant dope and guns on us – which is not unusual looking back to cops like the so called “Riders.”
City officials have also hooked up with the infamous California Sen. Don Perata to draft Senate Bill 1489 that will allow the police to tow and hold cars for 30 days at the registered owner’s expense, no matter who is driving the vehicle, if the driver is cited for “reckless driving,” “reckless driving in a parking facility,” “exhibition of speed” or “participating in a speed contest.”
City officials have also considered reducing the number of lanes and installing more barriers on the streets that are popular sideshow arenas. The Oakland Police have persuaded the Pak’n Save, on Hegenberger, to build a fence around their property so that sideshow participants can’t use their parking lot to rally up forces. They have also persuaded the Taco Bell, on the same street to close at 11 p.m. instead of 3 a.m. to discourage young people from coming to the area late at night. In the media, the chief of police is justifying all of this in the name of U’Kendra Johnson, a 22-year-old Oakland woman who was killed in a sideshow related accident in February.
It’s funny how you can tell how someone feels about you by how they deal with you. Recently, my homeboy bought me the movie “Lamumba.” When I watched it, I noticed how the police officers, who were working for the Belgian government, treated the people of the Congo. Although the cops were Black people, their jobs cultivated a sense of separation between the way they viewed themselves in relation to the people they were patrolling. In the movie, every time there was a problem in the community, the only answer considered was to bring in military force by way of the police.
I realized that that is how every colonizer deals with the colonized. When Israel wants something from the Palestinians, they bring in their hired guns. Oakland and Don Perata can care less about the inner-city youth who live in the flatlands. “If they are bored, send them to jail” seems to be the bipartisan line.
Isn’t the government supposed to work in the interest of the people? If the youth want to “side,” common sense would tell me, if I were a politician who wanted youngsters off the street, to open up a sideshow arena. With $1.2 million to invest annually, it shouldn’t be hard for the city of Oakland to pin down a spot.
If the city and state cared as deeply as they try to portray on the news, over the years they would have already paid for a location, and had they done that, U’Kendra might be breathing today. It is unfortunate that her young life got taken at a sideshow, but we cannot let the police use this as an excuse to lock more of us up.
In March of this year, a young white girl by the name of Nicole Cecil was killed at a hockey game when she was hit in the temple by a hockey puck. Since her death, we haven’t heard anybody talk about shutting down the National Hockey League.
When it comes to white folks, politicians want to add more safety precautions so that the fun doesn’t turn deadly. When it comes to Black folks, politicians want to shut our sport down and make it illegal.
Why is it that the Monster Trucks could come to the Oakland Coliseum but we can’t use the Oakland Coliseum for a sideshow competition?
These politicians don’t represent us, and that is the reason why we should be readying ourselves for the revolution! There can’t be any peace in Oakland until we, collectively, get a piece of property to have sideshows
http://www.sfbayview.com/050802/sideshow050802.html
by JR
Since the 1980s Black Oakland has been known as the sideshow capital of the Hip Hop world. A sideshow is a late night event where a group of youngsters get together to compete against each other to see who has the dopest looking ride, as well as to see which driver has the most “handles” behind the steering wheel. On any given night in East Oakland, driving down MacArthur or Foothill, you are bound to see Chevelles, Mustangs, Camaros, and Grand Nationals with racing stripes figure eightin’, doing doughnuts, fish tailin’, burning rubber or in the parking lot locking up their tires. Oakland has been famous for “stuntin’” like this since before Richie Rich and the 415 rapped about it on their song “Sideshow” in 1989.
Now, after two decades of harassment and tickets, the Oakland Police have stepped up their campaign of opposition with a gang of new measures and strategies to try and wipe the sport out. In 2002, Oakland city and California state officials are making a political issue out of sideshows, when the real issue is a lack of recreation and entertainment for Oakland’s young people.
As of March 23, Oakland’s Black police chief, Richard Word, and the Oakland Police Officers Association put a plan into effect that puts 60 extra police on Oakland streets. That’s in addition to the 40 cops that already patrol the streets on any given weekend. The price tag to the taxpayers is $1.2 million more than what is already spent on policing.
So in essence, under the disguise of “wanting to stop the sideshows,” they are getting the community to accept having more police in the Black community harassing young people, more of our people going to jail, more police murder and brutality, more police in the ‘hood to plant dope and guns on us – which is not unusual looking back to cops like the so called “Riders.”
City officials have also hooked up with the infamous California Sen. Don Perata to draft Senate Bill 1489 that will allow the police to tow and hold cars for 30 days at the registered owner’s expense, no matter who is driving the vehicle, if the driver is cited for “reckless driving,” “reckless driving in a parking facility,” “exhibition of speed” or “participating in a speed contest.”
City officials have also considered reducing the number of lanes and installing more barriers on the streets that are popular sideshow arenas. The Oakland Police have persuaded the Pak’n Save, on Hegenberger, to build a fence around their property so that sideshow participants can’t use their parking lot to rally up forces. They have also persuaded the Taco Bell, on the same street to close at 11 p.m. instead of 3 a.m. to discourage young people from coming to the area late at night. In the media, the chief of police is justifying all of this in the name of U’Kendra Johnson, a 22-year-old Oakland woman who was killed in a sideshow related accident in February.
It’s funny how you can tell how someone feels about you by how they deal with you. Recently, my homeboy bought me the movie “Lamumba.” When I watched it, I noticed how the police officers, who were working for the Belgian government, treated the people of the Congo. Although the cops were Black people, their jobs cultivated a sense of separation between the way they viewed themselves in relation to the people they were patrolling. In the movie, every time there was a problem in the community, the only answer considered was to bring in military force by way of the police.
I realized that that is how every colonizer deals with the colonized. When Israel wants something from the Palestinians, they bring in their hired guns. Oakland and Don Perata can care less about the inner-city youth who live in the flatlands. “If they are bored, send them to jail” seems to be the bipartisan line.
Isn’t the government supposed to work in the interest of the people? If the youth want to “side,” common sense would tell me, if I were a politician who wanted youngsters off the street, to open up a sideshow arena. With $1.2 million to invest annually, it shouldn’t be hard for the city of Oakland to pin down a spot.
If the city and state cared as deeply as they try to portray on the news, over the years they would have already paid for a location, and had they done that, U’Kendra might be breathing today. It is unfortunate that her young life got taken at a sideshow, but we cannot let the police use this as an excuse to lock more of us up.
In March of this year, a young white girl by the name of Nicole Cecil was killed at a hockey game when she was hit in the temple by a hockey puck. Since her death, we haven’t heard anybody talk about shutting down the National Hockey League.
When it comes to white folks, politicians want to add more safety precautions so that the fun doesn’t turn deadly. When it comes to Black folks, politicians want to shut our sport down and make it illegal.
Why is it that the Monster Trucks could come to the Oakland Coliseum but we can’t use the Oakland Coliseum for a sideshow competition?
These politicians don’t represent us, and that is the reason why we should be readying ourselves for the revolution! There can’t be any peace in Oakland until we, collectively, get a piece of property to have sideshows
http://www.sfbayview.com/050802/sideshow050802.html
Dis'n SUV's is cool, but don't touch poor people's Smog Machines.
"All over the Bay Area young people are using the car to express freedom. This is nothing new. California has always been home to young rebels and the rides that define them. What's new is the urgency youngstas are bringing to alternative car sport, and the opposition they face from law enforcement. From Oakland to the South Bay "Street Racers" and "Sideshow" drivers have had the hammer brought down on them by authorities wishing to curb the urge to ride and side. Russell Morse reports from the San Jose Street racing scene, J.R. Valery breaks down the Oakland Side Show. "
http://www.youthoutlook.org/video/video2.php3
http://www.youthoutlook.org/video/video2.php3
Young men letting out their aggression by fighting: http://www.dailycal.org/article.asp?id=10622
If you dont have money its illegal to have fun
Maybe sideshows are the new critical mass?
the repression against sideshows seems far worse than critical mass, i mean stealing someone's car ???? thats fucked and people need their cars for work, life, whatever.
the repression against sideshows seems far worse than critical mass, i mean stealing someone's car ???? thats fucked and people need their cars for work, life, whatever.
Sideshows the New Critical Mass???
Ha Ha Ha.
Cars expression of freedom????
LOL
Ha Ha Ha.
Cars expression of freedom????
LOL
Sideshows are an expression of a community that lives in an area where there are few places to hang out. As with most attempts to have fun in poor communities, even seemingly legal things quickly become illegal.
Critical Mass on the other hand is slighlty political, mainly middle class and rare enough that it doesnt really serve the same community need.
While side shows may be dangerous they are not aimed at disruption and would prefer to be left alone. Critical Mass on the other hand exists to get attention and while there are some attacks by the police they are far less than those against sideshows...
Its not really a question of cars vs bikes. Bikes can be fun. Skateboards can be fun. Riding around in cars can be fun. The choice of the police to target fun activities that are mainly in poor communities is the issue...
Critical Mass on the other hand is slighlty political, mainly middle class and rare enough that it doesnt really serve the same community need.
While side shows may be dangerous they are not aimed at disruption and would prefer to be left alone. Critical Mass on the other hand exists to get attention and while there are some attacks by the police they are far less than those against sideshows...
Its not really a question of cars vs bikes. Bikes can be fun. Skateboards can be fun. Riding around in cars can be fun. The choice of the police to target fun activities that are mainly in poor communities is the issue...
The use of cars as a recreational outlet (riding around to have fun) by the poor community is laughable.
Cars are not cheap in many ways.
Cars are not cheap in many ways.
I have a bike but I cant really take it everywhere like if I am 5 minutes late for work its a big deal and I need to drive to get there. I love driving my car and especially to get out of the city and drive on open roads its a great feeling. I dont know who all these haters are
that looks like fun!!!!
when is the next one?
when is the next one?
perhaps community-building events for young people (although as anyone who knows the phenomena knows, sideshow participants are not "youth" but are adults in their twenties and thirties), but they are also extremely disturbing, dangerous, threatening and not a good use of resources (cars, gas, rubber, smoke). They are also very dangerous activities. This is obvious to any honest person.
I don't understand the obsession with noise (sideshows, booming stereo systems, the new tailpipe whistles, quickly speeding off the line) that so many Oaklanders are into. I just don't get it--what's so fun about disturbing your neighbors? What am I going to learn about The System by a bunch of young folks keeping me up late at night and endangering their lives and the lives of strangers?
It's fucking idiotic.
I don't understand the obsession with noise (sideshows, booming stereo systems, the new tailpipe whistles, quickly speeding off the line) that so many Oaklanders are into. I just don't get it--what's so fun about disturbing your neighbors? What am I going to learn about The System by a bunch of young folks keeping me up late at night and endangering their lives and the lives of strangers?
It's fucking idiotic.
You're right, Oaklander. What's wrong with these people, anyway? Don’t they know how to have clean, decent fun? Why don't they hang out at the yacht club, or flying around in their private planes? Why don’t they just fly down to Rio for the weekend and chill on Ipanema Beach or go stay at their summer homes on the Riviera for a while?
Why don't they get on a bike and take a ride up to skyline and grizzly peak.
For the price of a set of shiny wheels or 6 months insurance for that Smog Machine, any one could buy a brand new top of the line bicycle.
Low cost recreation, low impact to the enviroment.
Does not contribute to global terror.
http://www.oaklandyellowjackets.org/index.htm
For the price of a set of shiny wheels or 6 months insurance for that Smog Machine, any one could buy a brand new top of the line bicycle.
Low cost recreation, low impact to the enviroment.
Does not contribute to global terror.
http://www.oaklandyellowjackets.org/index.htm
critical mass people are so divisive, i cant believe they are on here posting shit about people. it makes me think that bike people are crazy and in some exclusionary cult. it makes me wish that berkeley had been the target instead of the world trade centers.
Since your lack of imagination means that you must either endanger pedestrians and other involuntary participants of sideshows, car races and other ghetto bullshit, or be Joe Preppy and go on down to the yacht club, let me give you a short list of a wide variety of recreational activities that can be done at nobody else's expense:
1) Read a book
2) Go to a bar and get drunk with your friends (whatever other patrons think, it is a bar anyway)
3) Stay home and play dominoes, mah jongg, poker whatever
4) Get high and listen to music
5) Go to a concert
6) Go to the movies
7) Go play pickup basketball, football, soccer
8) Ride a bike around
9) Sit at home and play Playstation or X Box or something
10) Watch TV
11) Take a nap
12) Make dinner/lunch/breakfast
13) Hang out with your family (gasp!)
...need I go on?
Don't be such a reactionary rationalizer of other people's shitty behavior. Don't act like all of your revolutionary class champions are out there causing havoc just waiting for objective conditions to make things right.
Most folks of all ages, sexes, classes and races think sideshows and other related activities are disturbing and dangerous. Wake up.
Whatever you may think: just because you're poor and male doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want. In fact, as these folks continue to insist on committing illegal activities in the name of "the hood" or "the Raider Nation" or "Oakland," the cops will have their jobs made all that much easier.
1) Read a book
2) Go to a bar and get drunk with your friends (whatever other patrons think, it is a bar anyway)
3) Stay home and play dominoes, mah jongg, poker whatever
4) Get high and listen to music
5) Go to a concert
6) Go to the movies
7) Go play pickup basketball, football, soccer
8) Ride a bike around
9) Sit at home and play Playstation or X Box or something
10) Watch TV
11) Take a nap
12) Make dinner/lunch/breakfast
13) Hang out with your family (gasp!)
...need I go on?
Don't be such a reactionary rationalizer of other people's shitty behavior. Don't act like all of your revolutionary class champions are out there causing havoc just waiting for objective conditions to make things right.
Most folks of all ages, sexes, classes and races think sideshows and other related activities are disturbing and dangerous. Wake up.
Whatever you may think: just because you're poor and male doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want. In fact, as these folks continue to insist on committing illegal activities in the name of "the hood" or "the Raider Nation" or "Oakland," the cops will have their jobs made all that much easier.
Not posting shit about people, but about stupid, usless, polluting behavior.
Squeeling cars around in intersections, creating clouds of smoke, is destructive not recreation.
And to put a "class" spin on it is baiting.
Squeeling cars around in intersections, creating clouds of smoke, is destructive not recreation.
And to put a "class" spin on it is baiting.
"Two other US troops were also seriously injured in Eastern Afghanistan when a bicycle filled with explosives hit a US military checkpost. "
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/article.php?id=850
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/article.php?id=850
Who invented that? Was it the Viet Cong? Or did somebody else do it first?
sideshows eruel
"Who invented that? Was it the Viet Cong? Or did somebody else do it first?"
CIUA duh.
sideshows ahr coooool ehven atto a biek radikl liek me
rok on
blak and workin class fok shetiu -p
rar
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'nm
tottaqtllally there mainnn
fok socukiety
ROWR!
[i8ut's anothewr alieevel
the infetrernal compbutesteion engjijn
rtock on rock hafrd dangrtre is lz life affriiming
FOK EWVRYTHING
lov firtz
"Who invented that? Was it the Viet Cong? Or did somebody else do it first?"
CIUA duh.
sideshows ahr coooool ehven atto a biek radikl liek me
rok on
blak and workin class fok shetiu -p
rar
i
'nm
tottaqtllally there mainnn
fok socukiety
ROWR!
[i8ut's anothewr alieevel
the infetrernal compbutesteion engjijn
rtock on rock hafrd dangrtre is lz life affriiming
FOK EWVRYTHING
lov firtz
>>> In March of this year, a young white girl by the name of Nicole Cecil was killed at a hockey game when she was hit in the temple by a hockey puck. Since her death, we haven’t heard anybody talk about shutting down the National Hockey League.
When it comes to white folks, politicians want to add more safety precautions so that the fun doesn’t turn deadly. When it comes to Black folks, politicians want to shut our sport down and make it illegal.
Why is it that the Monster Trucks could come to the Oakland Coliseum but we can’t use the Oakland Coliseum for a sideshow competition? <<<
The girl killed at the hockey game chose freely to attend that game. The people living in a neighborhood or on a public street aren't choosing to have cars spinning out of control near them.
I agree there should be a place to hold sideshow competitions where those who want to participate/watch can do so without any risk to innocent bystanders.
>>> When it comes to white folks, politicians want to add more safety precautions so that the fun doesn’t turn deadly <<<
Would the sideshow participants accept safety precautions, or would they feel this diminished their sport?
When it comes to white folks, politicians want to add more safety precautions so that the fun doesn’t turn deadly. When it comes to Black folks, politicians want to shut our sport down and make it illegal.
Why is it that the Monster Trucks could come to the Oakland Coliseum but we can’t use the Oakland Coliseum for a sideshow competition? <<<
The girl killed at the hockey game chose freely to attend that game. The people living in a neighborhood or on a public street aren't choosing to have cars spinning out of control near them.
I agree there should be a place to hold sideshow competitions where those who want to participate/watch can do so without any risk to innocent bystanders.
>>> When it comes to white folks, politicians want to add more safety precautions so that the fun doesn’t turn deadly <<<
Would the sideshow participants accept safety precautions, or would they feel this diminished their sport?
I could not agree more: the coliseum or the arena (or even the parking lots) are great places for sideshows and that's where they should happen. Then, everyone there will be there voluntarily, and they can be organized to ensure safety.
On streets lined with the homes and businesses occupied by people who have no interest in sideshows? No way.
On streets lined with the homes and businesses occupied by people who have no interest in sideshows? No way.
its pretty easy for cops to catch bicyclists. why doesnt bent rider want to complain about all the other cars that went to the superbowl? is it because they werent used to defy the police?
You offered the excuse:
>>"Sidin' is the newest street sport to emerge from the East Bay inner city, and already it's against the law.
Sidin' is a semi-spontaneous poor man's car show -- that's it, that's all, no drag racing, no violence. This ain't "The Fast and the Furious" people, it's a rolling show room, and stunt driving exhibition, with a party/club atmosphere. <<<
Poor ?? Have you seen the $5000.00 sound systems ?/ or the megabuck performance improvements to their cars ??
I wonder if the owners home lives are as well endowed..
But, the point that there is sheer boredom among the youth of today is right on the mark. This may sound corny, but I remember my younger years growing up in the east side of san jose. Back in the 60s...we had the San Jose Speedway..the Fremont Dragstrip....
and the freedom to roam the entire east side on our bicycles..from Story and King to Alum Rock park...this was our domain..the kids of today only seem to have video games as an outlet..
I raised a son in this same area..and i was surprised at how little there is to do in this valley for teens. The only options seem to be video arcades and malls. My own upbringing had very little parental supervision...as long as we were home at night, we were free to roam the world..not an option these days..
I tried to take an active roll in my son's life and expose him to many activities that would later hold his interest...from backpacking (which he loathes) to sporting events...he was usually by my side. The moral of this story ?? Don't blame the current climate for not entertaining your children...that is the parents job...My parents were lucky and were able to raise 4 children without much interaction or supervision...but times have changed...If parents spent 1/2 the time with their children as they do caring for their cars, sharpening their (golf,bowling,pool) game...then the incidents of last weekend would not happen.
I know that it is easier to blame the city government for its failing the youth of today..but look around you...Youths are succeeding elsewhere..and with less...the difference ?? Parents that care...
>>"Sidin' is the newest street sport to emerge from the East Bay inner city, and already it's against the law.
Sidin' is a semi-spontaneous poor man's car show -- that's it, that's all, no drag racing, no violence. This ain't "The Fast and the Furious" people, it's a rolling show room, and stunt driving exhibition, with a party/club atmosphere. <<<
Poor ?? Have you seen the $5000.00 sound systems ?/ or the megabuck performance improvements to their cars ??
I wonder if the owners home lives are as well endowed..
But, the point that there is sheer boredom among the youth of today is right on the mark. This may sound corny, but I remember my younger years growing up in the east side of san jose. Back in the 60s...we had the San Jose Speedway..the Fremont Dragstrip....
and the freedom to roam the entire east side on our bicycles..from Story and King to Alum Rock park...this was our domain..the kids of today only seem to have video games as an outlet..
I raised a son in this same area..and i was surprised at how little there is to do in this valley for teens. The only options seem to be video arcades and malls. My own upbringing had very little parental supervision...as long as we were home at night, we were free to roam the world..not an option these days..
I tried to take an active roll in my son's life and expose him to many activities that would later hold his interest...from backpacking (which he loathes) to sporting events...he was usually by my side. The moral of this story ?? Don't blame the current climate for not entertaining your children...that is the parents job...My parents were lucky and were able to raise 4 children without much interaction or supervision...but times have changed...If parents spent 1/2 the time with their children as they do caring for their cars, sharpening their (golf,bowling,pool) game...then the incidents of last weekend would not happen.
I know that it is easier to blame the city government for its failing the youth of today..but look around you...Youths are succeeding elsewhere..and with less...the difference ?? Parents that care...
CHWDP (F>POLICE)
Sideshows are cools.
Oakland police are pigs.
What else needs to be said?
Support the people.
Oakland police are pigs.
What else needs to be said?
Support the people.
get with it !
we are about change, big change. and if you want to be part of this change, you have to give up your toys and work with us for the new society.
Cars are destructive to the earth, mass transit is the way of the future.
in a few short years the global community will out law cars in favor of earth friendly alternatives. we can all start by using mass transit today.
we are about change, big change. and if you want to be part of this change, you have to give up your toys and work with us for the new society.
Cars are destructive to the earth, mass transit is the way of the future.
in a few short years the global community will out law cars in favor of earth friendly alternatives. we can all start by using mass transit today.
the coliseum or the arena (or even the parking lots) are great places for sideshows and that's where they should happen. Then, everyone there will be there voluntarily, and they can be organized to ensure safety.
so oaklander you don't remember the laundry list of problems that the side shows caused in Oakland over the past two years, businesses vandalized, numerous assaults, 1 rape , several assaults with deadly weapons, and one murder. (in Oakland) just kids...hav'en fun....
they just had a murder in san jose that resulted from gang activity, on the strip used by cruzing teens and young adults. who want to race
you must have a very short attention span. this is an accident waiting to happen (pun intended)
so oaklander you don't remember the laundry list of problems that the side shows caused in Oakland over the past two years, businesses vandalized, numerous assaults, 1 rape , several assaults with deadly weapons, and one murder. (in Oakland) just kids...hav'en fun....
they just had a murder in san jose that resulted from gang activity, on the strip used by cruzing teens and young adults. who want to race
you must have a very short attention span. this is an accident waiting to happen (pun intended)
If you think rape only occurs at a fucking sideshow, you need to open your eyes. Rape happens at a fucking country club but I dont see you arguing that those should be shut down. Fight rape, not sideshows.
As for the wingnut hippie who says cars are destructive, your attitude is destructive. Stay in Berkeley for the good of all humanity.
Sideshows are a fun thing to do and we're allowed to congregate in public whether you piglovers like it or not.
Down with OPD rapists. Down with OPD murderers. Up with sideshows.
As for the wingnut hippie who says cars are destructive, your attitude is destructive. Stay in Berkeley for the good of all humanity.
Sideshows are a fun thing to do and we're allowed to congregate in public whether you piglovers like it or not.
Down with OPD rapists. Down with OPD murderers. Up with sideshows.
murderers- up with sideshows.
yes boys and girls
if criminal action is what you want, da-side show is where it's at.
Drugs-go to da-side show
fights-go to da-side show
rape-go to da-side show
rip off a few stores? go to da-side show
want to make new friends who just got out of the slam..go to da-side show
yes boys and girls
if criminal action is what you want, da-side show is where it's at.
Drugs-go to da-side show
fights-go to da-side show
rape-go to da-side show
rip off a few stores? go to da-side show
want to make new friends who just got out of the slam..go to da-side show
side shows pollute the planet
we need to consider the environment in our daily actions. by promoting gasoline engines and cars of any type you are encouraging you youth of Oakland to pollute the air with cancer causing gasses. can't you and your friends help us make a clean world?
we must work to ban cars mass transit it earth friendly and it is fun.
we need to consider the environment in our daily actions. by promoting gasoline engines and cars of any type you are encouraging you youth of Oakland to pollute the air with cancer causing gasses. can't you and your friends help us make a clean world?
we must work to ban cars mass transit it earth friendly and it is fun.
GO BACK TO BERKELEY FREAK!!
no one cares that you want to ban cars
if you want to fight pollution fight capitalism
thats why you have 18-wheelers full of plastic dog shit going across the country every 3 days
fucking learn who the enemy is, and who the enemy isnt
no one cares that you want to ban cars
if you want to fight pollution fight capitalism
thats why you have 18-wheelers full of plastic dog shit going across the country every 3 days
fucking learn who the enemy is, and who the enemy isnt
we need to be globaly responsable, and not be putting around in our little smog belching cars.
we all need to give up our cars to save the planet.
we also need to worry about the soil erosion problem.
did they teach you about that in school?
we only have 3/4 of an inch of top soil left in most farm land states. this will lead to wide spread food shortages in the not too distant future. this is a realy scary thought but there is some thing we can do.
Has anyone shown you how to make a compost heap?
you know almost all household garbage can be used in compost .. this way we can regenerate the top soil we use to grow food.
Easy Compost Recipe
Find a well-draining spot out of direct sunlight. Whether or not you use a compost bin is optional.
Start with a layer of "brown" material, like straw and leaves.
Add a layer of "green" material, like grass clippings.
Alternate layers of "brown" and "green" materials as they are available.
Turn the mixture every three to five days. You may turn it less frequently or not at all, but the compost will take longer to "cook".
Water regularly, making sure to keep the pile fairly moist.
If possible, keep the pile about 3'x 3'x 3'. Smaller piles will still work, but more slowly.
If you have a thermometer available, you can test the temperature of the pile. When it begins to cool, it is time to turn and water the pile.
Do not forget to add animal manure, if at all possible. In order of most to least beneficial, choose rabbit, chicken, sheep, horse, steer, cattle, duck and pig.
add meat, fish, bones, dairy foods, food leftovers, oils; pet feces or kitty litter; news papers, junk mail, sawdust, cardboard or chips from wood;
we all need to give up our cars to save the planet.
we also need to worry about the soil erosion problem.
did they teach you about that in school?
we only have 3/4 of an inch of top soil left in most farm land states. this will lead to wide spread food shortages in the not too distant future. this is a realy scary thought but there is some thing we can do.
Has anyone shown you how to make a compost heap?
you know almost all household garbage can be used in compost .. this way we can regenerate the top soil we use to grow food.
Easy Compost Recipe
Find a well-draining spot out of direct sunlight. Whether or not you use a compost bin is optional.
Start with a layer of "brown" material, like straw and leaves.
Add a layer of "green" material, like grass clippings.
Alternate layers of "brown" and "green" materials as they are available.
Turn the mixture every three to five days. You may turn it less frequently or not at all, but the compost will take longer to "cook".
Water regularly, making sure to keep the pile fairly moist.
If possible, keep the pile about 3'x 3'x 3'. Smaller piles will still work, but more slowly.
If you have a thermometer available, you can test the temperature of the pile. When it begins to cool, it is time to turn and water the pile.
Do not forget to add animal manure, if at all possible. In order of most to least beneficial, choose rabbit, chicken, sheep, horse, steer, cattle, duck and pig.
add meat, fish, bones, dairy foods, food leftovers, oils; pet feces or kitty litter; news papers, junk mail, sawdust, cardboard or chips from wood;
earth1, you cant even fucking spell and you want to tell me what to learn in school???
you dirty, stupid, hippie piece of compost
do the earth a favor and throw yourself off the bay bridge
you dirty, stupid, hippie piece of compost
do the earth a favor and throw yourself off the bay bridge
yes go back to school and learn to behave like a civilized person. you must have skipped that class while you where in reform school. or is this the way all of Oakland behaves.
the fact that when some one tries to help you out of your backwards thinking you throw a hissy fit. like a child in a supermarket.
your ongoing pollution of the planet is not welcomed by the rest of humanity.
earth1 is right, conservation is the way to go. if you are too stupid to see this then may-be reconsidering driving would not be a bad idea.
and a note please try to express your self in some other form than profanity
-anon
the fact that when some one tries to help you out of your backwards thinking you throw a hissy fit. like a child in a supermarket.
your ongoing pollution of the planet is not welcomed by the rest of humanity.
earth1 is right, conservation is the way to go. if you are too stupid to see this then may-be reconsidering driving would not be a bad idea.
and a note please try to express your self in some other form than profanity
-anon
you really have to get over this car thing, it is history.
we have rally that is more fun and serves a political cause it is called Critical Mass. we seek to enlighten drivers that their use of cars is cause of pollution
the car represents evil in western society. and their owners are unthinking and crude. join us in ending the age of the car!
4-WHEELS BAD- 2 WHEELS GOOD
we have rally that is more fun and serves a political cause it is called Critical Mass. we seek to enlighten drivers that their use of cars is cause of pollution
the car represents evil in western society. and their owners are unthinking and crude. join us in ending the age of the car!
4-WHEELS BAD- 2 WHEELS GOOD
all you cycling elitist yuppie wannabe's give bicycling a really bad name. you should be ashamed of yourselves. YES IT IS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT SIDESHOW PARTICIPANTS AGAINST OPD WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING BIKE RIGHTS.
you people take the word "lifestylism" and give it all of its meaning. grow the fuck up.
you people take the word "lifestylism" and give it all of its meaning. grow the fuck up.
aside from this one lone dissenter,
there seems to be little support for the continuation of
oil consuming card clogging our streets. Let alone this vane attempt to glorify these contraptions with a silly paint job and an overabundance of chrome.
this silly undertaking only serves to promote criminal activity. the automobile is a blight on society, and one that should be as vigorously condemned as child pornography
there seems to be little support for the continuation of
oil consuming card clogging our streets. Let alone this vane attempt to glorify these contraptions with a silly paint job and an overabundance of chrome.
this silly undertaking only serves to promote criminal activity. the automobile is a blight on society, and one that should be as vigorously condemned as child pornography
Uhhh, in case you hadn't noticed, cars own the road.
So where do you get off saying that a small minority are for cars? Are you an fucking idiot or just completely insane? And where did you (not) learn to spell?
So where do you get off saying that a small minority are for cars? Are you an fucking idiot or just completely insane? And where did you (not) learn to spell?
if you want to post please try to sit and think of something worthwhile to say before you waist everyone's time with these childish nonsensical
postings.
you need to read The Green Planet
it deals with cars and their effect on the planet.
educate your self on the topic (it is not my job to teach you)
anon
postings.
you need to read The Green Planet
it deals with cars and their effect on the planet.
educate your self on the topic (it is not my job to teach you)
anon
with all the shootings in Oakland, even mentioning anything about side shows is as stupid as it gets. how stupid can these street hoods be to think that anyone would want this s**t back
MAKE SIDESHOWS LEGAL BUT ONLY IN SERTAIN PLACES
the participants of "side-shows" are nothing short of criminals, the behavior known as side show in actuality is a riot in progress they have been the seen of multiple murders and contributed to many more that happened shortly after. those who advocate this activity do so out of self gain. profiteering from the criminal behaviors that are tied to this activity.
drug sales, burglary, vandalism, arson, assault,
rape, and murder are all to be seen at Oakland's side shows
drug sales, burglary, vandalism, arson, assault,
rape, and murder are all to be seen at Oakland's side shows
People everywhere go to concerts and dealing with concerts you still have spend money to make money. If there was away for everyone to enjoy them selfs in one area that should be done. Rape, Drugs , Murders and Robbers happen everywhere not just from Sideshows but to concerts, parking lots going to and from school and work. All we know is that young and older adults to teenagers found themselfs going out and having a good time. The city says they spend $30,000 towing and cleaning up the street from the sideshows well why don't they spend that 30,000 into giving it to the sideshows.Find a place for them to go have them register there cars and make sure the crowd is out harms way. But by that people will stil try to find other ways to have a god time. Finding some place for everyone to go to and enjoy them selfs may not be easy. Instead of sitting around and making excess for what they are doing on a saturday night. I have seen tapes and been out in the crowds and have not seen in anything different then what would happen at a concert. People still sell drugs, they still fight and if not someone before the night is over gets murdered. So where does that leave you back to point A... Trying to start over.
People everywhere go to concerts and dealing with concerts you still have spend money to make money. If there was away for everyone to enjoy them selfs in one area that should be done. Rape, Drugs , Murders and Robbers happen everywhere not just from Sideshows but to concerts, parking lots going to and from school and work. All we know is that young and older adults to teenagers found themselfs going out and having a good time. The city says they spend $30,000 towing and cleaning up the street from the sideshows well why don't they spend that 30,000 into giving it to the sideshows.Find a place for them to go have them register there cars and make sure the crowd is out harms way. But by that people will stil try to find other ways to have a god time. Finding some place for everyone to go to and enjoy them selfs may not be easy. Instead of sitting around and making excess for what they are doing on a saturday night. I have seen tapes and been out in the crowds and have not seen in anything different then what would happen at a concert. People still sell drugs, they still fight and if not someone before the night is over gets murdered. So where does that leave you back to point A... Trying to start over.
well why don't they spend that 30,000 into giving it to the sideshows.Find a place for them to go have them register there cars and make sure the crowd is out harms way.
this will neva work cuz the sideshow group are eather
gangsta's or wanna be's
da whole point of da sideshow is that it is illegal.
to say make it legal is stupid.
this will neva work cuz the sideshow group are eather
gangsta's or wanna be's
da whole point of da sideshow is that it is illegal.
to say make it legal is stupid.
well..let me tell ya' first and foremost....since the people from east oakland are all minorities, then we can't fly out to rio or chile or somn'.....we like to have fun our way,....the east oakland way...sideshows are the east oakland trademark...and you caint say anything untill u've been in one...like baby ray said "it ain't nottin like da town"...
i'm out
i'm out
Teach respect for the earth.
Learn to have fun without shiting in our living, breathing space.
Park your car.
Learn to have fun without shiting in our living, breathing space.
Park your car.
MAKING THE SIDESHOWS WOULDN'T BE STUPID. HELL DRAG RACING WAS ILLEGAL AND WHAT HAPPEN TO THAT, ITS THE MOST REVENUE GENERATED SPORT IN THE BUSINESS. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU SEE AT NASCAR RACES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. FROM YOUNG TO OLD. MAKE THIS A MONEY THING NOT A THUG THANG.
I think that you all are putting way to much on it. The SideShow is a Oakland Tradition. It is what we are know for. I have been going to and participating in the SideShow since I was 14 and I'm 24 now. If this was an event that Rich White Kids were going to it would ben no problem. You talk about doing other things there are no other things to do. Oakland is dead as Fuck with out the Side Show. They have taken everything else away from us this is just the next thing. The Side Show don't kill people. People kill people. So don't blame the Side Show for what one or two Stupid people do. Shit they are going to do it regardless.
good on ya, I agree.
well i think that da sideshows aint that big of a deal, i've gone to em b4 and its all 4 fun. I was born and raced in da town and they aint nothin wrong with the sideshows its betta than going out and killing eachotha! all the police is doing is messing up thangs they should try and help us out instead! the sideshows gonna keep on happenin no matta wut!!!!
innocent bystanders have already been killed. If you want sideshows fine, but let's have a place where you can have them without wiping out everyone's right to get down the street and walk around their damn neighborhood without being killed by a fool going 120 MPH.
There's gotta be a solution where you can get what you want without messing it up for everyone else.
There's gotta be a solution where you can get what you want without messing it up for everyone else.
The sideshow has been around since my mother was a teen going to castlemont and it is here today when im a teenager. Whatever the police do to try to stop it, it still isnt going anywhere because it just what us people in the bay do, its how we get down.I brought my friend in florida to the sideshow and she loved it, when she went back she told everybody that there is no place like the bay we are SuPerHyfee and we Go Dumb!!!! FUCK THE POLICE!!!! DO IT MOVIN BUT DONT GET, BLURPED-----MOVE IT DO IT
This is utter stupidity. And even more stupid trying to put it in the context of a "class analysis." I imagine the person who posted this was the same genius who claimed that the raider nation riot a few months back was an example of "class war". Gimmee an f-in break dudes. And to the punk-ass toy biting my stees, Oakland Resident is my moniker.
is that D-MO ain't the only one living there. If I lived in your neighborhood, number one, I would have a license to carry a gun (for protection only, natch), number two, a big box of tacks. It would save a lot of innocent people getting killed by your selfish form of entertainment.
Impound all their cars until they can behave like adults.
Impound all their cars until they can behave like adults.
"the sideshows gonna keep on happenin no matta wut!!!!"
Yeah, sure. Just like cruisin' Lake Merritt. Cops didn't crack down on that either...
Face it, ya'all need to go back to school, learn to read and write and stop the NONSENSE!
Yeah, sure. Just like cruisin' Lake Merritt. Cops didn't crack down on that either...
Face it, ya'all need to go back to school, learn to read and write and stop the NONSENSE!
skyrocketing gas prices will put an end to amusment by burning tires and gas.
http://peakoil.blogspot.com/
Plus most of the "class" prone to such activity will be conscripted to fight in the long oil war.
http://peakoil.blogspot.com/
Plus most of the "class" prone to such activity will be conscripted to fight in the long oil war.
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