Some Lakers fans went a little bonkers last night in the Eastside as they celebrated a victory over the Orlando Magic in the NBA Finals. This video shows them at the intersection of Atlantic Ave. & Whittier Blvd. where they proceeded to physically rock vehicles stopped at the intersection in their frenzy. No major damage was reported, but they did manage to scare the shit out of some poor viejitas who were cruising by. I interviewed a distraught “La Tia Concha” at the scene who had her churro wagon overturned; “These Vatos were crazy, homes!“, she added, “They were rocking all of these vehicles back and forth! I thought it was LA Migra trying to shake any illegals out of the cars!” Some local news reports announced: “These Lakers fans can’t count! the team has only won 3 games!” But I believe that this is just another case of typical L.A. sports fans who want to get their rioting done early and beat the traffic.
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Al watching the shitty calls the refs were putting on the Lakers and listening to the one sided pro Magic commentators made me bonkers too. I stomped around the chante yelling and cussing until my ruca got mad and told me to shut up.
But then salvation and relief when my main man Fish stole the show and broke all those Magic fuckers hearts.
I went bonkers again yelling and cheering and this time the esposa was cheering with me.
Wait till Sunday when I’ll be at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl I hope the Lakers wrap it up during that phony ass Kenny G’s hourlong set and everyone will be yelling and high fivin.
Can’t wait!
Ugh, Lakers. Without Fisher, Kobe has zero championships without Shaq. Yes, never mind his 30 points a game.
Alright, done hating on the Lakers. Kings have Paul Westphal, now. We could be back to claiming our runner up status in the Western Conference.
Enjoy the celebration, Sunday. Those of you hitting Whittier make sure your shocks are good.
and this was considering that sheriff deputies blocked off access on most of the intersections between atlantic and the 710 last night. people still found a way to get on the blvd. last night was mild… only a trickle of traffic of previous winning game nights. usually you see massive traffic just flock to this part of the blvd to celebrate a win.
the fans come out after local teams win games in finals and even semi-finals of their respective sports. lakers, dodgers, and la seleccion mexicana.
it’s usually a honk fest for hours after games end. last year they were trying to rock an mta bus!
Wow! what a diff from last night in Silver Lake. All I saw was few Laker hating transplants sitting at sidewalk cafe’s eating gelato who couldn’t care less about our boys! (I heard them talking!)
Rob, watch what you say about the Lakers there! 😉 Don’t make me get started on those Sacramento Queens! 🙂
I’ve been saying RIOT since the it all started. One way or another there is going to be a RIOT like a few years back. Anybody got a light ?
AlDesmadre, heck, don’t let me get started on the Sacramento Kings (as disgruntled as I am, I could never concede to the “queen” label). They may be the Las Vegas Kings in a few years, oh, make that Las Vegas Queens! Fuck ’em then. But for now, we’ve got Paul Westphal! Anyone? Paul Westphal? Post season experience! You’ll be seeing those cowbells in late May again! Well, probably not.
umm yeah, when college students ‘let off steam’ by dancing, drinking, fornicating and vomiting in the street the city sometimes shuts the street down and provides security for them to have their fun.
The media just says, ‘look at those wacky kids.’
when Raza in ELA with no alcohol, no injuries, and no damages jump around in the street, its a riot where police charge juveniles with felonies and the media makes them seem like a public enemy.
When they all stopped rocking the car and ran away I started laughing. Is that the wrong reaction to have?
Rob,
I hope Westphal works out well for the Kings, I read reports that Sacramento tried to hire Kurt Rambis for the coaching job but he turned them down. Rambis will probably take over coaching the Lakers when Phil Jackson leaves.
I’m not looking forward to those stupid cowbells in SAC, but here’s hoping the Kings don’t wind up with the worst record in the league again with their 17th round draft pick. Speaking of which, I hate to see that poor sod #1 draft pick
Blake Griffen going to that quagmire called the Clippers.
California could use another Kings vs. Lakers playoff series, especially in these times. Those cowbells were really to mock what LA thinks of us. Sacramento is sprawling suburbs. Think Orange County, but not as conservative. I used to love that blimp view that showed ARCO sitting out in the middle of an empty field. LOL. That area’s developed, now, too. All houses and apartments around ARCO.
I got so m=pissed at the first half I stopped watching and took some fresh veggies from the jardin to my abuelita. She lives right by Whittier/Atlantic and I happened to be leaving when the turnaround occurred at the very end. I was sitting in my car when Fisher hit the tying 3 pointer, and you heard Eastlos GO OFF! People literally began shooting fireworks (and other things) after the pinche 3 pointer, nonetheless the game wasnt won yet. By the time I got to my moms to catch the end the eastlos skyline was ablaze with fireworks and you could hear people cheering all over, it was about a 3 minute drive.
I too wondered why the PD had to shut it down so quickly if there was no violence, but then I heard some folks started fighting or throwing rocks. Fucken punks alway gotta ruin the fun. I was literally at ground zero of the last Laker riot a few years back (saw the first damage being done) and thought it was a real deal 1992 repeat so I got out of there real fast.
LAKERS SUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KOBE IS A DIRTY PLAYER
Congratulations, Laker fans. I got out of LA just on time. In Sacramento we’re now thinking of a comeback to replace, “Yeh, well, let’s see Kobe win one without Shaq”.
i wonder why all those who talk shit on the lakers even bother posting.
First of all i doubt any one gives a damn about ur opinion.
Secondly, Kobe is the Finals MVP and Lakers are Champions. End of conversation, if they “suck” what does that say about every other player and team.
I will speak of the big elephant in the room, this unruly behavior makes us eastsider’s look bad. I am from the eastside and don’t want to be thought of as an idiot who thinks shaking cars and scaring the people inside is cool and fun, that going into gas stations and stealing and breaking things is cool and fun. It saddens me to see young kids there, imitating their parents or older siblings. This truly does not represent the eastside, but unfortunately this is how we show ourselves in the news.
the discussion did get off topic.
i do agree the some of the activities did get out of line.
Though dont think it helps out that the media was sort of camping out in East Los Angeles expecting people to break into rioting and what not. a couple channels, specifically, channel 9 anchors kept alluding and asking charged question to their reports on site. “how was the crowd behaving and if the thing were getting bad(paraphrased).” I thought it was unsettling and only worsened the situation that was not as bad, by comparison to downtown LA.
Cuca, I don’t think the need to be “cool” has a lot to do with the behavior you speak of. I think of someone trying to be cool, I think of a kid checking his hair in a mirror and nervous about some girl sitting next to him. I believe acting out in dangerous and violent ways is something entirely different. In fact, most who act this way don’t care how cool or uncool anyone thinks they are…and this, ironically, is what makes them “cool” to their peers. In their own mind, they’re angry about life in general, and taking it out on anyone and everyone. To their peers, they’re outgoing and rebellious.
As far as the East Side getting a bad reputation from the wild celebrations, that’s the fault of the media. They could easily show the peaceful celebrations at any bar or restaurant on the East Side to contrast the wild behavior that took place on Whittier, but they choose not to. They just show the yuppies having a peaceful, good time in the gentrified areas of Echo Park, then show the madness at places in downtown near the arena, and the East Side, in neighborhoods where they know there are a lot of gang members who’ll use the city wide celebration as an excuse to go out and kick up dust. Just like with everything else, the media is only showing one element of society in the East Side, instead of representing the majority of the East Side, who celebrated the championship without breaking anything or intimidating anyone.
I should have been a few blocks down, selling shock absorbers, and motion sickness pills!!
RobThomas, your points are well taken, but the truth of the matter is that we gave them something to film. Yes the majority of us celebrated at home, a bar, with friends, but those that gave the media the fuel to continue to project us in a negative manner are to fault and are oportunistic thugs. The Eastside was proud during the Rodney King riots to not have been involved in such behavior, it showed Eastside pride in the people and the city, unfortunately last night oportunist came out to destroy the city.
The showing of the “gentrified” people of Echo Park I could care less about, its about us behaving with a mob mentality and doing as we please. It you dont give the media anything to talk about, it makes it harder for them to continue to portray us in such a bad light.
Cuca, who is “we”? Were you out there shaking cars and burning trash cans? Why are you allowing yourself to be lumped in with out of control adolescents? You’re doing the media’s job. The media’s saying, “Well, here’s East LA for ya”. And you’re saying, “Yep, that’s us”, even though you’re celebrating responsibly and not hurting anyone. Why do you want me to lump you in with young mobs and gang members? I won’t do it. Sorry. I know you’re better than them, no matter what you, or the media, want me to think. I refuse to hold an entire neighborhood accountable for the behavior of a few.
Also, I don’t get your point on the Rodney King riots. We’re talking about a basketball game, not police being acquitted despite being video taped brutalizing a citizen. Yes, while any public celebration will draw violent people, the Rodney King riots drew people that were not violent, as well. People who were just fed up with police harassment and couldn’t take it anymore. The police insisted it was just the gang members, but numerous documentaries on the Rodney King riots revealed otherwise. The Rodney King riots had a political undertone. The Laker celebration was just a celebration that got out of control.
Cuca,
I’m with you on the “Rodney King” point. While Los Angeles was burning and people where looting. I remember Veteranos on the cornor of Soto and Brooklyn (Cesar Chaves) passing out flyers that read. “This is your neighborhood respect it, Don’t burn or Loot. We are not like them in South Central.”
While I disagree with the racial tone of the last statement on the flyer. Those efforts helped keep the Eastside burnt and loot, free.
Pinches culeros, those who do not respect, “El Derecho Ajeno.”
Rob, although I was not “celebrating” with the mob, and they definitely do not represent the Eastside, who was there? Brown people who look like me, who live in the Eastside like me, who have Mexican parents who came here to provide a better life for their families like me (I know there were Mexican because they were waving the Mexican flag for a Laker championship????).
How many times do you watch the news hoping that the next serial killer, man who kills his wife or pedofile is not Latino? You just don’t want someone like you being the one doing these types of things out there.
Whatever the reason crowds get together, a teams victory, a history of police injustice, it kind of doesn’t matter the reason why, because people who are in a crowd act differently from those who are thinking individually. The minds of a group merge to form a way of thinking, and Thursday night and last night, there wasn’t much thinking going on. They say that when you become part of a group even if you started as a spectator, each person’s enthusiasm is increased, and one becomes less aware of the true nature of one’s actions. What does a Laker victory have to do with looting and the shaking of cars?
The city spent a lot of money keeping extra cops on the clock to prepare for this, that’s a waste of the city’s money that barely has enough to survive on.
I disagree it was just a “celebration” I was never taught to “celebrate” like that.
So, Caxcan, assuming by “veteranos” you mean older gang members, are you saying that the only reason people like Cuca Rucha didn’t participate in the Rodney King riots is because gang members didn’t allow them to? That wouldn’t speak highly of East LA’s residents. It suggests they’re under the control of street gangs. I can’t speak for anyone from East LA and South Central, I can only go by what they have told me. And that is that in South Central there was an escalating anger toward the Korean store owners. A lot of it had to do with the girl getting shot. Some of it was political, the idea that Koreans were moving to America to take advantage of the alcoholism and poor eating habits of South LA’s poor residents, many of them not living near grocery stores and not having cars, making the corner liquor store pretty much their only store of choice. No fresh produce, overpriced canned goods. The destruction in South Central wasn’t really a destruction of the black community, because black people owned next to nothing (there were a few exceptions, obviously). It was an attack on the Korean business owners, for the most part. Just a question, because I really don’t Know. How many of the business establishments in Boyle Heights and East LA in 1992 were Mexican American owned? I’m betting you a much higher percentage than the number of South Central businesses owned by blacks. So, hence, had East Side residents destroyed their business districts, they would have in fact been destroying their own community. Feel free to correct me if the majority of businesses on the East Side were Korean or white owned, like South Central.
Back to the “veteranos” handing out fliers. Does anyone have one of those fliers? Surely there has to be one out there somewhere, that someone hung on to for historical reasons. Because it’s hard to believe, with all due respect. I also don’t believe any fliers said “We are not like them”. Hey, if anyone has one of these fliers, my mouth is shut. But until I see one, I find it hard to believe.
Cuca, the point I’m making is that if the media gave an accurate portrayal of the East Side, you wouldn’t have to be concerned with your image being damaged by the behavior of a few. It seems to me that you accept the media showing only the worst of East LA, but do not accept the behavior of a few crazy kids. Why not condemn both? That’s all I’m doing. You’ve never seen me sympathize with their behavior. Having 30 people run up to your car and shake it back and forth would scare the shit out of most people. It could give someone a heart attack. It’s not “cool”, as you’ve said before. I agree. But equally as uncool is the media shunning similar behavior in nicer areas, while also shunning any stories or footage of East Siders celebrating in a harmless, respectful manner, in which the majority were. The vast majority. Like 99%.
RobThomas, the Korean store owners stood on top of the roofs of their stores with their rifles protecting their own stores. For most of the riots, there was little police and fire protection available. Many Koreans were left to defend their property on their own as 911 calls went unanswered. It is well documented that the police did little to protect the businesses that were being looted and instead focused on securing predominantly white upper middle class neighborhoods nearby.
The Korean businesses that are open continue to be vulnerable to high rates of crime, violence, and interethnic tension. The Korean businesses are the few supermarkets that venture to open up in that area, big supermarkets have refused to open stores there because of the high crime, it is because of them that there are at least mini supermarkets there. Many promises were made by politicians to invest in South Central LA, these have never come to pass.
Whoever the veteranos are if they can stop destruction of their city, more power to them. Rob the reason I didn’t participate in the riots is because I was taught better then that.
Rob you said the media shunned similar behavior in “nicer” areas, what other area was shaking cars and looting gas stations?
Since when has the media ever needed an excuse to make Raza look bad?
A better question is have they ever shown us doing any of the good that we do?
The media n the cops wanted this just like they helped fuel the Zoot Suit riots.
Rob,
1. Very large assumption, “don’t allow them to.” Funny.
2. “They”, Who are they? 2nd hand source.
3. You are asking the obvious, Mr. Socrates.
4. Those flyers would be cool to see in a museum.
C/S
P-3000, you state the media and the cops wanted this, so we decided to give them the ammunition by going out there and destroyed things? We need to stop blaming the cops and the media for the stupid things raza does, what they did was stupid and they weren’t made to do it by the media or the cops.
Caxcan, are you admitting those fliers never existed? If so, you had me going for about 2 seconds. I’m no gang expert, but I just can not picture veteranos walking around passing out fliers. That’s activist stuff. You’d have to think the veteranos would have a more hands on means of getting their message across, considering most of them really gave a shit rather or not people rioted.
Cuca, you got me on the behavior in other areas. I’ve personally lost count of how many times I’ve seen crowds get outright crude in middle class areas, with some serious property damage, and there wasn’t a word of it on the news. I don’t know of any for certain in LA last night.
I don’t understand your point on the Korean business owners. I only brought them up to make the point that South Central residents were very upset with them during the time of the riots. I was wondering if East LA had as much Korean ownership, with as much hostility between the Korean business owners and the East Los Angeles community (shooting a girl for stealing a candy bar…). I know today a lot, if not most, Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles businesses are Latino owned. I had no intentions of debating you on rather or not the Korean business owners had the right to defend their businesses. But your take on it was well put, nonetheless.
Also, you say that the people getting carried away with the celebration are making East LA look bad, but you’re ok with the idea that “veteranos”, who, if I’m not mistaken, are high ranking gang members, are needed to police the community at large? “More power to them”, is what you said. How much control should gang members have over their neighborhoods? You said you were brought up to not participate in civil disturbances, so it’s surprising to see you so open to the idea of criminals being more or less deputized to keep you and other citizens under control.
Rob,
?…Not worthy of a response. No logic in your argument.
Veteranos are older, they know better than the younglings. I’m glad you are learning something about the culture and history of The Eastside.
Rob,
Did you hear the one about the looters who stoled tires from the Sears Tire Shop in Boyle Heights and returned them after some local cholos told them to.
Learning about the culture of the East Side? Yes, from this blog’s authors and many of the commenters who are honest, but not people like you who make up ridiculous stories to support their point of view.
LOL!!
Rob,
You’re a fool! You don’t even know me or my neighborhood.
You are nothing but sod. You need a few more years so that your roots can ancor in The Eastside soil. That is of course if your transplant isn’t rejected. -Then you might turn yellow and return to Sacramento.
Ha, Ha, Ha… Have a good life. Pinche culero.
No more from me in this thread.
Caxcan
Veteranos tend to become born again Christians and it wouldn’t surprise me if they were making peace in the city and handing out flyers to join their church. No we are not going to put these flyers in the Smithsonian and who saves flyers anyways. If the veteranos caused peace in the city I have no problem with that, I have a problem if they cause mayhem. Veteranos tend to be “retired”.
Rob, I dont believe you have the right to call Caxcan a liar if you did not walk every street on the Eastside during the Rodney King riots to see that this did not truly happen.
My point is this, stupid behavior makes us as a community look bad, even if I had no part in it. I work in a large building and that was the talk of the day. I listen to sports talk radio and that was the opening topic almost every hour, learn to celebrate “como la gente”.
“We are not like them in South Central.â€
I don’t believe that flyers went around like that and if they did I can’t believe someone would paint this as a good thing. I can’t see activists, the type who would spend time making up a flyer passing out some divisive bs such as that.
Though you know I do hear the “we’re not like south central” alot. In fact I’ve read it in the comment section of this blog at times. I am always confused, because not being from either area I would assume that both sections of towns would respect the other section of town’s struggle and I don’t really see a difference in the areas. I see a difference in the cultural slant, but in regards to police enforcement, crime, gangs, etc, the exaggeration by the press to paint whole areas of the eastside or south central in this certain way when there are really just pockets of concentrated crime, I see the similiarities in that.
Browne
rob is a white boy from sacremento who likes to study mexicans(film student) and thinks he is a expert on the subhject.just ask him he knows it all.
Cuca, so then you’re talking about former gang members. As far as I know “veteranos” are gang members. If not, correct me. BTW, I still don’t believe that former gang members were giving out fliers insinuating that Chicanos are better than blacks. That mentality is not indicative of someone who’s put the gang life behind them. Victory Outreach types spreading racist propaganda against blacks? Wrong. Try again.
As far as Caxcan goes, all I wanted was a little more back story on these fliers he talked about. He’s been ducking the question and hurling insults toward me ever since. He lied about the fliers. It’s obvious. I don’t care if he’s from the East Side, he’s still a liar and his representation of the East Side is not what I’m seeing from the authors and most of the commenters here. That’s obvious for anyone to see, no matter what their race or where they’re from.
Oh and I would like to add actions by people in your community don’t make you or your community look bad, people are going to think what they are going to think regardless how “good” you act. Racism isn’t logical, it’s not reasonable, its not there because people don’t act right, it is there to oppress people.
I like to use Montebello as an example, it’s pretty middle class it’s pretty nice, but in general people who are outside the sphere of poc world think it’s a ghetto and why is that? Same thing with Inglewood, I was surprised, because there are several really cool section of Inglewood with art galleries and vegan food and totally nice, but it’s a ghetto to people outside the poc sphere why is that?
And unless you can come up with jobs that people can raise a family on you’re always going to have some challenges with certain people. People don’t break the law or riot (I should say they don’t do non sports related rioting, because they riot everywhere during sporting events, I think it’s a guy thing…is that sexist…lol…) if they have a job with a pension and babies with a future at home, in general people with futures just don’t tear up stuff. This act positive, care about the community, jesus, morality, family values, none of that will do anything without jobs, real jobs.
There is some joke you want to stop revolutions or riots (depending on your pespective) you give everyone a job at the post office…lol….
I don’t really know if this is a good or bad thing, but in general jobs stop “lawlessness” much better than jesus and family values.
Browne
Well, Browne, a lot of people on the right tell us out of one side of their mouth that only the nuclear family prevents kids from becoming criminals, but when you bring up the many examples of criminals coming from two parent homes, they then come up with theories like the “warrior gene”. They’ll come up with any theory they can cook up before bringing the economy to the table.
Only because you called me out, Rob.
No one is ducking your questions.
Let me give you an example of your stupid logic.
[Hey Rob, Why did you leave Sacramento? Are you a Sex Offender? Prove it. Come on Rob, prove you are not a sex offender. That is what I tought, you can not prove it, so you must be a sex offender.]
Do you understand that your line of questioning is flawed and full of assumptions.
Your reasoning is stupid. There is not point in arguing with you.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DEBATE WITH ME: Prerequisite- Philosophy 101. Logic and practice
Until then, ya no chinges!
Caxcan
I heard about that in New Zealand about the Maori people. I just couldn’t believe that the warrior gene was viewed as the real problem with the gangs and the violence within the Maori community in New Zealand not the fact that their country was taken over and their people were systematically oppressed and currently have three times the unemployment rate and less earning power than people of European heritage in New Zealand. I can’t believe that warrior gene thing even went to press as something relevant. It’s amazing the bs people can get away with. It’s amazing what the gov’t will do so they can pretend as if the having a job with a livable wage thing doesn’t matter.
Yeah when you have scientists actually plotting against you in your own country a “positive” attitude and “behaving” is not really going work. People will pretty much do anything to avoid responsibility for the crimes that they do and the funny thing is the people who create the warrior gene and the nuclear family theories they are always talking about personal responsibility, but they don’t want to take responsibility for anything that they have done.
Browne
What I want to know Caxcan is if these flyers did exist do you think they were good or bad?
That’s what I would like to know.
Browne
I disagree with the racist message. I stated it on my first comment.
The purpose of those flyers where to prevent looting and distruction in The Eastside.
While I would have omitted the racial message. Overall, I agree with the flyers.
In politics during a crisis sometimes you sacrafice the Pond to save the Queen.
Caxcan, how far are you going to reach to explain your lie about the fliers? And no, I’m not a sex offender, thank you. And that has to be the dumbest analogy ever offered to explain why you’re ducking a question. You claimed the fliers existed. All I wanted was a little back story on them. What gang passed them out? You said they were “veteranos”, so surely you know what gang. Did they give you one? Is there one still in existence? You mocked the idea of someone holding on to them for historical reasons. I was being sarcastic anyway, to mock your ridiculous claim that they existed to begin with.
Also, Caxcan and/or Cuca Racha, neither of you have answered my question as to how much business in the East Side was Latino owned in 1992. Most business in South Central was Korean owned, and there was a great deal of animosity between the Korean stores and the citizens of South Central. I asked you guys if such animosity existed on the East Side then, too, and to the same degree as it existed in South Central. You guys are ducking that question, too. Which isn’t surprising at this point. If most businesses were Latino owned on the East Side in ’92, then it makes all the sense in the world that East Siders didn’t have as much motivation to riot as the residents in South Central did. The riots were not just about the police, it was also about the Korean/black animosity in South Central, as well. So if no such animosity existed between Koreans and Latinos on the East Side, then that would probably explain the lack of rioting more your delusional theory of cholos putting the word on the streets to stay cool…
Rob, I do not work for the LA County Registrar Recorder, I cannot tell you what the percentage of Latino owned businesses are on the Eastside. I honestly do not think that because they were Latino owned they did not get looted, I think that in that instance the Eastside held the peace, for whatever reason. I doubt if the thugs who looted the gas station asked who owned it before they destroyed it on Sunday. Please, thugs do not have any moral conscience. The people who destroyed stores in South Central during the Rodney King riots were just opportunist, if you think they hit no Black or Latino owned businesses you are wrong, I am sure if you did a little researching you would find that plenty of those businesses were affected. Was there anger towards the Korean owned businesses, yes, but EVERYONE suffered after all the damage was done.
I’m late to this, but I knew the conversation would still be going. I was appalled but not surprised that the media was obsessing over the “will they riot, or won’t they?” question this past weekend. When a couple of pendejos did go nuts, the Know Nothing nation had their beliefs validated (Jon and Ken devoted TWO segments to this). But the grand total of arrests was about 25; when the Steelers won the Super Bowl earlier this year, police arrested more than 80—and I doubt any of them were Mexis. Yet when Lakers or Dodgers fans go nuts, it’s explained as being part of the savage Mexican nature…
Cuca Racha, I never asked you for an exact number. You’re from the East Side, so you claim. Give us your ball park figure. On the East Side in 1992, do you remember most of the stores being owned by Koreans, or any ethnicity other than Latinos, who mistreated Latino patrons, even shooting a girl for stealing a candy bar? You don’t need the county registrar to answer that. You’re from the East Side, remember? You should just be able to give a simple answer, right from the hip.
Gustavo, if it’s really you, I love your column. Planning on getting your book, too. BTW, don’t forget about someone actually getting killed when Patriots fans celebrated their SB victory in New England in ’04. That story disappeared faster than it was reported.
yeah cuca racha, rob thomas knows what eastsiders should know from living in sac. the guy knows all about mexicans in the eastside from being white in sacremento.the internet taught him he has no real life experience.
RobThomas, why do you call everyone a liar? Do you need to know my home address to believe I live on the Eastside? I was born and raised, and now have my own home there.
A great majority of businesses on the Eastside are Latino owned, big deal, that’s not the reason why they weren’t looted. I am sure that some of the Latinos in South Central looted Latino owned stores there, they have NO moral conscience, you give them too much credit.
You are riding the Korean thing thin, 1 girl gets shot, 1 Korean woman does something she shouldn\’t have, and we need to hate the whole Korean community???
My comment was addressing the mayhem caused by the idiots on Thursday and Sunday, it reflected badly on us as a community. I found the behavior unnecessary.
Don’t accuse someone of being a liar unless you know that they are. I have not forgotten that I am from the Eastside.