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If so, an SFist source, who saw what happened and asked to remain anonymous, writes in to tell us:
Walking last night around 10:30 near Capp & 22nd I saw some guys kicking the shit out some cars, breaking the side view mirrors off and denting them and basically just attacking them. I followed them from a safe distance while they continued down Capp past 23rd kicking the shit out of every car along the block, sometimes pausing to really lay into them. I was on the phone to 911 the whole time so the cops caught them. They came pretty fast. This was probably unrelated to Greece. The culprits were two very hammered dudes who probably just stumbled out of the El Trebol bar on the corner, though I didn't seem them leave that bar.They broke the side view mirrors off of 5 cars just on the blocks between 22nd and 24th. They dented and scratched about a dozen others. Some pretty badly.
Of course I got screamed at by anti-cop people because I called the cops. [Note: Your typical, privileged USC/Stanford/East Coast college grad cum failed novelist turned bad tech writer cum pseudo-liberal turned Mission resident will do this. Please use caution when you smell their self-righteous tofu farts nearby. -- SFist] I know a lot of my neighbors in the Mission want to give these guys their rights to do whatever they want. I know many who think we need to ban the cops. I know many others think it's the car owner's fault for having a car in the first place. But it just sucks to think about all the people who have to wake up today and pay big money to fix their old cars now so they can make it to work or home for the Holidays.
While we might turn our heads the other way at the occasional keying of an evil ex's car -- what?! -- we cannot condone this kind of behavior. Anybody else catch what went down last night in the Mission?
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I remember a large crowd of folks chanting "shame on you" to a few cops who broke up a knife fight. People should be allowed to stab other people, in public, at will! And, of course, destroy other peoples' cars when they get drunk.
What the hell is wrong with people?
I would have done the same thing in that situation. And if someone gave me shit for calling the cops, I would have mugged their asses.
"Your typical privileged USC/Standford/East Coast college grad cum failed novelist turned bad tech writer cum psuedo-liberal turned Mission resident will do this. Please use caution when you smell their self-righteous tofu farts nearby"
I'm going to spend my Christmas vacation endlessly rewriting this. The variations are limitless. I'll have the full list done by the 5th.
BTW, nice picture of a Ford Sierra Saphire. I used to have one of those.
ugh my car is on 22nd and Capp right now and I didn't even check it this morning on my way to BART. :(
Damaging people's property does nothing to advance housing rights or defeat gentrification. If someone fucked with my bike ( I don't own a car) does that mean I should NOT hold them accountable in order to defeat the gentrification of the Mission? Non.
Furthermore, given that the Mission is primarily Hispanic, how do the reflexively anti police people know that those cars belonged to rich white folk? those guys were as likely kicking the cars of long-time, Hispanic Mission dwellers as anyone else....that's classifiable as community on community violence, something that should be of concern to any community-minded progressive.
@fizzandpop: TOTALLY. THe moment I read that was lighting a lighter for Brock because that line rocked so much!
i don't own a car
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Wth is wrong with people?? I would have called the cops as well.
Not sure how the East Coast got thrown in -- the vast majority of ppl back East have less than 0 tolerance for morons.
"This was probably unrelated to Greece" - I had the undeniable pleasure of being in the Westfield when the chaos erupted there on Saturday. Not amusing shuffling my 7 month pregnant wife out of Bloomingdales as fast as possible.
Is it ok to shoot to kill when people are kicking the crap out of your car?
no, it is not.
Laws against crime are just tools for the man to keep us down and the landlord to raise our rents. Stupid laws, always getting in the way of the basic natural right to have your shit get fucked with.
I for sure would have called the cops immediately!
I don't care if people are drunk and having a good time, being loud etc, I'm tolerant b/c I've certainly had a good time drunkenly as well. However, damaging other people property is by no mean acceptable. I'm amazed that anyone would be against calling the cops in a situation like this...
Not only would someone from the EC call the cops immediately, someone else would step in and kick the asses of all the losers practicing random acts of violence towards other peoples property.
This kind of lame Fauxleteriat BS 100% doesnt fly on the east coast
Huh, 16 comments in and no douchebags from 12ozProphet chiming in to let us know that we shouldn't support "rats"? I guess they just aren't awake at this hour.
stop snitchin'
"Please use caution when you smell their self-righteous tofu farts nearby."
Brock! Yes!...YYYyyyyyeeeSSSS!
No arrests have been...........wait, what?!?
There's got to be a Hitler/Nazi analogy in here somewhere...
I for one am glad he called police. If you park a car on Capp street you already live a fairly rough life without some drunken idiots trashing your car.
Ah...Capp Street, home of public drug use, defecation, urination and prostitution. And now, car smashing.
What can't Capp Street provide?
I love "we need to ban cops" people. I mean seriously, it's like wearing a sandwich board that screams "I AM A COMPLETE FUCKING RETARD. EITHER I BURNED A WHOLE IN MY BRAIN WITH CHEAP DRUGS, WAS A COMPLETE IDIOT TO BEGIN WITH, OR I'M ACTUALLY QUITE SMART BUT I'M SO OBSESSIVE THAT THE ONLY WAY I CAN COPE WITH THE WORLD AND RELATE TO OTHERS IS BY PRETENDING TO BE AN IDIOT."
I remember this computer game called "Final Fight" when I was a kid. One of the tasks was to total a luxury car in a given time using bars or kicks. It was super fun.
Computer games and alcohol are the evil not retards.
I say we send the anti-cop libertarian psychos off to their own island so they can kill each other, Lord of the Flies style.
@craeg -- Totally. East Coasters don't put up with this type of BS at all and prob would give a beat down to anyone attempting it.
East coasters can suck it, go back.
@Alfisti: Oh man! I loved that part of the game. You could wail!!! Bam, smash.
I think you are on to something here. These Capp Street Smashers were obviously influenced by violent computer games...and Teletubbies. Right people?
In the "Old Days" people knew how to behave themselves - the penalties for misbehavior were much, much higher.