What Have Protesters Done to Oakland's Beloved Whole Foods?

[dkf]

A handful of anarchists besieged an Oakland Whole Foods a few minutes ago, after false rumors circulated that managers had threatened employees with termination if they participated in today's Occupy Oakland general strike. Whole Foods hasn't seen such strife since the Great Kombucha Shortage of 2010!
One window was broken and a giant "STRIKE" spray-painted across others, as Bay Area shoppers who were happily browsing locally-sourced, organic produce were trapped by members of a locally-sourced, organic protest. The East Bay Express was on the scene, tweeting:

approx. 75 Whole Foods shoppers have been barricaded inside by protesters. a few are throwing rocks. one window broken… Protesters were hurling rocks and chairs at windows. Shoppers were held inside, away from glass; eventually let out thru back.

The Oakland Tribune reports that other demonstrators prevented the troublemakers from getting out of hand and carrying out armfuls of that overpriced puffin cereal: "Other demonstrators who had marched to Whole Foods enveloped the agitators, forcing them to stop. Fist-fights broke out. No one went inside; the store closed before the crowd arrived."

http://m.gawker.com/5855846/what-have-protesters-done-to-oaklands-beloved-whole-foods

[XemaSab]

1. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU

[dkf]

4. Lol that was hilarious!

Love it.

[graywarrior]

14. Hahahahaha! That is so awesome!

[Enrique]

17. best rhyme ever!

You the most annoying dude I ever seen, brah
Could you please move? You're right in front of the quinoa

:rofl:

[Aerows]

28. I liked

"I'm in electric mode, can't even hear the engine running."

[Aerows]

18. OMG I nearly fell out of my chair laughing

That was AWESOME!!!!

It's gettin' real in the Whole Foods parking lot LMAO.

[redqueen]

21. LOL

Nice :)

[Aerows]

27. I swear, anytime someone brings up Whole Foods

I'm going to have to link that. I needed a good laugh and that gave me one :D

[MADem]

2. If this is an accurate report, it is concerning and the "anarchists" are the problem.

They are the ones who did the vandalism in Boston, too. Gotta wonder who they are and what their agenda is?

I say prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. That kind of shit is not helpful.

[dkf]

7. Found this on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWm2ZJbATHc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I am seriously not cut out to be a protestor. This scares the bejeebers out of me.

[MADem]

8. The little shitbirds in the black hoodies need to have their asses handed to them.

I admire the rest of the people who are there, who aren't putting up with their childish, destructive crap.

That's not the way to get "attention" for your cause. It's the way to paint the entire effort as an immature destruct-a-thon.

[redqueen]

23. +1 to this and your earlier post as well.

This kind of idiocy solves nothing, it makes things worse.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

33. Classic Black Blok bullshit --

They were at Occupy SF the night the cops were supposed to raid. They were hunkered down by my end of the plaza. At 4:30am when SFPD officially called the raid off, the handful that were there very upset and yelled, "Charge the cops!" Those little twits show up at EVERY protest/march here with the sole purpose of dancing with the cops. They care nothing about OWS and only seek to disrupt.

[MADem]

35. They need to be encircled, challenged, and unmasked--and FILMED.

With good cameras, not this crappy-no-pixel stuff. Then those pics need to go up on the net.

Force them to show ID, or chase them from the encampment. They're trouble.

Hell, call the cops and accuse them of stealing, or plant some ritalin on 'em and say they were trying to sell it--anything to get them gone.

[Aerows]

29. Classic agent provocateur behavior

My GOD, even wearing a mask so you can't see his face. Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1-WTc1kow

That's a provocateur modus operandi. They cover their faces in case someone recognizes them as agitators.

I can't believe people in OWS didn't recognize this technique.

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[MADem]

34. OWS people need to sidle up to these assholes and PULL OFF THOSE MASKS.

While a few dozen friends film them so doing--these jerks need to be surrounded and CHALLENGED.

They're going to have to be proactive, the peaceful OWS protesters, or they will be wrongfully accused and blamed.

[KamaAina]

3. There is only one Whole Foods in Oakland

and it is at least a mile away from Oscar Grant Plaza, and not in the direction of the march to the Port of Oakland. I wonder who exactly (besides agents provocateurs :tinfoilhat: ) was there?

[lob1]

6. I think there was a real good chance they were pretend

protesters.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I said that earlier

Yup get your tinfoil.

[dkf]

11. Someone got their pics...see my post 7.

[demosincebirth]

5. When that kind of scum gets involved it changes the whole perception

that people have of the movement. What a shame. I hope they realize it's only a few shitheads.

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[Mudoria]

12. Yeah, vandalism is always cool

:eyes:

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[MADem]

36. It's not about Whole Foods in the big picture. A lot of schmucks who work there are not RW.

This is about a few jerks in hoodies taking a peaceful protest and turning it into a mini-riot--or trying to.

[HappyMe]

15. Fucking assholes. nt

[TBF]

16. Whole Foods owner is right-wing - which doesn't make the vandalism right

but I'd put my money on it that those in black were working for the police department. Hopefully video will help us with this down the road - last week in Greece the communists actually got photos of the supposed "anarchists" consulting with the police they were working with.

[redqueen]

25. Thanks for mentioning the link between the 'anarchists' and the police!

Here's some info on it for anyone curious:
http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2011/10/22/greek-communist-party-accuses-police-for-links-with-rioting-hoodies/


I guess some people are on the side of the 'folks' who are in all likelihood working with the police to defame OWS.

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[hobbit709]

22. "Beloved"?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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[TBF]

30. Great link - progressives need to know what this company is about.

nt

[robdogbucky]

32. The "Protestors," did nothing but try to detain the black-clad vandals n/t