Just Get The Hell Away

Andy Ngo tweets: "Graphic video from Oakland, Calif. at a street occupation on April 30 shows a mob beating a victim on the ground until he is unconscious. The man’s car was hit & he got out of the vehicle before being jumped. The mob then continue performing street stunts." It appears from the video that the attackers and their supporters were all black. The victim appears to be a white man. 

    Fox affiliate KTVU reported that "[t]he victim's car was hit from behind, and after he stopped his car and got out, he was attacked by a large group of people, police said." The San Francisco Chronicle adds:

    Video shows that before the attack, the [victim] attempted to use a bucket to hit a car doing stunts in the intersection of 34th and Adeline streets. 

    The vehicle then stopped and various men chased the victim before punching and kicking him. He is seen flat on his back on the ground, bleeding from the face as he is kicked in the stomach.

    I would again remind readers that one of Farnham's rules of self-defense is don't go to stupid places, which includes places where young blacks are congregating. Especially street occupations (what the media is calling a "sideshow") where the groups are already participating in doing stupid things. Just turn around and find a different route if you encounter such a situation.

    You definitely don't want to aggravate the situation, as apparently happened here, by jumping out and confronting the feral animal driving the other vehicle and throwing stuff at his car. 

    The video below reports on this incident as well as the more general problem of "sideshows". 

VIDEO: "Man frustrated by Oakland sideshow gets attacked by crowd"

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco (2 min.)