In this SF Gate article by several Chronicle Staff Writers, details about the mob riot in Oakland come to light. After unarmed African-American Oscar Grant was shot on New Year's Day by a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Police Officer, protesters of the shooting left a speech by Mayor of Oakland Ron Dellums to wreck havoc on the City of Oakland. Protesting the shooting of an African-American, the Protesters destroyed African-American businesses, African-American and minority owned vehicles, and essentially acted like Terrorists.

One particular quote stood out amongst all: "'I feel like the night is going great,' said Nia Sykes, 24, of San Francisco, one of the demonstrators. 'I feel like Oakland should make some noise. This is how we need to fight back. It's for the murder of a black male.' Sykes, who is black, had little sympathy for the owner of Creative African Braids. 'She should be glad she just lost her business and not her life,' Sykes said."

I can't help but scratch my head in amazement that protesting the death of an unarmed black man justifies the destruction of a African-American owned business. Just what role did the business owner play in the shooting death of Oscar Grant? I don't understand the logic of Nia Sykes.

Towards the end of the article, it becomes apparent why the logic of Nia Sykes doesn't make sense, "The core group of the mob appeared to be about 40 people, several of whom were with Revolution Books, a Berkeley bookstore. A man distributed the 'Revolution' newspaper - whose tagline is 'voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S.A.' - as he shouted 'This whole damn system is guilty!'"

Anyways, makes me glad Obama won the Election, otherwise who knows what "injustice" people would conjure up in order to justify their theft, destruction and mayhem.