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August 19, 2014
On July 27, 2027, the blacks of Newark, New Jersey rose against their oppressors and took over the city.
It followed a standard pattern. After about a week of hot weather, the Boyz of the F Street Crew would drop in on their G Street opposite numbers and toss a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned building. Since most buildings in American cities had been abandoned, this was no big deal. To keep face, the G Street Roaches would return the favor. Then, honor assuaged, the two Crews would band together and visit another neighborhood, where a few more buildings would be set ablaze. By this time, others were getting the message, and the gangs began to move out beyond their usual turf. A general Pax Diaboli prevailed when it was time to riot, and the borders were relaxed so everyone could join in.
The real sport was not the rioting and burning, but the looting. In effect, the whole city had a blue light special going. The merchants were cleaned out, but unless they were Koreans or Jews they usually weren’t burnt out; the gangs wanted them around next year so the street fair could continue. The merchants still made money, thanks to the hundreds of percent markups on the stuff they sold the rest of the year.Victoria: Chapter 20
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 19, 2014 3:15 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Burning abandon buildings?
But that's cutting out the crack house "trade" for the other "team". For a week anyway.
I've been led to understand that the looting of the old Newark riots was denied the opportunity to expand North into "white folks" (OK, Italian/Portuguese mostly)neighborhoods at "the Bridge" on Bloomfield Ave.
I wonder why that was? Well regulated militia?
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at August 20, 2014 5:29 AM
Yeah, that worked out rather well for them didn't it.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at August 20, 2014 5:36 AM
For some reason that photo makes me happy and it certainly isn't frightening. There is nothing quite as enjoyable as a bunch of self styled and important looking p.o.'d blacks in tailored suits, scowling about 'de white main"….lol.. Suck it, gennta'menes.
Posted by: Jack at August 20, 2014 10:30 AM