Mass looting breaks out in Los Angeles after Dodgers win World Series
www.newsweek.com
The LAPD said they had received reports of "looting at several stores in the area of 8th and Broadway" and urged people to stay away from the area.

Edit: Some people pointed out that “mass looting” is more or less propaganda. I edited the title to be accurate.

Newsweek isn’t accurate, in general. I thought it was newsworthy that there was a riot after the game, but maybe I should not be feeding into a right-wing mythology about “lawless left-wing cities,” which this story pretty definitely is doing.

  • oxjoxEnglish
    405·
    2 months ago

    WTF?! You guys win and you tear the place apart? Really making us in Philly look like angels.

    Seriously, please do not set busses on fire. A lot of them are running on batteries these days. That’s some super toxic shit.

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
      252·
      2 months ago

      I wouldn’t call a single group looting a single street corner and attempting to set one bus on fire, “tearing the place apart.”

    • moshankey@lemmy.world
      41·
      2 months ago

      First thing I thought of was Philly. This is a whole other level of stupid. We’re not that bad.

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 months ago

        The headline is blowing what actually happened way out of proportion. It’s a similar level of stupid as Philly.

      • oxjoxEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I mean, “stupid” and “bad” are different things. Philly’s got lots of stupid, but they mean well.

        • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          Philly got some “means well” but mostly we have “having a good damn time” and “doesn’t give a fuck”. We’re not malicious, but we’re not sympathetic either.

    • Tujio@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Here in Seattle we had a polite riot after the superbowl. We were partying in the street until the light turned green, then shuffled back to the sidewalk. As soon as the light turned red again, we would flood back into the street.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      11·
      2 months ago

      I have read no reports that anyone attempted to harm a Santa during the riots. Don’t tar LA with the Philly label.

      • oxjoxEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Right. Throwing snowballs at someone is the same as setting a bus on fire. Got it.

        That’s the dumbest thing to bring up. You could bring up setting a cop car on fire during the George Floyd protests, you could mention the car flipping and dumpster fire after the Eagles championship, shit - you could go with our police department bombing a residence, but you went with throwing snowballs as the label to keep off of LA.

        Are you not at all aware of the history of riots in Los Angeles? You’ve done plenty of your own tarring over there, bub.