Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
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Re: Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
#2The bus remained where it was, the thought of driving to Mountain View with a broken window and flooded with cold air an unthinkable horror they could not endure.
Or maybe because it was a crime scene?
Re: Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
#3First against the wall, it would appear. All of us doing tech work should be paying very, very close attention to this sentiment.
That said, why can't these folks find more constructive ways of trying to change the system and address their grievances?
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#4It would be much better to have 100 more cars on the road during rush hour, right?
Re: Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
#5"driven up the property values and rent prices, creating animosity, evictions, and poverty"
I'm sorry but I can't imagine the gentrification has caused poverty. It's probably made it more inconvenient and pushed out people in poverty though.
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#6Not surprised to see this. The real estate hyperinflation in the Bay Area is beyond sanity at this point.
Re: Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
#7First against the wall, it would appear. All of us doing tech work should be paying very, very close attention to this sentiment. That said, why can't these folks find more constructive ways of trying to change the system and address their grievances?
The private buses are a very visible symbol of what's going on in their neighborhood. They're an obvious target.
Re: Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
#8First against the wall, it would appear. All of us doing tech work should be paying very, very close attention to this sentiment. That said, why can't these folks find more constructive ways of trying to change the system and address their grievances?
Because then people might listen, things might change and then they'd have nothing else to talk about!
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#9Technicaly the bus is place of work, so there are interesting implications for Google as employer.
Re: Google Bus blocked, window smashed in West Oakland
#10It would be much better to have 100 more cars on the road during rush hour, right?
I can't imagine they were protesting the literal act of using a bus to ferry employees to work. Rather this was an easy way to target members of a group the protestors feel wronged by/animosity towards.