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Black Oakland Throws A Protest Cookout In Same Park Where White Woman Called The Cops On Black Family For Grilling

Black Oakland Throws A Protest Cookout In Same Park Where White Woman Called The Cops On Black Family For Grilling
Black Oakland comes out to party!
By Paula Rogo · Updated October 24, 2020

The Black folk of Oakland descended on Lake Merritt Park in numbers on Saturday to throw a cookout—a pointed response after a white woman called the cops on a Black family that tried to do the same thing in April. 

A white woman called the police on the family last month, complaining to the cops that the family was using a charcoal grill, instead of a “non-charcoal” grill as per the park’s rules.

Though the family was not arrested, they were questioned for an hour by the police. The incident became another example of white people calling the cops on Black people just trying to live their lives.

In response to that incident, as well as a general protest of the impact of gentrification on the area, hundreds of Black locals showed up at the same park this weekend to fire up their grills and throw their own party.

How Black Oakland responds to a white lady calling the cops on Black folks BBQing... pic.twitter.com/kRdJpnmXQ2

— Brotha B (@BlakeDontCrack) May 11, 2018

The other day in Oakland, a white supremacist female called the police on a group of Black ppl BBQing in the park. So in response, the whole town of Oakland came to the park and said “F you” in the form of the Electric Slide ✊🏾 #townbusiness #lol pic.twitter.com/c4azBJwDrp

— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) May 12, 2018

Here’s what happened yesterday at that park in Oakland...a mixed (mainly black) crowd of people went in protest to party and bbq. They played music, the kids played & jumped rope and everyone had a great time. Best revenge ever. pic.twitter.com/Ulkvp4actz

— The Black Politico (@TheBlkPolitico) May 11, 2018

The displacement of low-income communities of color has become a cycle of life in the Bay Area in recent years amid a booming tech industry and rising income inequality. 

Videos of the event show beautiful Black folk eating, celebrating, and dancing the good ol’ electric slide!

Amazing!

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