Fuck the LA Lakers Fans. WTF is wrong with them...???

[NYC_SKP]

Their team won???

Meanwhile, in Tehran... :eyes:

ON EDIT: original news story posted was from 2000.
Only two hits on Google News for this one. :eyes:
Read it on twitter, which now is faster than the Internet for news.

L.A. Lakers fans celebrated their NBA championship victory Sunday night (June 14) by rioting outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Eyewitness reports said that the police officers at the scene were being belted with rocks and bottles. There are also reports of fans starting fires, although it isn’t clear at this stage whether those fires included buildings or vehicles. One unconfirmed report says that at least one police vehicle has been set on fire. Live footage at 9:15pm local time from a local television station clearly shows rioters attacking signs and shop fronts. Police control of the area at this time would appear to be limited, with vehicle traffic having to turn away as they approach the rioters.

More when we have it.

9:30pm PDT Update: Twitter users near the scene are warning people to stay away from the Staples Center Riot area and surrounding streets, describing the scene as chaos. More reports of fires being lit.

9:33pm PDT: just grabbed this shot from a live video feed showing rioters attacking a taxi. Immediately after this shot was taken, other vehicles were surrounded and attacked.

http://www.inquisitr.com/26122/la-lakers-fans-riot-outside-the-staples-center/

[Skittles]

1. disgusting

[flvegan]

2. I've never understood post-sports-victory rioting.

YAY! Our team won, let's go destroy our city/town in celebration.

Douchebags.

[Ron Green]

3. Ah, the corporate sports business and its influence on society.

[devilgrrl]

4. What was the LAPD doing? Had this been a peaceful march they'd be brandishing their clubs.

:crazy:

[file83]

13. Had it been the Government taking away our Constitutional rights, the crowd would have been peaceful

but give the crowd a sports victory and they start burning police cars.

:wtf:

You're right, this country has everything backwards.

[renate]

27. you are, sadly, absolutely right

It really is pathetic.

[AlCzervik]

5. good thing they won!

[brettdale]

6. Nice time machine this is from the year 2000

Nice time machine this is from the year 2000.

[lies and propaganda]

24. or a few hours ago

But nice try

[roguevalley]

89. I watched it on teevee last night. check it out.

[MADem]

7. Why do people do that? It's just so.....stupid. Childish. Asinine. nt

[bluestateguy]

8. Laker fans are overindulged spoiled brats

Try being a Golden State Warriors fan. That'll humble you.

[Iggo]

29. Eff you, too.

:hi:

[OU812MonkeyBoy]

57. That's nothing...

Try being a Diehard Chicago Cubs fan.

[cherokeeprogressive]

100. LOL n/t

[rpannier]

9. Sadly that seems to happen in lots of places and has for quite some time

The copious amount of drinking during the game -- both at home and at the venue probably contributes.

[AlCzervik]

10. yah, Madem is right, article is from 2000, might want to delete it before it becomes

a douchechill.

[NYC_SKP]

12. oh.

back to work...

[givemebackmycountry]

16. There are reports coming out of LA in the past few hours

That it's happening again. Tonight. 2009.

[AlCzervik]

17. i live in California and i have the news on and haven't heard anything about it.

maybe they'll be something breaking at 11:00.

[goclark]

44. I live in LA and it was all over the news this morning

Destroyed a city bus,fights fires set-crazy!

[NYC_SKP]

48. LAPD Chief.... "Knuckleheads"... FFS. those crazy kids, gotta love 'em...

FFS.

At least 25 fans were arrested on suspicion of rioting and looting in downtown Los Angeles, following the Los Angeles Lakers' clinching of the NBA championship Sunday.

Los Angeles police said that some of the department's cars were vandalized, other cars were set aflame, fireworks were set off, a store's window was shattered and a gas station was looted. Some revelers walked up the on-ramp to the 110 Freeway and cheered passing cars, according to authorities.

LAPD Chief William J. Bratton called the revelers "knuckleheads" and "cowards."

The Lakers beat the Orlando Magic 99-to-86 in Game 5 played in Orlando, Florida.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/06/video-lapd-chief-least-25-knucklehead-fans-arrested-after-laker-victory

[Uzybone]

11. Tuesday, 20 June, 2000

[Scurrilous]

15. I was wondering why that one guy was wearing an O'Neal jersey. n/t

[NYC_SKP]

19. Updated...

News was legit but news link I used was dated.

Now corrected.

Thanks for the heads-up!

[givemebackmycountry]

14. In Morgantown WV when they win a big game...

They drag their sofas out into the middle of the street and set them ablaze.

A much better idea than battling the police and setting their cars on fire.

[AlCzervik]

18. okay locals news says "Rowdy and a few small bonfires" and that's it.

[NYC_SKP]

20. Nothing wrong with breaking shop windows, terrorizing car drivers, a few fires...

My bad.

:eyes:

[AlCzervik]

21. i didn't say that but it isn't being reported as a riot, don't put words in my mouth.

it was your mistake and yes you corrected it.

[NYC_SKP]

22. I realize that, I express my disappointment at the media, not at you, ALCzervik.

Even a Google News search for "Lakers Riot" gives up very little in the last hour.

Two results.

http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=lakers+riot&cf=all&as_qdr=d&as_drrb=q

:thumbsup:

[1]

23. win a championship, burn a car. that's old-school celebration...

i think that got started in detroit.

[AlCzervik]

25. it's such a waste of time and money we as a state do not have, we have -000000

dollars here.

[1]

26. then you leave the burned out car on the street. detroit does that too...

[dorkulon]

35. Had a gf in Ypsi

She got in a serious crash in Detroit at 3-4 am. She was drunk, so were the girls in the other car. Amazingly, no one hurt. Cops were right there when it happened, broke up the inevitable stupid drunk people argument that ensued and everyone went home. No charges filed, no insurance claims, her car was totaled and she left it there. Drove by the same intersection two months later and it was still there, twisted up on the side of the road. It's near-anarchy up there.

[Romulox]

50. Ummm, it's YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S responsibility to remove her car from the side of the road

Not the city of Ypsilanti or Washtenaw County. :eyes:

[redqueen]

53. Most cities would have it towed, with the owner responsible for paying for it. (nt)

[Romulox]

55. Which does not change my original statement. Still LOL at the deadbeat, drunkard gf whining

that someone else should've taken care of it--it's anarchy!



"Can't someone else do it?"

She probably left the car in Unincorporated Ypsilanti Township, which has few city services.

[dorkulon]

63. Hey pinhead.

Read it again. Where does the gf whine? What part of "Detroit" did you miss? I said Detroit is anarchy--me, not her. And I'm from Buffalo, so that's saying something.

[Romulox]

64. Ok. So what? At any rate, did your drunk driving gf ever remove her car??? nt

[dorkulon]

66. Nope.

Whatcha gonna do?

[Romulox]

67. Sounds like she was a REAL winner.

You must be a wonderful judge of character.

[dorkulon]

79. How pleasant

Like I give a flying fuck what some faceless hand-humper thinks of a girl I went out with years ago. She was cute, I had fun, and really, what the hell is it to you?

[Romulox]

88. So now this was "years ago" and yet you are still claiming Detroit is in "anarchy"

based on this isolated incident and a sports riot in LA? :eyes:

[dorkulon]

90. So Detroit is just hunky dory, huh?

Yeah, everything's fine in Detroit.

Enough of you. I have no interest in furthering this conversation. You're a pointlessly unpleasant, judgmental, bellicose prick. Bye now. :hi:

[Romulox]

91. It's got problems. How does that help with the rioting situation in LA?

:shrug:

[dorkulon]

62. This was in Detroit.

And she's not my girlfriend anymore--this was years ago and as you can probably guess from the anecdote, she wasn't the most stable girl in the world.

My point is not that she was a model citizen, but that, when confronted with a crash between two drunk drivers, the cops opted to do nothing, report nothing, and that whether or not it was her responsibility, there was a, abandoned, wrecked car on the side of the road at a fairly busy intersection, and the city did nothing. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it was still there.

[Romulox]

65. OK. It's still your girl friends responsibility to remove her car from the roadway in Detroit, too.

[reggie the dog]

36. so do gary, east chicago, and france

[Romulox]

49. Detroit has won one NBA, 2 NHL, and a couple WNBA championship since 2000. Link to burning cars?

:hi:

[depakid]

71. Oh, please

Detroit has a history of this sort of deal, and I'm guessing that you know it.

http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/06/16/wednesday/print.html

[Romulox]

76. Way to read your own link. The "history" you speak of was the 1984 World Series.

1984 was more than a Biblical generation ago! LA has had several MAJOR riots in that time span, while Detroit has had none. But if it makes you feel better, keep thinking "Detroit, 1984! Detroit, 1984!" while they loot and burn LA yet again! :rofl: :hi:

From your link:

"Since the 1984 rioting that followed the Tigers World Series victory, they uniformly informed me, the Pistons had won two championships and the Red Wings three without any civil disturbance. Detroit had turned over a new leaf since '84, and I owed the now peaceful city an apology for branding it a world leader in championship rioting."

(My note: The Detroit Red Wings have won one more Stanley Cup since this writings, and were eliminated in a game 7 in Detroit this past Friday. Still no riots!)

[depakid]

77. 1990 as well as several other incidents

So please, spare us the juvenile (and disingenuous posts) posts.

[Romulox]

85. "Several other incidents". Name 'em, instead of implying they exist without any details.

:hi:

[Romulox]

97. Google must've have failed you. Thought so! (PS Thank GAWD it passed!) nt

[Baikonour]

28. I'd be willing to say fuck most "hardcore" sports fans in general.

Then again, I'd probably get flamed to hell for that.

[Raine]

30. This kind of thing make me puke

it's so disgusting and asinine. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[4lbs]

31. More information and AP article at MSNBC

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/31362640/ns/sports-nba/





<snip>
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds celebrated in the streets outside Staples Center after the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA title win Sunday night, with some revelers damaging police cruisers, throwing rocks and bottles at officers and setting bonfires in the street, authorities said.

About 25 people were arrested, most part of a rowdy crowd that split off on to surrounding streets after police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly, police officer Karen Rayner said.

Several police cruisers were damaged and reinforcement officers were called in from throughout the city to help disperse the crowd, Rayner said.

Aerial television footage showed people jumping on a police car, rocking vehicles attempting to pass through the crowd, setting small trees on fire and throwing fireworks and flares set up by police. No injuries were reported.

A gas station was looted and several cars, buses and a news van were vandalized, police said.

<snip>

[4lbs]

32. Dupe.

.

[4lbs]

33. dupe.

.

[dorkulon]

34. It's mainly about being really drunk, I'm guessing.

A drunk, united, excited crowd is never a good thing.

[redqueen]

54. "A drunk, united, excited crowd is never a good thing."

Amen.

[WolverineDG]

94. San Antonio PD don't have these problems when the Spurs win the title

but then they have to handle large crowds of drunk, united, & excited people for 2 weeks every year....ever hear of riots during Fiesta?

dg

[surrealAmerican]

37. Ironically enough, if they had lost, the dejected crowd would ...

... have just gone home. A big win makes the drunk fans feel powerful.

[Kingofalldems]

38. Yay! We won! Let's destroy something!!

Even though we just live in the winning city by happenstance and had nothing to do with the victory.

[mrbarber]

39. English soccer hooligans are laughing their asses off.

"You call that a RIOT!?!"

Nice to see sports fan are crazy the world round. And yet it's the harmless larpers and cosplayers who are made fun of....

[BolivarianHero]

40. lol...Looks like a scene from Montreal.

A lot of hockey-related riots there.

[The Backlash Cometh]

41. That is pretty stupid. I wonder what they would have done if their team had lost?

[cherokeeprogressive]

102. They would have done the same thing. I'm pretty sure that after the Lakers got beaten

last year by the Boston Celtics, their fans rioted outside of Staples Center as well.

[City of Mills]

42. Alcohol

What more needs to be said?

[shanti]

61. exactly

n/t

[Wednesdays]

93. Alcohol was available 50 years ago, too

but I don't remember cities being demolished when sports teams won championships in, say, the 1950s or 1960s.

Granted, alcohol may have been a factor...but there is something else afoot recently, too.

[Blue_Tires]

43. well, at least it was relatively sedate compared to past years...

[nichomachus]

45. I still can't figure out why they don't use water

Just bring up a fire truck with a water cannon and spray these people down good and proper. Being soaking wet takes a lot of the fight out of you. You don't even have to use it at a force to injure people -- just hose them down good and proper. If need be, you can crank up the pressure a notch and keep them moving along.

[Catherine Vincent]

46. Idiots!

[City Lights]

58. Exactly! nt

[Dr. Strange]

47. In the fans' defense...

it did take the Lakers five games. That was pretty lazy on their part.

[Romulox]

51. LA is a very violent, very stratified, very hopeless place. I expect more riots in the future

It's just a question of what will set them off.

[NYC_SKP]

59. It is a kind of barometer, isn't it?

But, as you indicate, it's doesn't get set off for just anything.

Stolen elections in the US, for example....nothing.

[Romulox]

52. Dupe. nt

[Zomby Woof]

56. They aren't real fans

And to say they represent Lakers fans, or are typical of them, makes one as stupid and irresponsible as the rioters.

[dem629]

60. Just an excuse to party. You know, starting fires and looting.

Doesn't everyone do that on a Sunday night?

[WolverineDG]

68. And yet the Spurs are never considered "good enough"

because their fans don't riot. :eyes:

dg

[nini]

70. who the hell said that?

:shrug:

[WolverineDG]

75. It's the way they get treated by the major sports announcers

Once someone from SA asked why the Spurs never got much respect from them & they were told "because the team is too nice & the fans don't riot." The Spurs & their fans haven't looked back since.

dg

[nini]

83. that's just stupid

but then we're talking about sports announcers who can say really stupid things.

[WolverineDG]

95. I think it was the late Dan Cook who asked that question

(could be wrong) and boy were folks pissed when that article ran! Which is why I don't pay any attention to ESPN & co...they're all asshats if that's their reason for dissing the Spurs all the time.

dg

[nini]

69. The people that do this crap are the same idiots that are in and out of jail

They have no respect for the Lakers organization. They have no self respect. They have no class or sense. They are thugs and criminals.

REAL Laker fans were too busy savoring the moment to even consider that crap.


This goes for all sports teams who have assholes like that going crazy over winning. These idiots shame their teams.

[thelordofhell]

72. How can you tell if it's Los Angeles or Tehran?

There are police in Tehran.

[ColbertWatcher]

82. The Laker flags are a dead giveaway. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

73. Protest envy?

Who knows.

I'd like to know where the anger was when Prop H8 passed.

[NYC_SKP]

78. Different demographic. Sports nuts-- meh. Can't even count to Prop 8. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

80. What I meant was ...

... why didn't they employ that defiance toward something important?

[NYC_SKP]

81. important to them... low information rioters, i reckon! nt

[lib2DaBone]

74. I noticed most of them doing the damage are the same age...

Male.. about 18 or 19... way too much testosterone and too much time on their hands. Should put some of that energy to work out on the highway.. rebuilding bridges...

[muskrat]

84. Sports bore me...And yes,

it is pretty sad that there are Iranians (young ones, to boot) willing to lay down their lives to fight an unjust election and these fools are just "celebrating." Ugh.

[Initech]

86. Why signal out Lakers fans?

There's plenty of fans from other teams who behave just as bad if not worse - *cough* Boston *cough*.

[The Hope Mobile]

87. The vast majority of fans for any team do not do stupid things like this.

LA is also NOT the only place this happens . . . but its stupid wherever it happens.

People have lots of pent up frustrations these days - we're in a tough spot after the Bush years. Stupid things happen. No excuse but its not a big shock.

[Wednesdays]

92. Stolen election? Ho-hum. But a sports event happens and a city's in flames

And that's when their favorite team WINS.

Sad commentary on this country's priorities. :puke:

[undeterred]

96. This happened the first time the Chicago Bulls won

an NBA championship, courtesy of Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan. I lived in Chicago and I could hear it happening. Why there had to be criminal acts and casualties to celebrate something positive is beyond me.

They won 5 more NBA titles, but every year they had PSAs from Michael and Phil asking people to please celebrate responsibilty.

[Joey Liberal]

98. LAKERS SUCK! NT

[Yavin4]

99. My Rebuttal

[Joey Liberal]

103. Nice, but............

We've got 17 banners hanging in the rafters. And we've got the most players in the NBA Hall of Fame. But I have to give the Lakers their props. They won it this year, fair and square. Congratulations to LA.

[pinniped]

101. F basketball anyways. All they do is stand around and shoot stupid free throws....

every minute.

[cagesoulman]

104. Fuck the Lakers, fuck their fans, fuck Letterman

Fuck fucking everything.