Jaw-dropping... but at least we can see that the zoos are open again.
Quote:Female mob TWERK on ambulance as it tries to get through Juneteenth crowd to reach injuredSOURCE:
and dying shooting victims in Oakland
*A group of women were seen twerking on top of an ambulance in Oakland
*EMT's were attempting to make their way to the scene of a shooting
*The emergency vehicle was blocked from progressing by a mob of people
*Around 1,000 people were gathered in Lake Merritt to celebrate Juneteenth
*Crowd appeared completely unawares as to the seriousness of the situation
*Shooting incident saw one person killed and at least seven other were wounded
'Multiple women were seen twerking on the top of an ambulance in Lake Merritt in Oakland, California on Saturday
night, as paramedics attempted to make their way through to the scene of a shooting in which one person was killed
and at least seven others were wounded.
The ambulance was stopped in its tracks by the crowd which was said to be around 1,000-strong as people gathered
to celebrate Juneteenth after it was declared a federal holiday. As the ambulance arrived at the scene, the revelers
continued to party, with no apparent regard for the seriousness of the situation that just occurred nearby.
Evidence that mature educated thought is alive and well in California.
When the ambulance could go no further, at least five women began twerking at the side while another pair jumped on the
hood of the emergency vehicle. At least one person was also spotted on top of the roof at one point.
Video footage of the incident has gone viral on Twitter, showing Juneteenth partiers not only ignoring the Oakland shooting,
but using the ambulance as a vehicle for them to use for their own enjoyment.
Police were on the scene to monitor the situation, they announced on Facebook, when shots rang out at 6:22 p.m.
Six male victims ranging in age from 16 to 27 and one 21-year-old female suffered gunshot wounds, and a 22-year-old San
Francisco resident died. 'Immediately after the shooting, Oakland Police Officers observed two men running from the scene
with firearms,' the police department announced on Sunday. 'Both men have been arrested and two firearms recovered.'
Police said it remains unclear whether the two individuals are connected to the shooting, and the Oakland Police Department
is now offering up to $40,000 for any information about the mass shooting. Investigators said they were trying to determine a
motive for the shooting and identify suspects, but believe it has links to gang activity in neighboring San Francisco.
The shooting occurred shortly before 6:30pm about a mile north of the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, where hundreds of people
had gathered throughout the day to commemorate June 19, 1865. That was the date when Union soldiers brought the news of
freedom to enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered.
Andrew Simpson was jogging near the lake when he heard gunshots. 'Out of the corner of my eye I saw a guy with a gun pointing
at a car. Everyone started sprinting and screaming,' Simpson told the Bay Area News Group.
Witnesses said some people ran into the water when shots rang out.
'Tonight a joyous occasion at our Lake Merritt was marred by a senseless act of gun violence,' said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
in a statement. It wasn't immediately known whether there was any connection between the shooting and the Juneteenth events.
The footage appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program on Monday night who vented his fury at what he had witnessed.
'What kind of society produces people like that who would behave like that? Do you know anybody who would behave like that?
When you have people behave like that you have to ask yourself what are we as a society doing wrong?' Carlson pondered.
'Anybody who celebrates a shooting is not somebody you want to share a country with,' he added...'
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