Photo by Mike Hendrickson
Update (1:46 p.m.): SFist posted this video of the burning bus as well as a response (via SF Appeal) from SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose:
Muni spokesman Paul Rose tells SFAppeal that the burned-out bus had just been revamped and was worth a cool $700,000.
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Of course, we’re elated that the 2012 San Francisco Giants won the World Series. Shortly after the 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers, much actin’-afool commenced. Muni buses were smashed, set on fire, and climbed on by rioters on the street.
Here’s a visual recap of stopped, walked-on, and/or destroyed Muni vehicles around town last night.
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By the way, the World Series parade will be this Wednesday morning. You can expect Market Street buses to be re-routed or halted, and streetcars to be out of service for a while.
Previously: The Giants win the World Series (2010 edition)
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This is not Obama’s fault it’s parents not taking control while they still could!!!!!!!! Don’t blame Obama, Blame every single politician in government for not being able to spank your kid !!!!!!! Kids are the way they are because we let other ppl take control!!!!!!!
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KIDS? these are grown up adults!the city needs to crack down on its liberal idealism because its out of control. THERE WERE RIOTS 2 YEARS AGO! you think the police would have learned two years ago what mobs do. Its not hard to figure out.
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These are sick people, taking advantage of a civic celebration to carry out their own vandalism. This is a disrespect to The City and to the Giants.
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This possibility was obviously considered by MUNI as evidenced by their revered street cars being replaced with standard buses last night.
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This kind of behavior has become “de riguer” after sporting championships end. It’s a very sad commentary on humanity. It only takes a few with intent to harm to ruin it for everyone else.
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Tell the truth newsies: Those obviously were anarchists rioting, NOT Giants fans celebrating. Celebrate = happy and burning and smashing = civil insurrection.
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Go Giants! Take responsibility!
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hey dumbass, if romney is elected, he isnt going to do a goddamned thing to stop this shit in our city. its fun do to bad things and people will do them regardless of who the fucking president is.
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Witness riots in Vancouver and Montreal after the NHL Stanley Cup Final in past years. The government of Quebec is hardly Romney-like.
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To all the “this would never happen under Romeny (insert Republican name here)”: Please tell me what could be done to prevent this. I can go through and pull up many instances of riots following the championship round of hockey, basketball, baseball, etc.
Should they just put up fences around the whole city? Nobody can come in for any reason for a few days after the last out is recorded? Lock up all the buses whenever we have a deciding game?
This was spread out and if the police were to “come down hard” on one block, it would flare up (and probably get worse as word spread via Twitter) on some other block.
As long as some people see celebrating as an excuse for unacceptable behavior, this will happen again. It honestly seems like we have to ban fun or accept that there will be a bad aftermath to clean up.
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Romney is going to bring in the troops, his cavaliers with musketeers, and he’ll get rid of Big Bird for stricter privatized television programming characters who will teach children how not to act. This is the justice he’ll bring to us and if he’s voted, he’ll have BINDERS FULL OF WOMEN to fill up his Cabinet just like his city upon a hill state of Massachusetts! Yayy! (Sarcasm intended)
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Not one of those people in the photos have Giants gear on. All idiot HIPSTERS.
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P sure that dude has a giants hat on I have no idea what you are talking about. These “hipsters” you speak of just instagram the riots. People in SF are just all fucking rioting retards who don’t know how to invest their energy into something constructive. Has nothing to do with hipsters but has everything to do with assholes. Thank u come again.
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The jerks who torched that bus are idiots, but not representative of San Francisco residents! It’s always the jerks who do stuff like that.
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I bet the last time Detroit won the WS in 1984, they were classy about it.
Oh wait…that started the 1984 Detroit riots:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/411212-the-10-ugliest-sports-riots-with-video/page/3
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I’d wager that few if any of these scum are native San Franciscans.
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They caught one of the guys- and yes. native San Franciscan 22 years old.
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