top
East Bay
East Bay
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

OPD <3's DAC - Valentines Day Romance

by cupid
Cupid took a couple minutes from his busy schedule tonight to stop by West Oakland and erect a monument of OPD's love for surveillance and the Domain Awareness Center.
800_dscn2780.jpg
Early this night a purple heart, red tinsel and balloon were hung from one of West Oakland's many surveillance cameras. A sign reading "OPD <3's DAC", CAMOVER pamphlets and further glittery bullshit was fixed to the supporting lamp pole. This display was erected as a monument to Oakland Police Department's love affair with the Domain Awareness Center (http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center).

Sometimes you gather more attention with glitter than broken glass, I'll leave the latter for later this month. T.W.A.T, haven't heard from you all for awhile-- beat me to it before I get back up from my armchair? Is no one else sick of these things?

Some tips on procedure:
I prepared a length of rope with a “figure eight” knot at the end and simple hand holds running about 15ft. I then tossed the rope over top of the street sign and ran the length of rope back through the figure eight forming something of a lasso. My bike was propped up against the pole and I was able to use this as a stepping stool to overcome the first couple feet. After that I climbed up to the street sign happy to find that it held my weight but was unable to pull myself up fully, resting on my chest I vowed to be standing atop it next time as to better reach that little devil.
§
by cupid
800_dscn2781.jpg
Add Your Comments
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$75.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network