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It is beginning to look like this fire was the work of anti-gentrification activists:
They have videos this time so maybe they'll catch the arsonist, the ATF has been protecting the left-wing activists like Antifa in the past by blaming the last fire there on a "low-level person" (whatever that is) instead of organized activist groups, if they can pin it on an activist group will they even prosecute?
¹ http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05...-spot-inside-building-oakland-developer-says/
East Bay Times said:After the first fire, Holliday had installed a dozen surveillance cameras and hired a security company to position two armed guards outside the property. He said ATF agents have seized the video footage, and he said guards did not say they saw anything suspicious early Saturday morning when the fire started around 5 a.m.
But the starting point was again inside an unfinished stairwell which “acts like a chimney,” Holliday said. And like last time, the project was in its most vulnerable stage — about 60 to 65 percent complete with the wood frame exposed, but before the flame-resistant sheet rock was added, the developer said.
Holliday said he’s frustrated with the ATF, who painted the first fire as started by a “low-level person,” and never made an arrest.
“Whoever this is, is putting a big pall over getting housing done when it’s the worst housing environment we’ve had in my adult life,” he said.
Neighbors have speculated that frustrations over gentrification along the West Oakland-Emeryville border area may have provided a motive to someone. Holliday’s project however was approved with a large amount of support, he said.
“There’s no evidence there’s any problems with us,” he said. “I don’t think that it has anything to do with a controversial project.”
In 35 years in business, Holliday’s first insurance claim was the July fire and now he’s back at it. But he’s also planning how to rebuild — possibly replacing wooden studs with metal ones or using off-site modular construction.
“One thing I know is I won’t quit,” he said. “I just have to find the smartest way and make sure it’s the last time.”¹
They have videos this time so maybe they'll catch the arsonist, the ATF has been protecting the left-wing activists like Antifa in the past by blaming the last fire there on a "low-level person" (whatever that is) instead of organized activist groups, if they can pin it on an activist group will they even prosecute?
¹ http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05...-spot-inside-building-oakland-developer-says/