102-year-old Oakland man ordered to clean graffiti or face fines

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  • Опубліковано 19 бер 2024
  • Wheelchair user, Oakland-born, 102-year-old, Victor Silva, Sr. often finds graffiti painted onto the back fence of his Oakland home. Earlier this month, he got a violation citation from the City of Oakland to remove it by Tuesday the 19th or face an $1100 fine, plus an additional $1277 for each failed re-inspection.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @unploog
    @unploog 2 місяці тому +8107

    Oakland doesn't punish criminals, only law abiding citizens.

  • @longbeach225
    @longbeach225 2 місяці тому +8053

    How about arresting the criminals and make them clean it!

    • @JOHN_F_KENNEDY_DADDY
      @JOHN_F_KENNEDY_DADDY 2 місяці тому +256

      Black peoples

    • @GKP999
      @GKP999 2 місяці тому +190

      And make them pay for the supplies for the clean up and repainting!

    • @billmoran3219
      @billmoran3219 2 місяці тому +52

      That would be s lave l abor

    • @nuhrii3449
      @nuhrii3449 2 місяці тому +64

      @@billmoran3219 its legal, its in the 13th amendment

    • @GKP999
      @GKP999 2 місяці тому +45

      @@billmoran3219 What about the work to clean up the mess? Whose responsibility is it? Do you want to donate your time and energy to be the good Samaritan?

  • @jcalli66
    @jcalli66 2 місяці тому +626

    Absolutely disgusting. Making an innocent citizen that’s 102 years old do the work that a criminal being sentenced did. God bless that man for being happy through all of it.

    • @milehightim1192
      @milehightim1192 Місяць тому +4

      Who ever said the criminal was sentenced or even arreated?

    • @thomaswilson8634
      @thomaswilson8634 Місяць тому

      Well thats communists democrats for ya

    • @kdizzle901
      @kdizzle901 Місяць тому +1

      A man who’s paid tax for 80 years

    • @AnonymousDumboOctopus
      @AnonymousDumboOctopus Місяць тому +2

      I wouldn't even bother doing it if I were him. He's literally at the end of his life, who cares what the city says at that point

    • @utubestalkerdotcom
      @utubestalkerdotcom Місяць тому

      Surprised if it's continuously targeted, they should put a surveillance camera on it

  • @kellylingus
    @kellylingus 2 місяці тому +235

    "I'll be 103 soon, gotta slow down a little bit". Victor is the man

    • @TheDylls
      @TheDylls Місяць тому

      Victor is gonna outlive half of the dickheads who have him the fine! 😂❤

    • @azazellon
      @azazellon Місяць тому +4

      "it's easy, cuz I was a contractor...I'm gonna be 103 in two months, gotta slow it up a bit"
      I love Victor and I hope he's still doing well.

    • @illpunchyouintheface9094
      @illpunchyouintheface9094 20 днів тому

      This is why victor has lived to 102, he doesn’t slow down

    • @Kim-Berly200
      @Kim-Berly200 13 днів тому

      😅😅

    • @eugenePerryMB
      @eugenePerryMB 2 дні тому

      He said, "Keep breathing and behave yourself". Fkn wise words.

  • @miralomagal
    @miralomagal 2 місяці тому +3002

    This man's tax dollars put to work, against him! Oakland, you should be ashamed!

    • @Exposingyou
      @Exposingyou 2 місяці тому +79

      Taxation WITHOUT representation

    • @jimmunro4649
      @jimmunro4649 2 місяці тому +42

      They WOKE they don't care on power trips

    • @gillyhalf4704
      @gillyhalf4704 2 місяці тому +17

      not surprising

    • @stf5876
      @stf5876 2 місяці тому +21

      This man needs a tax refund.

    • @danerickson1632
      @danerickson1632 2 місяці тому +27

      Oakland like Seattle you get what you vote for, keep checking the D box 😅😂

  • @Ay-B
    @Ay-B 2 місяці тому +3508

    🤬🤬🤬 They won't tow cars or arrest criminals - but they want to fine a 102-year-old man?

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 2 місяці тому +98

      That is correct.

    • @CrimsonEclipse
      @CrimsonEclipse 2 місяці тому

      Because it's too hard for the city to actually fight crimes. They rather bully civilians.

    • @dame7duce
      @dame7duce 2 місяці тому +96

      Am Ashamed to be a American Sometimes

    • @ifeelbetterabouthis.louis3
      @ifeelbetterabouthis.louis3 2 місяці тому +59

      It's the crime capital. What did you expect .

    • @MrBobochow
      @MrBobochow 2 місяці тому +84

      The 102 y.o. Is easy prey.

  • @Confused_Philosopher
    @Confused_Philosopher Місяць тому +149

    A victim of a crime is then victimized by the city for being a victim of a crime.

    • @PatrickArcato
      @PatrickArcato Місяць тому

      That's what he gets for being white 😂

    • @creative2716
      @creative2716 16 днів тому

      True, he needs to file police reports each occurrence and demand a crime victim's advocate to fight for his rights. Make the city do it's own work!
      Also, white is a blank target to taggers. Try BLACK or POOP BROWN...

    • @TheObeyMayhem
      @TheObeyMayhem 5 днів тому +1

      Yea, they got to hit you with the double whammy or they aren't doing their due diligence.

    • @AdamAddictL
      @AdamAddictL 2 дні тому

      @@TheObeyMayhem”well we can’t find the REAL criminals….but YOU’RE here,we’re making it YOUR problem” - Cops,probably

    • @europa
      @europa 10 годин тому +1

      Thats government
      Taxation = theft

  • @LoganTheLogMan
    @LoganTheLogMan 2 місяці тому +172

    "Keep breathing and, you know, behave yourself."
    That's one hell of a great quote. I'm writing that one down.

  • @thelostone6981
    @thelostone6981 2 місяці тому +2195

    So the 102 year old man was a victim of a crime and it’s his responsibility to fix it or the city will hold him responsible?!? How is that logical on any level?

    • @lisab.1595
      @lisab.1595 2 місяці тому +195

      Logic and common sense left this country a long time ago.

    • @Mike-01234
      @Mike-01234 2 місяці тому +26

      Yeah clean up your own property they should go after them and arrest who did it but can't just leave it.

    • @thomasschwarting5108
      @thomasschwarting5108 2 місяці тому +24

      The only "logic" I can see is, it would too much sense to do the right thing, so their "logic" is they do what doesn't make sense!

    • @DerekWhite-yx2ce
      @DerekWhite-yx2ce 2 місяці тому

      They're communist. Trying to destroy law abiding citizens and the middle class.

    • @TarsonTalon
      @TarsonTalon 2 місяці тому +29

      It's perfectly logical, it's just also monsterous. Why spend money on cleaning an old man's house, when you can instead force them to paint it themself or add to the city coffers? He's an old man, so what can he do about it? They also know the people who feign outrage are the first to jump to their defense if anybody wants to actually hold them accountable.
      😑

  • @WeThePeeps1
    @WeThePeeps1 2 місяці тому +1716

    Whoever ordered that citation should be SACKED....
    the man's paid his dues, he's committed no crime. He should not be punished.

    • @NLINE7
      @NLINE7 2 місяці тому +66

      I bet you the citation would still be expected to be paid if this wouldn't of made the news.

    • @WeThePeeps1
      @WeThePeeps1 2 місяці тому

      @@NLINE7
      You're RIGHT. We gotta take everything to the streets nowadays, that's the only way forward. Gov officials are crooked AF.

    • @scray00
      @scray00 2 місяці тому +61

      Used to have respect for our elderly people. Town probably want to seize his property!! That’s the democrat way after all.

    • @Bestoftherest222
      @Bestoftherest222 2 місяці тому

      The city inspector was sent by some one, I doubt that inspector wanted to issue a citation. I bet some hire up city officials wife was mad about seeing her name "Call XXXX for a good time" after she cucked her husband.

    • @yourlifeisagreatstory
      @yourlifeisagreatstory 2 місяці тому +19

      I wonder what would happen if they put a sign by the wall that said “I’m over 100yrs old, in a wheelchair, and have to clean up the paint. Please destroy the city property.” I wonder if that would strike a heartstring on the kids doing this…

  • @amaliarr32
    @amaliarr32 2 місяці тому +90

    103 his beautiful attitude has kept him young

  • @West_Coast
    @West_Coast 2 місяці тому +143

    This is despicable. The city workers are shameless and corrupt.

    • @brandonknight431
      @brandonknight431 2 місяці тому

      Yep, liberal state. So California is a joke now

    • @jesuspunk84
      @jesuspunk84 Місяць тому

      I woould agree with you about it being shameless and stupid... but corrupt? Do you have any tips on the inspector getting money from someone else to specificaly go out of is way to target that guy? You understand what is corruption is that just a term you throw around? And just to be clear that inspector and the city are dumb for enforcing such regulation, but that often come down to NIMBY mentality of sterile environement for ''their own precious property value to keep increasing at all cost''. Blame sutck up people that see property as an investement instead of place to live. They are the ones that lobby to pass those stupid regulations.

  • @PrettyBlkSense
    @PrettyBlkSense 2 місяці тому +960

    Whoever told a 102yr old man to clean graffiti need to go to jail!

  • @DaniMacYo
    @DaniMacYo 2 місяці тому +29

    Him at 102 is remarkable how well he can communicate and still remember his hey days. Bless him. A big F you to those imposing fines and to those low lives who will probably never amount to anything good in this world.

  • @kygal
    @kygal 2 місяці тому +46

    He speaks so clearly and seems good cognitively for someone who’s 102!

    • @thommysides4616
      @thommysides4616 Місяць тому +4

      They should elect him as the next Mayor of the city. He's earned it!!!

    • @opossom1968
      @opossom1968 Місяць тому

      More mentally capable then Biden for sure.

    • @Digitize49
      @Digitize49 Місяць тому +1

      President.

    • @rogerfaint499
      @rogerfaint499 Місяць тому +1

      He's putting that Genocide Joe to shame . . .

  • @latinwaterpoloperez
    @latinwaterpoloperez 2 місяці тому +2145

    The Mayor needs to go! She is a joke!

    • @1039cash
      @1039cash 2 місяці тому

      She is shameful. Mayor is just the start of the woke problem.

    • @jcwick0859
      @jcwick0859 2 місяці тому +63

      newsome too!

    • @Baebon6259
      @Baebon6259 2 місяці тому +60

      and DA Price as well.

    • @yolyprog2561
      @yolyprog2561 2 місяці тому +8

      Exactly my thought

    • @emilioaymat5651
      @emilioaymat5651 2 місяці тому +15

      People that accept being governed and ruled NEED TO GO!! 🏴🏴

  • @mariobecerra9030
    @mariobecerra9030 2 місяці тому +1069

    Oakland should be ashamed of themselves for harassing this old man and not doing anything about the homeless problem.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 2 місяці тому +21

      Nope. The mayor is cool with it. 💪😎✌️ That's just how Oak-town rolls. Everything in its proper place.

    • @vf5536
      @vf5536 2 місяці тому +7

      @@Novastar.SaberCombatWhere can I donate please?

    • @Look_What_You_Did
      @Look_What_You_Did 2 місяці тому

      And how the f would they know such a detail? You should be ashamed for being that dumb.

    • @yvonnephillips3888
      @yvonnephillips3888 2 місяці тому +23

      Most homeless are there by choice, alcohol, mostly drugs. Their choice. Most, not all.

    • @Yussef415
      @Yussef415 2 місяці тому +13

      The neighbors for reported it. They know he’s old, but they don’t care.

  • @Khmerstreets
    @Khmerstreets Місяць тому +4

    This family had great genetics! 102yrs and 70yrs they look great!

    • @Anubis424242
      @Anubis424242 3 дні тому +1

      The 70 year old guy doesn't look 70 to me. 50-60 maybe.

  • @paolabueso
    @paolabueso 2 місяці тому +20

    Thank you for covering this story. I hope the public attention this brings helps improve this situation for him.

    • @jlo7770
      @jlo7770 23 дні тому

      It wont.. they'll vote in the same people again. They're gluttons for punishment.

  • @cardinalstar2048
    @cardinalstar2048 2 місяці тому +791

    Frightening when the city is cherry picking certain residents for monetary shake down

    • @TheFlyingZulu
      @TheFlyingZulu 2 місяці тому

      Yup, white people are being persecuted at an alarming rate for things they aren't doing... Don't give up your firearms. The second amendment is our last bastion of hope for when things get worse.

    • @user-yp9nz6bs9q
      @user-yp9nz6bs9q 2 місяці тому +2

      How much is this guy worth?

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 2 місяці тому

      @@user-yp9nz6bs9qHis properties are worth a screaming fortune

    • @ian5780
      @ian5780 2 місяці тому +36

      It's rqcialy targeted. Look at oaklands city council

    • @TrashcanTroubadour
      @TrashcanTroubadour 2 місяці тому +6

      @@user-yp9nz6bs9q do you think everybody who lives there is rich? Oakland was kind of dumpy for a long time, and even the nicer neighborhoods were basically just middle class. I’d say having been there for 80 years, he probably just bought his house when it was a regular working class neighborhood and the only way he’s getting any money out of it now is to sell it.

  • @mugen3603
    @mugen3603 2 місяці тому +1019

    So he's been living there, paying taxes for 80 years. Law enforcement does absolutely nothing to protect him and his property. But the city will be happy to fine and punish him for failing to cover up the crimes that THEY failed to prevent. Nice. Very nice.

    • @christinebuckingham8369
      @christinebuckingham8369 2 місяці тому +15

      👍💯💯💯😥

    • @OGr8JusJas
      @OGr8JusJas 2 місяці тому +19

      Nicely put, sad it's all facts!

    • @Wasqah213
      @Wasqah213 2 місяці тому +6

      Umm how is that law enforcements fault? They can’t be everywhere at once. You realize people do mischief when no one is looking right? People that can possibly write up citations for this would be the city inspectors or public works.

    • @bonnieparkertheoutlaw7353
      @bonnieparkertheoutlaw7353 2 місяці тому +23

      This pissed me off fr. He and his son should sue the city

    • @Angel-zk5gi
      @Angel-zk5gi 2 місяці тому

      Because people want to blame anyone besides the criminals ​@@Wasqah213

  • @auggie5097
    @auggie5097 Місяць тому +12

    imagine being on hold for 911, thats insane.

    • @Faceplay2
      @Faceplay2 Місяць тому +2

      I hate to say it, but that happens in most major cities are used to be a police officer. I’m now a private investigator. I do a lot of work with unseen, accident, investigations, and majority of time we’re on hold for police.
      It happens in Vegas happens in LA happens in Phoenix. Arizona happens in Tempe basically happens anywhere that’s not the middle of nowhere or isn’t the suburbs.

  • @IxXDOMINATORXxI
    @IxXDOMINATORXxI 2 місяці тому +8

    Good on you guys for putting this story out there and forcing the city of this mans back.

  • @cbofresh861
    @cbofresh861 2 місяці тому +892

    Time for the people to sue the City of Oakland for the neglect!

    • @theoryofpersonality1420
      @theoryofpersonality1420 2 місяці тому +15

      It's called nonfesance in office and misfeasance in office

    • @richardharepax123
      @richardharepax123 2 місяці тому +23

      And elder abuse by trying to fine him over and over

    • @aetius7139
      @aetius7139 2 місяці тому

      Theres already calls to impeach the mayor. Though very likely, it wont change anything. They just replace her with another puppet.....

    • @americansfirst1095
      @americansfirst1095 2 місяці тому +15

      Its past time to pay our elected employees a visit......at their residence.

    • @Subgunman
      @Subgunman 2 місяці тому

      @@americansfirst1095yup, graffiti in the max by the bucket full of paint in contrasting colors. I bet they will have the police out looking for the perps. As for the police, they should just sit in the station house. It’s only a politician, who cares.

  • @hawkfeather6802
    @hawkfeather6802 2 місяці тому +685

    They literally fined the old man who's fence got vandalized? That's ridiculous 😤

    • @sneakymole
      @sneakymole 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Maddenmvp_yt Because it is. No even the majority of black people commit crimes, and white people or people of any race is capable of committing them. Race doesn't define a persons character. There are just as much bad black people as white people. The crime rate being high for black people is that black people are poorer, iirc 70% of their households are fatherless and so on. It's a cultural economical problem not about race. If white people grew up in the situation black people in general in this country grow up in they'd be in the same hole

    • @sneakymole
      @sneakymole 2 місяці тому

      Of course my comment responding to the racist comment above gets deleted but his is still up
      Thank you UA-cam. You're doing a grate job censoring people fighting against racism.

    • @sneakymole
      @sneakymole 2 місяці тому

      Your comment is racist, indeed.

    • @sneakymole
      @sneakymole 2 місяці тому

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    • @DedesFewscres
      @DedesFewscres 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@@Maddenmvp_ytgoddamn.. 😂😂😂 you cant talk like that in youtube, they will censor your account 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Omnihilo
    @Omnihilo 2 місяці тому +3

    I know this is so off-topic but he looks absolutely incredible for 102.

  • @tjafloyd
    @tjafloyd 2 місяці тому +5

    They intentionally targeted him because of his age they thought that he wouldn't be able to fix it so they would have more more or get his house.

  • @123ElectricMonkey
    @123ElectricMonkey 2 місяці тому +547

    “I’l be 103 in 2 months so I’ve slowed down a little” is ALMOST as good a line as “this utility box has 6 types of graffiti. Did the utility company get a summons?”

    • @chaseroush6503
      @chaseroush6503 2 місяці тому +4

      It all depends. Is the utility box owned or operated by the city? Is there a codicil in the contract regarding upkeep and maintenance? The bureaucratic wheels grind very slowly.

    • @jasonbaxter1608
      @jasonbaxter1608 2 місяці тому +11

      Also, Reporter: "How does one live to 102?"
      Old timer: "Very easy, just keep breathing"

    • @ellbow7287
      @ellbow7287 2 місяці тому

      ​@@chaseroush6503I bet your a city employee of the management kind.👎👎👎

  • @XXtheJUMPoffXX
    @XXtheJUMPoffXX 2 місяці тому +518

    This is truly pathetic of Oakland to target this old man yet let real criminals run rampant everyday

    • @user-yp9nz6bs9q
      @user-yp9nz6bs9q 2 місяці тому

      How much is he worth?

    • @rickybrown7687
      @rickybrown7687 2 місяці тому +7

      I wish that I had known bc I would’ve helped this man! The law loves to bully citizens! At this rate the only people that will respect them are the criminals. They never harass them!

    • @billsherwin1705
      @billsherwin1705 2 місяці тому

      The Oakland government is two-faced.

    • @lisab.1595
      @lisab.1595 2 місяці тому +4

      Pathetic is an understatement.

    • @cherylclick1664
      @cherylclick1664 2 місяці тому

      exactly

  • @dinavincelli1804
    @dinavincelli1804 2 місяці тому +2

    For crying out loud. This poor man. God be with you love. 💕

  • @br2266
    @br2266 Місяць тому +7

    Ah yes the ol “have a news station contact you, suddenly guy doesn’t feel so bold to take advantage of an old man” tactic.

  • @fabulousfabricationsimmacu4962
    @fabulousfabricationsimmacu4962 2 місяці тому +319

    He’s payed property tax for 80 years I think he deserves a break and the city should paint it for free

    • @tommitchell8425
      @tommitchell8425 2 місяці тому +6

      They will raise his taxes

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 2 місяці тому +25

      The insanity is a friend who lives in Hungary told me that there you buy your house you pay a one time tax, and thats IT, you never pay anything more. She has a house, fields, 3 horses and a kennel of dogs there,

    • @kyleshockley1573
      @kyleshockley1573 2 місяці тому

      @@HobbyOrganist Yeah well, Hungarians weren't afraid to take up arms against Soviet invaders. "Russians go home!" Metropolitan Americans would probably prevaricate over how the New Soviet Overlords were simply decolonizing us with the help of socially-conscious tanks and armed troops.

    • @ravikiran4495
      @ravikiran4495 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@HobbyOrganistdammmm sounds like a plan if you ask me

    • @davidjacobs8558
      @davidjacobs8558 2 місяці тому

      ha ha, the property tax is paid to the County, not the City.

  • @undiscloseduser2004
    @undiscloseduser2004 2 місяці тому +506

    Absolutely shameful; I'd sue the city for emotional distress if I were his family.

    • @zigmogcreator
      @zigmogcreator 2 місяці тому +10

      The family is too kind and considerate so they wont sue.

    • @rayl3103
      @rayl3103 2 місяці тому +4

      @@zigmogcreator It would go nowhere.

    • @jaminova_1969
      @jaminova_1969 2 місяці тому +8

      It's harassment!

    • @710grabtherig
      @710grabtherig 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@zigmogcreator plus it would cost as much as the fine if not more for a lawyer to sue

    • @user-vh9hs4qe7r
      @user-vh9hs4qe7r 2 місяці тому

      Remember talk is cheap and they pass lost to protect themselves so you can’t sue them and they’re probably the people that live in that city

  • @michaeldaugherty6826
    @michaeldaugherty6826 2 місяці тому +6

    Put the agents threatening this man in jail.

  • @GingerAnne
    @GingerAnne Місяць тому +1

    The strongest generation. Such kindness in him. He doesn't even complain. He just says.. "It's easy, I used to be a contractor." What a good soul. Every generation after him is nothing in comparison to this generation we are losing. My grandma is 94, and she is just like Him. And so isn't her sisters and brothers. They were all like this. They raised me, so I follow in their footsteps. I would kindly paint that man's fence. And the criminals need to be punished. I am an artist, and that crap isn't art. Unwanted and ugly graffiti needs to be heavily criminalized. It makes entire cities look like trash. There is creative and artful graffiti. But gang and destructive graffiti is shameful.

  • @halebop12
    @halebop12 2 місяці тому +284

    Someone trying to harass him out of his property. As much graffiti as there is anymore, no excuse for fining this 100 year old man for what he did not do.

    • @maewebster9377
      @maewebster9377 2 місяці тому +21

      I agree…some company wants that property….they don’t seem to care about commercial property that has graffiti on it.

    • @fastdude2002
      @fastdude2002 2 місяці тому

      I doubt the city knew he was 102 years old. I wish more cities would force property owners to clean up graffiti as it’s a cancer. You don’t want to leave graffiti, garbage, etc. unaddressed. The theory is called “broken windows” and it was very effective in cleaning up New York City back in the 90s when the city actually cared, now it’s a trashed city. Unfortunately maintenance and up keep comes with owning property. The gentleman can get family, volunteers or hire someone to maintain his property as the neighbors and rest of the community don’t want to look at that each day. To those who say there is graffiti everywhere, why make this property owner clean it up? Unfortunately undesirables graffiti every day but you can’t just give up and not try and clean up the city. This guy is not the only person required to maintain his property. I was a Deputy Probation Officer back in the day and I always ordered offenders when caught to clean up graffiti as part of the terms of their probation.

    • @lisacain1670
      @lisacain1670 2 місяці тому +18

      @@fastdude2002so go to Oakland and get to work…and the point is that there is graffiti on city property that the city isn’t cleaning up but yet the city is threatening a 102 year old man over graffiti on his fence. If the city caught the criminals, nobody would have to clean up after them.

    • @LetsTalkAboutPrepping
      @LetsTalkAboutPrepping 2 місяці тому +5

      ​@@fastdude2002if the city wants it cleaned up then they should clean it, even make a jobs program out of it and maybe hire some of the graffiti artists to clean up their mess and have a job (they'll refuse).
      You'll still be punishing the citizens through taxation for these programs, but at least you won't be discriminating against the law abiders

    • @fastdude2002
      @fastdude2002 2 місяці тому

      @@lisacain1670 everyone is focusing on the property owners age. The city who notified him of the issue with his property wouldn’t know his age and frankly it’s irrelevant. Graffiti is a disease on a community and it needs to be cleaned up. The older gentleman can get help from family, volunteers, or pay someone to come maintain his property that he owns and is responsible for. Because of his age should he be allowed to store broken down appliances in his driveway? Cars up on blocks on the front lawn? After all he’s very old so standards and codes shouldn’t apply to him. I wouldn’t leave graffiti on my property for even one day, makes me look trashy. The city can’t use tax payers money and clean private property. As butt hurt as you realize that all cities require property owners to clean graffiti from their property, businesses. Stating that there is graffiti in other places including city property doesn’t mean that we should just give up and not clean up the mess in our cities including graffiti. I’m sure the city cleans up its fair share of graffiti on city property, it’s a never ending task but you can’t just except it and allow it to build up and stay, we already look like a 3rd world country in our cities, let’s take some pride.

  • @vm6418
    @vm6418 2 місяці тому +369

    You do not harass a 102 year old gentleman that is not a good idea.

    • @BigJFindAWay
      @BigJFindAWay 2 місяці тому +13

      Especially when you consider he’s of the Greatest Generation.

    • @littlebrookreader949
      @littlebrookreader949 2 місяці тому +4

      Good ideas only proceed from minds and hearts that think good thoughts and have decent feelings.

    • @kbooth249
      @kbooth249 2 місяці тому

      @@BigJFindAWay isn’t it sad that he has to see what he risked his life fighting for the shit hole it’s becoming. Most die a bit younger so are spared of that. History repeats itself.

    • @gutwallst6645
      @gutwallst6645 2 місяці тому

      White people need to live amongst themselves

    • @BigJFindAWay
      @BigJFindAWay 2 місяці тому

      @@kbooth249 What makes it worse is that there actually are a lot more of the GI (Greatest) Generation still alive than you could possibly imagine. You wouldnt think so because to be part of the GI Generation you'd have to be 96 years and older. But with the advances of medicine a lot more people are living to that age than ever before. And so there still are tens of thousands of GI Gens living amongst us now. I mean Jimmy Carter is still around at the time of this writing, and so is Alan Greenspan. Plus we still have Mel Brooks, David Attenborough, Caren Marsh Doll and others. Those who are not suffering dementia I shudder to imagine what they think of the countries they did so much to make strong, where these countries are today.

  • @jballaviator
    @jballaviator 2 місяці тому +2

    Keep voting for the same thing Cali... You're an inspiration.

  • @Alexis-ey4kp
    @Alexis-ey4kp 2 місяці тому +1

    What a precious man, wish I could tell him how amazing he is! Take care ❤

  • @kepckatherinec805
    @kepckatherinec805 2 місяці тому +217

    The city’s too chicken or too cheap to enforce anti graffiti laws against the punk a-holes who deface properties. Instead, the city acts against a 102 year old wheelchair bound tax paying citizen. Pathetic.

    • @briansharp4388
      @briansharp4388 2 місяці тому +15

      He can't run from them like the punks doing it. Glad I left east bay

    • @synnove1046
      @synnove1046 2 місяці тому

      @@Joe-by8jhIt’s not about race. Don’t be an idiot.

    • @furiousapplesack
      @furiousapplesack 2 місяці тому

      @@Joe-by8jh DId you just invent a victimization for a strawman? Grow up, kid.

    • @furiousapplesack
      @furiousapplesack 2 місяці тому

      @@Joe-by8jh Cool. I ask again, did you just invent a victimization?

  • @Cyndogg085
    @Cyndogg085 2 місяці тому +312

    Shame on the city of Oakland! 😠

    • @BigB0ss00
      @BigB0ss00 2 місяці тому

      they only protect and care for thug criminals not its law abiding citizens

    • @secretsauce4530
      @secretsauce4530 2 місяці тому

      ​@@user-rl7mt4gh3o👍

  • @Oceanside2023
    @Oceanside2023 2 місяці тому +1

    This is one story that I’m glad the news covered! 😢❤😊

  • @raz4371
    @raz4371 Місяць тому +1

    This is why we as a community need to stand up and offer to do it for him.

  • @Himmiefan
    @Himmiefan 2 місяці тому +284

    They guy's 102. The city needs to come out and clean it for free.

    • @fyiaustralia9686
      @fyiaustralia9686 2 місяці тому +32

      Give the council "inspector" a tin of paint when he comes out to inspect the graffiti removal. Make city council officials more useful.

    • @richardlee653
      @richardlee653 2 місяці тому +9

      Be even better if they spent some money on policing to discourage vandalism.

    • @JB1052
      @JB1052 Місяць тому

      All those years of him paying his taxes. The city should come out and cover up the graffiti for free.

  • @MB26535
    @MB26535 2 місяці тому +379

    This man has lived through the Great Depression, World War II, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 60's, Vietnam, Watergate and 9/11 and they are still giving him this fine. He has seen more than any of those lawmakers or city inspectors. We need to treat our elderly citizens in this country better than this.

    • @tarynjoyce275
      @tarynjoyce275 2 місяці тому +22

      He also made it through the pandemic! Give the man a break

    • @gameratortylerstein5636
      @gameratortylerstein5636 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@tarynjoyce275which pandemic?

    • @CandaceP-dd9gx
      @CandaceP-dd9gx 2 місяці тому +3

      The 60’s? Jim crow?

    • @jaffa3717
      @jaffa3717 2 місяці тому +3

      Just the entire decade of the 1960's lol

    • @Kirasfox
      @Kirasfox 2 місяці тому

      Nah...they just want the elderly to work till they can't live anymore....I wish I was kidding but the dam retirement age is creeping further and further away....

  • @europa
    @europa 10 годин тому +1

    Graffiti should be a felony, vigilante justice

  • @TOMVUTHEPIMP
    @TOMVUTHEPIMP 2 місяці тому +2055

    He looks damn good for 102.

    • @bodybuilderslave7125
      @bodybuilderslave7125 2 місяці тому +169

      He's in alot better shape than joe b.

    • @sunnykobe3210
      @sunnykobe3210 2 місяці тому

      @@bodybuilderslave7125living rent free 🤦🏽👍🏽

    • @rickwhitman6435
      @rickwhitman6435 2 місяці тому +140

      He looks better then Biden.more coherent as well.

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester 2 місяці тому

      @@rickwhitman6435
      Everybody looks better than Biden. Even Methuselah.

    • @drquinnmedicinewoman7786
      @drquinnmedicinewoman7786 2 місяці тому +1

      i want to sleep with him and share a double whopper with cheese after we make whoopi!

  • @HENRY-tm4fz
    @HENRY-tm4fz Місяць тому

    Thank You For Sharing 🇺🇸

  • @julianzuniga8905
    @julianzuniga8905 2 місяці тому +594

    imagine paying 40% of your own hard owned money to taxes and the state launders it all instead of fixing, maintaining, and policing the city

    • @eatnplaytoday
      @eatnplaytoday 2 місяці тому

      Government is corrupted

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 2 місяці тому +6

      I can tell you don’t pay taxes.

    • @janitorizamped
      @janitorizamped 2 місяці тому +18

      ​@@genericamerican7574lol?

    • @MarcassCarcass
      @MarcassCarcass 2 місяці тому +10

      In Florida, they're militarized against the disabled, left me spitting and pissing blood when they were supposed to be providing legal and medical services.

    • @WeThePeeps1
      @WeThePeeps1 2 місяці тому +9

      And then, FINES YOU for others' vandalism.

  • @bigbellyflyer
    @bigbellyflyer 2 місяці тому +502

    Name the city inspector!

    • @BetaBuxDelux
      @BetaBuxDelux 2 місяці тому +62

      Now this I want to know.

    • @billmoran3219
      @billmoran3219 2 місяці тому +45

      A bumbling fool named Inspector Crusoe

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 2 місяці тому

      Probably some racist liberal harassing him because he's white!!!

    • @evonne315
      @evonne315 2 місяці тому +7

      There you go

    • @rickymcdonald2669
      @rickymcdonald2669 2 місяці тому +7

      Oh the a$$ hat?

  • @josephmedina6403
    @josephmedina6403 День тому +1

    That’s crap !
    If I lived in Oakland I would have helped a 102 yr old disabled man paint his fence and wall .😐

  • @Xzile40
    @Xzile40 2 місяці тому +2

    We the people should write a citation to the city for every single city-owned building or piece of property that has graffiti unaddressed on it. $11,000 per major citation and $1200 per day unfixed, payments made directly to the people in that city. See if they like having to drop EVERYTHING they're doing to paint something others have deemed an eyesore.

  • @12GaugePadawan
    @12GaugePadawan 2 місяці тому +424

    The City leadership should be fined and should step down for the failed government they’ve enacted.

    • @carlitosway917
      @carlitosway917 2 місяці тому +14

      The officials probably saw him as a easy target to extort money from through these ludicrous fines.

    • @kewintaylor7056
      @kewintaylor7056 2 місяці тому +1

      Look like he protect those grafitty thug more than knnocent ppl!…

    • @midtownmariner5250
      @midtownmariner5250 2 місяці тому

      Behold: The shameful crime-disease of “liberalism” / leftism.

    • @christinewigley2206
      @christinewigley2206 2 місяці тому

      It’s HAPPENING ALL OVER, GOVERNMENT ARE ALL CORRUPT

    • @gypsyrose7554
      @gypsyrose7554 2 місяці тому +2

      This is reality when your vote blue.

  • @VolcanoKing-dj5px
    @VolcanoKing-dj5px 2 місяці тому +281

    The worthless city of Oakland officials let criminals do whatever they want but they threaten this man with steep fines..sickening.

    • @CrimsonEclipse
      @CrimsonEclipse 2 місяці тому +25

      Because they are cowards and bullies and found it easier to shake down law abiding citizens like this old man because they can't profit from actual criminal who avoid paying their fines.

    • @lisab.1595
      @lisab.1595 2 місяці тому +6

      I'm surprised they didn't confiscate his home. So pathetic, it's beyond words.

    • @kathyyoung1774
      @kathyyoung1774 2 місяці тому

      I’m betting they are all Democrats.

  • @MrChase115
    @MrChase115 Місяць тому +1

    100 years of dealing with peoples bullshit, and he still don't let it faze him. That's his secret. Stress kills and shortens life, this guy has no time for it. Brilliant !

  • @RobertNazarov65
    @RobertNazarov65 2 дні тому

    The streets should respect this guy and help keep his wall clean

  • @tassiegirl1991
    @tassiegirl1991 2 місяці тому +221

    He didn’t graffiti his fence, it’s a criminal offence . The city of Oakland should clean it themselves irrespective of any home owners age.

  • @Kitkat-wu3ow
    @Kitkat-wu3ow 2 місяці тому +314

    If the city cant arrest the vandals....the city needs to pay for the repair.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 2 місяці тому +14

      Nope. The mayor wants to collect fines from law-abiding citizens. That way, whatever the crim-crimz do will be paid for and taken care of by others instead of inconveniencing her.

    • @markdsm-5157
      @markdsm-5157 2 місяці тому +12

      correction: won't.. not can't. it's a conscious decision what they're doing.

    • @AwesomeAlenYay
      @AwesomeAlenYay 2 місяці тому +4

      Totally agree

    • @junglesuperstar9270
      @junglesuperstar9270 2 місяці тому

      @@Novastar.SaberCombatsounds like the city hires criminals to paint grafutti

    • @denickite
      @denickite 2 місяці тому

      Excellentcomment! Makes sense to me.

  • @sushiifoxx
    @sushiifoxx Місяць тому +1

    stay strong, victor! ❤

  • @melissam64
    @melissam64 Місяць тому

    Oh my gosh image still having your dad in your 70s, I lost mine at 21 years old, this would have been a real blessing to me

  • @Blemmo
    @Blemmo 2 місяці тому +205

    Well then sue the city for failing to remove all of the grafitti from public buildings. Let's say 1100 dollars and 1200 more for every failed reinspection

    • @alyssatipton5080
      @alyssatipton5080 2 місяці тому +5

      Poetry

    • @pamelabeth
      @pamelabeth 2 місяці тому +2

      👏 👏 👏

    • @thelonecabbage7834
      @thelonecabbage7834 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, spend your own money to accomplish nothing. That'll show them!

    • @clalam5241
      @clalam5241 2 місяці тому

      ​@@thelonecabbage7834 youre deluded if you think all city funds come from taxes

    • @thelonecabbage7834
      @thelonecabbage7834 2 місяці тому

      @@clalam5241 What the fuck makes you think I think that?

  • @georgemason1026
    @georgemason1026 2 місяці тому +184

    Ridiculous, with all the other problems Oakland has, they pick on this elderly gentleman. Heard they don't answer or respond to 911 calls, yet they have the time to harass this guy.

    • @dacreamofthecrop
      @dacreamofthecrop 2 місяці тому +19

      Its a shakedown plain and simple

    • @timsmith1125
      @timsmith1125 2 місяці тому +5

      @@dacreamofthecrop Agreed. Unfortunately, stories similar to this one are more common than not. Whatever the motivation for the city to issue the citation, the unanswered question remains why they didn’t have a conversation with this gentleman before escalating the matter?

    • @mikeg3728
      @mikeg3728 2 місяці тому +5

      What I heard from an insider (Mountain View PD) is the Oakland guys will respond if it sounds like potential injury/harm to a human, but beyond that, they pretty much ignore calls.

  • @i_bleed_makeup1187
    @i_bleed_makeup1187 Місяць тому

    I love this man. I wish him all the best. Terrible what the city is doing to him.

  • @mr.x8880
    @mr.x8880 Місяць тому

    This is outrageous and quite relatable to how any time my younger brother would (out of habit) start hitting or pinching me, and just when that was upsetting enough our mom and dad would just reprimand and/or punish me for pushing him off of me or go about it like it’s all my fault that he wanted to instigate a problem.

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf 2 місяці тому +342

    Punishing a old man who didn't do it is an act of coward for not targeting those that committed graffiti. Smh.

  • @fishgutz4272
    @fishgutz4272 2 місяці тому +118

    He was targeted because the home has no mortgage. A developer wants the property.

    • @nothanks5846
      @nothanks5846 2 місяці тому +16

      🎯🎯🎯

    • @juniorthird7952
      @juniorthird7952 2 місяці тому +11

      But who wants to develop in Oakland it's a wasteland. Everything has moved out. The football team left now the baseball team is leaving.

    • @tmartin-wong8602
      @tmartin-wong8602 2 місяці тому +3

      Agreed!

    • @crippledwings
      @crippledwings 2 місяці тому +3

      too real

    • @sysbofh
      @sysbofh 2 місяці тому +2

      @@juniorthird7952 For real? That's savage...

  • @ld2048
    @ld2048 Місяць тому +1

    its time for the people to take justice into their hands, when all governing bodies refuse to deal with the problem

  • @mei6044
    @mei6044 18 годин тому

    He'll soon be 103, wow. He looks good. My God, don't harrass him!

  • @zakbaker6620
    @zakbaker6620 2 місяці тому +313

    102 and a former private contractor, that man is is great shape considering his former line of work. So is his son, for being 70 years old. Thats some solid genes.

    • @Slay_No_More
      @Slay_No_More 2 місяці тому +13

      Indeed. He looks better than some 65 year olds.

    • @dannyhowarth1728
      @dannyhowarth1728 2 місяці тому +7

      I was thinking that son is 72 and overweight but looks alot younger

    • @-MaryPoppins-
      @-MaryPoppins- 2 місяці тому +6

      He looks AMAZING!!! So does the son and daughter in law!!! I guess when you’re not a piece of trash, life is kinder!

    • @fett_420
      @fett_420 2 місяці тому

      That's how living your life the way you want and doing the things that make you happy looks. Now people are shamed for doing the things they like and eating what they enjoy instead mostly because of plant grazers and psudoscience.

    • @TheKingacevedo
      @TheKingacevedo 2 місяці тому +2

      True. Can I get a blood transfusion? My DNA could use an enhancement.

  • @LISA75_
    @LISA75_ 2 місяці тому +192

    The real issue is that this old guy's property has been vandalized , and instead of working to catch and fine and punish the miscreants that have done it , they blame/punish the victim .

    • @alexandru5369
      @alexandru5369 2 місяці тому +5

      Not just that but he STILL has too pay property tax if you're 65 property tax should be null and void same as if you pay off the house on the spot ( unless you're renting it out)

    • @anthrolitestudios
      @anthrolitestudios 2 місяці тому +1

      I’m so confused. Ok you don’t know the perps sure. But why punish the owner of said property for vandalism if it’s private property. Wait I should word it better. Based on the fine for not clearing graffiti can you not put graffiti on your own property?

    • @franknblunt
      @franknblunt 2 місяці тому

      this happens in USA more often than aware & media complicit with suppression

    • @HibouRondo
      @HibouRondo 2 місяці тому +1

      @@anthrolitestudios he needs Banksy! Then it’s art.

    • @73cidalia
      @73cidalia 2 місяці тому +5

      All while they ignore the graffiti on their own property.

  • @LavigneProductions
    @LavigneProductions Місяць тому

    Also we should all call that office and demand they stop harassing that old man. If enough people call they will stop

  • @WilliamsPinch
    @WilliamsPinch 2 місяці тому

    I love what he said! “Keep breathing and behave yourself” for long life 💕

  • @williamnessanbaum7464
    @williamnessanbaum7464 2 місяці тому +201

    Outrageous... The administrators of the city of Oakland should be ashamed...

    • @coolcpa3321
      @coolcpa3321 2 місяці тому +10

      You give them credit for having a conscience. Oakland is one of the worst run cities in the nation and extremely corrupt.

    • @BestoftheBest-oz4ei
      @BestoftheBest-oz4ei 2 місяці тому +3

      Ashamed??? They have no shame. Back in the 90's when I was a kid, Oakland was already a shit hole, it's probably 100x worse now if you can imagine that!

    • @russellprout723
      @russellprout723 2 місяці тому +1

      @@coolcpa3321 I am sure some other cities would give it a run for its money

    • @user-jh8mo1gx6l
      @user-jh8mo1gx6l 2 місяці тому +2

      I suppose a visit to the homes of the city council that resulted in some artistic endeavors with spray paint might result in Oakland maintenance crews being immediately dispatched to the scene?

    • @ledwallet1944
      @ledwallet1944 2 місяці тому

      No dispatch needed...the police regularly patrol and protect those neighborhoods.@@user-jh8mo1gx6l

  • @eleanorhardy683
    @eleanorhardy683 2 місяці тому +185

    Cancel the citation my a**. They need to sue the city. You can't be human to do a 102 year old like this. It's like they're punishing him for a crime someone else committed. Also they should put up some hidden cameras, and catch these tyrants. This man has lived over a century. 🎉 We should be honoring him, not hurting him.

    • @Tea_Spilln_Cupz
      @Tea_Spilln_Cupz 2 місяці тому +3

      It’s more important knowing what he spent his 102 years doing than making it that far before putting on the cape for someone you don’t know.😒

    • @CarsonL2000
      @CarsonL2000 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Tea_Spilln_CupzDid you hear the man? He behaved himself, so sounds like a good person to me😊

    • @Tea_Spilln_Cupz
      @Tea_Spilln_Cupz 2 місяці тому

      @@CarsonL2000 That doesn’t reflect on character, it reflects on obedience.

    • @DRHightower
      @DRHightower 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@Tea_Spilln_Cupz I can see you're trying to be human. Your attempt is a funny one. Well done, im impressed.

    • @TheSpicyLeg
      @TheSpicyLeg 2 місяці тому +5

      @@Tea_Spilln_CupzYeah, that 102 year old man is familiar with concepts like obedience, duty, discipline, and honor. Not exactly commonly found in modern people, so it can be confusing and alarming when first encountered.

  • @kennethnakamura3936
    @kennethnakamura3936 2 місяці тому +1

    Absurd totally ridiculous and very cruel. The City should be painting it for him not the other way around. Just unacceptable on the City’s part, unconscionable and patently unfair. Counter sue the City. Get him an attorney to ensure this attack on a decent guy who has paid property taxes for 60 years deserves some recognition and respect. Shame on Oakland

  • @user9b2
    @user9b2 2 місяці тому

    He’s doing good for 103 years old 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @michaelkissner2284
    @michaelkissner2284 2 місяці тому +229

    They won’t kick out squatters who are trespassing in peoples homes, but they’ll fine an elderly man who has paid more than enough of his dues in his life, for not cleaning something he didn’t even do. I wish I lived close enough to this man to go to his house and do this for him so he can relax in his retirement

    • @annjones6543
      @annjones6543 2 місяці тому +7

      Or Hoarders that need to Clean their property and remove Junk.

    • @finlaymcdiarmid5832
      @finlaymcdiarmid5832 2 місяці тому +8

      The criminals couldn't help themselves! You should've known better!
      Thats the democrat motto.

    • @timafiggy
      @timafiggy 2 місяці тому +2

      I seriously think it's by design now. Slowly turning into larger Alcatraz.

    • @user-ye6ty9ie8g
      @user-ye6ty9ie8g 2 місяці тому

      paid enough dues? he has gotten more in social security than he ever paid for anything, mega welfare recipient

    • @squidwardtentacles2736
      @squidwardtentacles2736 2 місяці тому +1

      world's gone backwards it seems

  • @MIM-ve7qz
    @MIM-ve7qz 2 місяці тому +187

    The City of Oakland should help him not hurt him.

    • @neckarsulme
      @neckarsulme 2 місяці тому

      they are too busy being nice to the drug addicts and criminals

    • @CrimsonEclipse
      @CrimsonEclipse 2 місяці тому +4

      If the city was that honorable the city wouldn't be so crime infested.

  • @peteallyn412
    @peteallyn412 Місяць тому

    This should never happen. How can they blame someone who isn’t even at fault?

  • @Phaserdeath
    @Phaserdeath 2 місяці тому

    “How many times do we have to tell you old man” 😂🤣😂

  • @Headywon
    @Headywon 2 місяці тому +141

    Oakland should just arrest itself, what a disaster of a city

    • @lisab.1595
      @lisab.1595 2 місяці тому +4

      Can we possibly get any dumber in this country? I don't think so.

    • @tommitchell8425
      @tommitchell8425 2 місяці тому

      The home of WORLD CHAMPIONS
      RAIDERS
      A'S
      WARRIORS
      ❤❤❤

    • @Want2cJesus
      @Want2cJesus 2 місяці тому

      A disaster of a city in a disaster of a state. Bunch of communists.

  • @davidalexander7988
    @davidalexander7988 2 місяці тому +199

    Maybe he should site the city for failure to police the city?

    • @JoeVinson
      @JoeVinson 2 місяці тому

      He probably voted for this.

  • @tracy9397
    @tracy9397 Місяць тому

    This is completely insane! When will the criminals be charged like they use to?! Smh

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman8472 2 дні тому +1

    SEE ALSO: “102 Not Out”; great movie! 😎

  • @johnhmielewski1230
    @johnhmielewski1230 2 місяці тому +165

    This family has some superior genes man. His son looks like he's in his 50s and still in great shape, they're both in amazing health for their ages.

    • @JakeTurbine
      @JakeTurbine 2 місяці тому +5

      Right?!

    • @a.j.carmichael8156
      @a.j.carmichael8156 2 місяці тому +4

      For sure!

    • @bguerra4
      @bguerra4 2 місяці тому +17

      The 102 year old is more spry than our president

    • @sharknadofartquake2449
      @sharknadofartquake2449 2 місяці тому +1

      LOL 50'S?! In my newest video on this channel I was a week less than 47 years 11 months old and I DID NOT dye my hair to remove gray. I guess you'll think I'm immortal if you think that guy looks like he's in his 50's!

  • @Aieshoo
    @Aieshoo 2 місяці тому +133

    Living in Oakland is punishment enough.

    • @secretsauce4530
      @secretsauce4530 2 місяці тому

      Apparently it's the only city u.s. where you can buy mushrooms? Well outside indian reservations( though I dont think they give stuff to non-tribe members?)

    • @tommitchell8425
      @tommitchell8425 2 місяці тому

      OAKLAND is the home of WORLD CHAMPIONS 😊

    • @Aieshoo
      @Aieshoo 2 місяці тому +3

      @@tommitchell8425 World champions of crime.

  • @saltysailor141
    @saltysailor141 2 місяці тому

    Maybe Tom Vacar the reporter at the news desk, could join the poor old dude having to paint over the crappy graffiti? The combination of their two ages would rival Yoda! 😂

  • @conrad7635
    @conrad7635 Місяць тому +1

    The old man taxes must be used to provide services. Lawmakers are paid by taxes. Conscience and be reasonable. The city did not provide protection and services to the taxpayer. The city must be sued and pay the taxpayer.

  • @veebes1142
    @veebes1142 2 місяці тому +124

    So those squatters that take over people's empty houses can not be arrested, but this 102 yr old man in a wheelchair and pay his tax will get charged and fine.. wow!

  • @katiecovello4546
    @katiecovello4546 2 місяці тому +100

    I hope whoever cited him , no longer has their job. That is utterly disgusting.

    • @tommitchell8425
      @tommitchell8425 2 місяці тому +9

      No way
      You can bet they most likely received a commendation..

    • @EwanCumia
      @EwanCumia 2 місяці тому +5

      Promoted

    • @davidmorley7778
      @davidmorley7778 2 місяці тому +3

      Fat chance of that happening, probably high fived everyone at city hall and dancing like Ren & Stimpy

    • @barnettmcgowan8978
      @barnettmcgowan8978 2 місяці тому

      The person who sited him isn't to blame. That's their job and if they don't do it, they can be fired. They probably have a family to feed. However there is some process for paying or contesting the fine. The people at that point in the process would have the discretion to do the right thing, and chose not too. They are the problem.

    • @cantprocess
      @cantprocess 2 місяці тому

      @@barnettmcgowan8978”I’m just doing my job. I got family to feed.” Said the nazis ushering the Jews into the chamber.

  • @outdoorsy01
    @outdoorsy01 Місяць тому

    This has happened quite a few times. 88 year old lady with arthritis also fined for not cleaning off grafiti

  • @mecha417
    @mecha417 27 днів тому

    Whoever came up with the idea to fine this old man should face the fine themselves. This isn't the city playing by the law, this is absolutely spineless.

  • @steveblankenship5474
    @steveblankenship5474 2 місяці тому +106

    That’s elder abuse by the City of Oakland!

  • @kzoomin
    @kzoomin 2 місяці тому +134

    How about making shoplifting and open drug market problem a priority first?

    • @stevetavares1837
      @stevetavares1837 2 місяці тому +5

      Like the customers at the airport gas stations that are getting ripped off in broad daylight

    • @stevetavares1837
      @stevetavares1837 2 місяці тому +1

      Like the customers at the airport gas stations that are getting ripped off in broad daylight

    • @tommitchell8425
      @tommitchell8425 2 місяці тому +1

      How's about the individuals in GAZA being starved😮

    • @horsepanther
      @horsepanther 2 місяці тому

      Or they could even--gasp--prioritize the ungodly number of murders.

    • @horsepanther
      @horsepanther 2 місяці тому

      Um, I don't think the City of Oakland has jurisdiction in Gaza. But hey, I could be wrong. /s@@tommitchell8425

  • @ianbattles7290
    @ianbattles7290 24 дні тому +1

    Funny how the city ITSELF isn't held to the same standard, based on all the spraypainted street signs...

  • @sandstorm3044
    @sandstorm3044 2 місяці тому +2

    Take a picture before and after in case they tag it again you have proof you did it.

  • @hearsemanjeff1477
    @hearsemanjeff1477 2 місяці тому +107

    Think of how many years this person has paid taxes to this city only to be treated this way

  • @andrew3399
    @andrew3399 2 місяці тому +416

    “It’s very easy. Keep breathing and behave yourself.” What an awesome man.

    • @Prof_Lithium
      @Prof_Lithium 2 місяці тому +11

      Let's mark it. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
      2:02

    • @Seanthefox
      @Seanthefox 2 місяці тому +5

      That's a great motto to live by. But still, he shouldn't be forced to do this. He's an old man for christ sake

    • @foggyfrogy
      @foggyfrogy Місяць тому +1

      I choked on my drink 😂

    • @Dr.Mcstaby
      @Dr.Mcstaby Місяць тому

      not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing, on one hand you stay out of trouble on the other you'll get stepped on all your life.

  • @ryans413
    @ryans413 Місяць тому

    Instead of citing the homeowners why not the city do something to prevent it from happening.

  • @oldogre5999
    @oldogre5999 2 місяці тому +1

    Perhaps he should leave a not on the fence for the "artists to come see him FIRST that he has a job offer for them that they might really enjoy!
    Then pay them to go tag every Oakland Counsel members homes or fences and leave his alone!