Man shot in face in parking lot during Raiders, Cardinals preseason game

[notorious]

Originally Posted by underEJ

I am not excusing Raider fans for violence, because it has been an issue for a long time, but I have gone to many games in Oakland, sometimes with another woman Chiefs fan, sometimes with my husband, and once with a Raider fan friend, always in red, and have found it to be predominantly good natured ribbing like any other away stadium. One or two instances were a bit over the top after beating them, but never dangerous. I used to live in a loft in East Oakland, near the Fruitvale Bart and drove around with my Chiefs stickers every day. Got nothing but some wide eyed shock from people. Parked it on the street every night, no one ever messed with it.

On the other hand, I nearly got my ass handed to me in the bathroom in Pittsburgh by a bitch mob. Nothing worse than female Steelers fans.

You are female. A Raider thug surrounded by 70,000 other idiots are not going to go after a woman.

[underEJ]

Originally Posted by notorious

You are female. A Raider thug surrounded by 70,000 other idiots are not going to go after a woman.

My husband isn't a female. He was just fine too. As were the other people in red I often see there. Like I said I am not defending Raider fans from the stereotype, as it is definitely based in reality, but I just want people to understand you are not risking your life by going to a game there. People also think the city of Oakland is just a dump that all looks like the sports complex area, and it isn't true. Oakland is a cool city. Along with the large and unattractive industrial area, it has alot of great architecture, beautiful hills, amazing parks, great restaurants, thriving art and music scenes, and some of the best bars I've ever been to because of the people. I really enjoyed living there. Enjoyed living in San Francisco too, but Oakland is alot more like Kansas City than people might think.

If this game was in Arizona, then it might have been involving LA/ Southern California area Raider fans which is a whole other level of angry fan.