Riverside/5-Points- It started out very cute and innocent with some really good 3 year olds and some good homemade costumes that I complemented the proud Mothers on.(Mini Me Cookie Monster was the best!)
Then it turned into an Invasion.
I saw groups of 20-30 kids and adults....Very few Flashlights and they were walking on the sidewalks as well as blocking through traffic by refusing to move out of the middle of the street
I rode past a heated argument on Dellwood between 30 people,a car, and 15 people on the other side of the street. One kid was yelling how "Lame" Riverside is..
I then visited a friend on his porch on Myra and had several uncostumed thugs in Dreads (worms?) try to just walk up on the porch while not making eye contact with us or speaking...I had a bad feeling after the 3rd one and found myself standing up to confront them. My friend cooly told them we were out of treats.
On the 29th I was warned by a Stockton St Bodega regular "To watch out for the invasion from over the tracks" He was going to stay up all night policing his property near King St.
Ahhh the night wasn't over yet. The "Church" on Ernest and Margaret street was having a street football game with foot races and loud shouting between 11:30 -12:30pm that eventually attracted no less than 3 JSO cars.
What WAS missing was the Gator Victory parade...We usually yell back and it's all in good fun..
