ABC News Sponsors Free Ice Cream Giveaway in Exchange For Epic Shots of Occupy Oakland

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Nothing is quite as appalling as seeing Yet Another Food Truck and ABC News setting up shop directly outside a general strike.  Don't get me wrong—I'm all for ice cream on a hot day.  But to drive up to sell ice cream to a bunch of people trying to shut down commerce for the day?  Well, that's just tacky.

But in true activist Oakland fashion, “Treats for the Streets” is no San Francisco food truck.  They have no website, Yelp profile, Twitter feed, Facebook page, Tumblr, Groupon deal, or daily 7x7 Magazine coverage and they give their ice cream away for free.

Everyone involved seemed a little too busy to give me the low-down on how this mobile gift economy scheme works, but I'm digging it.

Comments (3)

I don't think before I type's picture I don't think before I type | []

god i hate oakland so much, such a worthless city.

I don't think before I type's picture I don't think before I type | []

That’s it, just one round of free ice cream is all it cost them?

You know ABC is owned by Disney, right? They have more money than that.

I don't think before I type's picture I don't think before I type | []

I believe that’s the tactical ice cream unit. He’s been around for years, traveling to demonstrations all over the country. Not a foodie thing at all.