Oakland residents finally revolted against crime in the city and the leaders who allow it by not locking up criminals during a community safety meeting this week.
The meeting was hosted by City Council Member Dan Kalb. It included representatives from the Oakland Police Department and Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention. Hundreds of fed-up residents attended the meeting.
The residents said: “It’s all women. Two kids beat the shit out of me in front of my house last Monday night. Down on the pavement. Punching me, kicking me, dragging me through the street.
“When you signal to the community that the police are the problem, what do you expect?
“All the people in this room, we are the victims of a failed progressive utopia.
“Your policies have failed.
“That’s why all this stuff is happening, because you didn’t start by citing people for these low-level crimes–and don’t tell me it’s profiling because you can’t even see who’s in the car.
“If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
“But if there is no time, go ahead and do the crime, right?”
“He’s been naked.
“He’s masturbated in front of them.
“He’s urinated in front of them.
“And there’s nothing I’m told that the police can do,” one store owner said about a man living in front of his shop.
Oakland residents have had enough.
She is pissed.pic.twitter.com/DuqgtuxoFW
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 1, 2023
OAKLAND PLEADS FOR HELP: Robbed, shot, beaten. Some Oakland residents are scared to leave their homes or even go to work. Over 500 furious community members gathered this week to air their frustrations… Remember when they wanted to defund the police?
🔉 pic.twitter.com/NjQc6S0Slg— TheRealBiffBifford 🇺🇸 (@TBifford) June 2, 2023
