DA Pamela Price and ultra-woke Oakland leaders blasted by NAACP over rise in violence, crime
July 28, 2023
Alameda County DA Pamela Price has received criticism for her progressive policies and declining to seek harsher punishment against violent offenders.
The Oakland, California, NAACP civil rights organization blasted woke city leaders for their soft-on-crime policies which they say have led to skyrocketing numbers of shootouts and violent armed robberies, forcing residents to leave the area for good.
The group issued the statement Thursday as dozens of Oakland residents packed a public safety meeting and demanded progressive Alameda County DA Pamela Price to address the alarming uptick of violent crime in the city.
In the letter, the local NAACP chapter said residents are “sick and tired” of the shootings, car-break-ins and highway shootouts and implored city leaders to declare a state of emergency.
“There is nothing compassionate or progressive about allowing criminal behavior to fester and rob Oakland residents of their basic rights to public safety,” the group wrote.
“It is not racist or unkind to want to be safe from crime. No one should live in fear in our city.”
Oakland
police investigate the scene after shooting an armed carjacking suspect
on International Boulevard and 105th Avenue in East Oakland, Calif., on
Feb. 17, 2023.
The group, along with Bishop Bob Jackson of the Acts Full Gospel Church, said Price’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute serious criminals, as reported by The Post, has created “the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric and created a heyday for Oakland criminals.”
The city’s 911 system also is failing its residents, while criminals know police response is usually slow since the city is suffering from a shortage of 500 officers, Oakland NAACP officials said in the letter.
As of July 16, robberies in Oakland have increased by 22% with 1,880 reports, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Crime overall was up 15% citywide and up 42% in total since the first half of 2021.
Oakland police investigate a double shooting near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, Calif., on April 2, 2023.
Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams.
Bishop
Bob Jackson, of Acts Full Gospel Church, along with Oakland NAACP,
penned the letter asking city leaders to declare a state of emergency.
Jackson and the NAACP said no one is safe when it comes to becoming targets of criminals who have taken over Oaklands’ streets because of the lack of leadership and prosecution.
“African Americans are disproportionately hit the hardest by crime in East Oakland and other parts of the city,” the group said. “But residents from all parts of the city report that they do not feel safe. Women are targeted by young mobs and viciously beaten and robbed in downtown and uptown neighborhoods.
“Asians are assaulted in Chinatown. Street vendors are robbed in Fruitvale. News crews have their cameras stolen while they report on crime. PG&E workers are robbed and now require private security when they are out working. Everyone is in danger.”
Vehicles head back and forth across the Bay Bridge during the afternoon commute in Oakland, Calif., on June 26, 2023. 
Oakland Police investigate a shooting on Brookdale Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Oakland, Calif., on April 27, 2023.
Price has received criticism for her progressive policies and declining to seek harsher punishment against violent offenders. In March, the prosecutor declined to add gun and gang enhancements against three gangbangers charged with shooting a 5-year-old girl.
Price announced in June she would not be prosecuting nine teens arrested for a string of robberies in the East Bay.
Price cited “lack of evidence” for not moving forward with charges against the teens, and added, “Many of the details of these incidents being spread by some individuals have been hyperbolic.”
“While I’m driving, I’m pulled out of my car at gunpoint,” one woman said. “What are we doing to address this? How do we solve this? Nobody feels safe.”
At the Thursday public meeting, Price doubled down on her decision not to prosecute the nine teens for the robberies. She said a veteran deputy in her office determined there was lack of evidence because the victims were unable to identify their attackers.
Oakland resident Barbara Hoffer, who also was at the meeting, said she was assaulted during an attempted robbery along with her friend.
“Pamela Price needs to understand that there must be consequences when there are assaults on people in their city,” Hoffer said.
2 comments:
I was born in Oakland and lived in the Bay Area for about 1/3 of my life. Oakland used to be a good, solid blue collar town. It is now a third-world shit hole. Half the city is either on probation or parole and it will not get any better until the voters, some of who are actual citizens, decide to elect leaders who do not have their heads up their progressive asses. The schools are worse than those in Stockton, hard to believe though that may be. Nobody cares if you can read, write or do basic math. As long as you don't knife a teacher during school hours you get your diploma. The place is a sick, sad joke.
Even the Baseball Team is leaving.
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