'Out of Control!': Residents in This Very
Liberal City Are Angry Over High Crime
Townhall.com,
by
Julio Rosas
Original Article
Posted By: Northcross,
6/1/2023 1:31:36 PM
Residents of Oakland, California voiced their anger at the city leaders during a community meeting for the high crime rates, particularly against women, and pleaded for the police to be able to do their jobs. The Berkeley Scanner reported hundreds of residents turned out for the meeting, telling stories how they have been beaten and robbed, often times by teenagers. "Two kids beat the [deleted] out of me in front of my house last Monday night," one woman said. "Down on the pavement. Punching me, kicking me, dragging me through the street."
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bamapreacher 6/1/2023 1:47:53 PM (No. 1482367)
And yet, OP, they will continue to vote Democrat. You just can't fix stupid.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 6/1/2023 1:48:38 PM (No. 1482368)
We only wanted to be a little bit radical.
Viva le revolution, but could you do it over there?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
seamusm 6/1/2023 1:51:22 PM (No. 1482371)
But will they recognize that ALL of this is their own damn fault? Hell no! They'll ignore that law enforcement or rather its lack is the direct consequence of defunding police and refusing to punish the criminal. They'll continue to elect yet another set of idiot Dems and whine at council meetings when they are victims. 'DO something!, they'll yell, 'but gently, please'. 'Don't hurt those bad teens.' And those police trying to do right - they are helpless less they incite another BLM riot as in Minneapolis.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 6/1/2023 1:53:05 PM (No. 1482374)
The woman speaking got a big applause when she said 'profiling' shouldn't be a reason to let the criminals run wild. The problem is, only a strict crackdown on the offenders will stop the mayhem, and liberals don't have the cajones to do that.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/1/2023 1:57:32 PM (No. 1482380)
Oakland has been “out ofcontrol” for as long as I can remember. Predominantly black. Gertrude Stein once said of Oakland “there’s no there there”…
Are the natives now fed up - finally?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Sully 6/1/2023 2:11:40 PM (No. 1482386)
Excuse me? This is exactly what it's supposed to look like when you give power to the party that hates the popo and loves making victims
12 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Cindiana 6/1/2023 2:14:04 PM (No. 1482387)
Say what, Lisa?? lol
...Lisa McNally, a public school teacher, said she went on a ride-along with the Oakland Police Department, recalling how "appalled" she was at seeing how the officers were treated by the community, "You couldn't pay me to do that."
"Oakland is out of control with the crime. I'm fed up, I'm absolutely fed up. We're all fed up because of you and your policies and you coddle these criminals! You're coddling!" McNally said to an applause from the audience.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
udanja99 6/1/2023 2:38:32 PM (No. 1482400)
You get what you vote for….
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 6/1/2023 3:01:35 PM (No. 1482414)
City governments are like sewers: What you get out of them depends a lot on what you put into them.
12 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Ruthless 6/1/2023 3:11:41 PM (No. 1482422)
It isn't the politicians who are "out of control." It's the voters. The voters ceded CONTROL to the idiots. Live with it!!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 6/1/2023 3:15:16 PM (No. 1482426)
And if they stop voting for Dems....there might be a possibility to turn things around. But, as things are.....enjoy the problems that you have voted for.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Venturer 6/1/2023 3:52:43 PM (No. 1482462)
I remember once at old casualty Hospital many years ago i was speaking to this old man who had been assaulted.
He was beaten but not defeated.
He told of the kid that had assaulted him and said that kid would remember him for a long time.
During the battle he had cut the kid on the leg that was kicking him. The kid was in the next stall getting 40 stitches in his leg.
8 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 6/1/2023 4:16:44 PM (No. 1482488)
Hey, Oakland: you WANTED this. You VOTED for this.
Shut up and embrace the suck, you morons.
14 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
dbdiva 6/1/2023 4:53:03 PM (No. 1482520)
Their emotional virtue signaling led them to vote for this and so they are seeing the consequences of those votes. It's a tad late for the anger over increased crime. Sorry Oakland, my sympathy meter still reads "0".
10 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 6/1/2023 5:15:36 PM (No. 1482534)
Come votin' time it be more 'o da same, noam sayin'?
8 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Luandir 6/1/2023 6:49:01 PM (No. 1482575)
You broke it, you bought it, Oakland. I see no sign of smarts on the horizon.
3 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
formerNYer 6/1/2023 7:13:27 PM (No. 1482586)
I can imagine why they lost their major league teams? Oakland is a dump - stay away at all costs.
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 6/1/2023 9:00:44 PM (No. 1482623)
Defund the police
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You are getting what you vote for foolish voters of Oakland and any other blue city where this is happening. I am sorry you are getting hurt, but again, you voted for it.
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Oakland was bad enough already, and then the ultra-liberal Utopians decided they could make it "better" by defunding the police, instituting no-bail policies, and emptying the jails. This is the result.