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Oakland mayor will reverse plans to defund the police amid spike in violent gun crime after three people were killed over Thanksgiving weekend including security guard shot by a smash-and-grab looting gang
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| 11/30/2021
| DAVID AVERRE
Posted on 11/30/2021 1:19:41 PM PST by LibertyWoman
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Several cities that defunded the police last year have seen a rise in violent crime...Really, can anyone (with sense) believe the level of stupidity in the elected positions. Those charged with managing some of the greatest cities are dumb as a bag of hammers.
To: LibertyWoman
If they murdered a security guard they are not a “smash and grab” mob. They are accomplices to felony murder. Some of them better come forward and cut a deal now.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:22:58 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: LibertyWoman
Finally, Mayor Libby awakens to the situation she helped to create. Finally, she is ready to admit it was a harebrained idea to start with.
To: LibertyWoman
BLM has a point: shootings by police officers are not judged by impartial people. I'm an advocate for citizen review boards for shootings.
I began to feel this way when I saw an episode of the TV series Cops, where police put themselves in harm's way (jumping in front of a fleeing car) and shooting the driver, claiming "self defense". Shooting the tires, I could see. And not just shooting the driver, multiple cops emptying their clips...
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:25:03 PM PST
by
asinclair
(Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
To: LibertyWoman
My tagline says it all. These fools are just now figuring out what anyone with a functioning brain knew would happen before the defunding even happened.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:25:37 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: LibertyWoman
But don't they know, "smash and grab" is a victimless crime, as long as they keep it under $900.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:28:18 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: LibertyWoman
Please do not denigrate hammers.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:32:05 PM PST
by
sasquatch
To: LibertyWoman
Oops, my bad.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:32:48 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: Seruzawa
The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetenceThis is the point folks around here don't get. They are not in it for the Marxism. They are in it because it is a path to power and employment for the conspiracy of incompetents that are infesting the planet.
To: sasquatch
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:34:13 PM PST
by
LibertyWoman
(Guard with jealous attention the public Liberty. Patrick Henry)
To: LibertyWoman
Elect a Republican you might get an idiot, elect a Democrat an idiot is guaranteed.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:36:42 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: LibertyWoman
“Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Monday revealed plans to reverse cuts to the city's police department and seek to hire more officers amid a spike in violence and homicides.”
This surprising move by Oakland leaders may be too little, too late but on the surface putting more police on the streets with loaded guns to oppose brazen, violent criminals sounds like a good idea.
Especially if they scab-on a midnight basketball program.
To: LibertyWoman
1. Libby is the dumbest person ever to be mayor - including Ron Dellums, who was mentally addled.
2. Murders are up almost double from last year, and crime is rampant in formerly safe areas.
3. Libby had to do this - if police staffing falls below a certain level (and they are very very close) the City cannot tap the bond money from a parcel tax levied a few years ago.
Its about the money, ...
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:43:28 PM PST
by
Tadhg
To: LibertyWoman
Oakland has been a third world sh!thole for as long as I can remember. These are the people who keep reelecting Democrats, so I guess they like it that way.
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:47:10 PM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
To: LibertyWoman
ahhh yes, the condensed blessings of liburlizm...
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:54:55 PM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: asinclair
You mean like shooting the gun out of the perp’s hand???
Uh-huh....
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posted on
11/30/2021 1:58:22 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: LibertyWoman
did she do a sleight of hand. cut police and increase social spending. no net savings.
oops, we made a mistake. increase police, increase in spending
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posted on
11/30/2021 2:01:02 PM PST
by
joshua c
(Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
To: LibertyWoman
it’s not “gun crime” it’s black crime.
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posted on
11/30/2021 2:27:42 PM PST
by
euram
To: lee martell
Finally, Mayor Libby awakens to the situation she helped to create. Not at all.
"Defund the Police" was always about purging the ranks and replacing them with more obedient minions. The new recruits will be selected using much lower and different standards than the staff they replaced.
Basically, ANTIFA members with badges.
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posted on
11/30/2021 2:32:51 PM PST
by
flamberge
(Everybody knows that the dice are loaded)
To: LibertyWoman
...a smash-and-grab looting gangThey're NOT 'smash and grab' gangs. They're looters.
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posted on
11/30/2021 2:34:50 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Black thugs loot Walgreens:"Oh well". When they loot Louis Vuitton-liberals scream a call to arms.)
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