Posted on 12/23/2023 3:49:28 PM PST by lowbridge
Community members on Friday rallied in front of Colonial Donuts on Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland in a show of support for a beloved shop that's been robbed at least twice in six months.
"Colonial Donuts is one of the cornerstones of our local neighborhood," a woman named Rachel said. "It's extremely important for me to be there to support them."
She said it also illustrates the "extremely urgent problem we have with local crime."
As she spoke, people stood behind her with signs that read "People are Dying," "Don't Gamble Your Safety" and "Recall Pamela Price."
One man held up a sign showing Oakland's yearly crime rate: Robberies are up 35% over last year and burglaries are up 26%.
Surveillance video shared with KTVU shows two men vaulting the counter about 4:20 a.m. and making off with the register. One of the suspects is seen also grabbing a donut before he takes off.
The shop was robbed in June, too.
Other businesses have been targeted this week as well, including Lululemon on Broadway and a string of companies downtown during a pro-Palestinean protest.
Community members of East Lake Bella Vista wrote on Instagram that what happened to Colonial Donuts is "indicative of a larger issue – a failure of leadership that has allowed the situation to escalate to unprecedented levels."
The group wants city leaders to take "immediate and meaningful steps" in creating a more secure environment.
The day before, Oakland police and Mayor Sheng Thao promised they are doing that.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktvu.com ...
Why take the drawer when you can take the whole register...Sell it on Ebay!
Just raise ALL taxes!
>>Just raise ALL taxes!
And defund the police more! That’ll fix everything.
What could go wrong?
What part of “anti-colonialism” did they not understand?
Hot tip for the detectives of this case:
Check to see where Christie was on the nights of the robberies. Does he have a plausible alibi?
😄😁😆😅🤣😂
Stop voting for Democrats, you dumbasses.
and yet no one in the immediate vicinity owns a backhoe? you know that yaahhoo won’t even let Americans post the word “backhoe” as though it has bad connotations. I sure HOPE it does anyway.
“Recall Pamela Price.”
Shouldn’t have voted for it in the first place...we tried to warn you. She would survive a recall anyhow. Suck the embrace.
My thoughts exactly!
"Check to see where Christie was on the nights of the robberies."
I don't think he'd be "vaulting" over anything. Ha!
They (the taxpayers of the City of Oakland) believe that mere humans can deliver them from the evil that besets them. They are very provincial in their thinking, while the problem is nationwide and beyond!
You know crime is bad when even a cop hangout gets robbed three times.
The plan to defend the place has holes in it.
On the great comedy series Sledge Hammer (1986-1987), the detective called for backup.
Suddenly 4 or 5 police cars raced up.
“Gee I have to compliment you guys. You were really fast responding.”
“Uh, well, to be honest there is a donut place right next door.”
On another episode Hammer had to get the facts from a reluctant punk he was holding at a convenience store. To get the guy to talk he forced him to eat the subs and sandwiches being sold with long outdated expirations on them. The guy begged for mercy and talked.
The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
Well there’s an impeccable and trustworthy source.
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