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Gratuitous Violence on Oakland streets, including Carjacking, Robbery, Looting, and Shooting at the Police, is an Everyday Event.
November 23, 2021
Contact: Oakland Police Officers' Association
Phone: (510) 834-9670
Email: policeofficers@opoa.org
Novmeber 22, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gratuitous Violence on Oakland streets, including Carjacking, Robbery, Looting, and Shooting at the Police, is an Everyday Event.
Oakland’s Defund-the-Police City Council Members Respond to the Mayhem with Deafening Silence.
OAKLAND – There was carnage and bloodshed on the streets of Oakland over the weekend. Oakland Police Officers were shot at twice in the last three days, there were multiple shootings, a Sideshow of 500+ cars, and looting of stores and marijuana dispensaries across the city.
“Gratuitous violence is Oakland’s reality. Oakland residents faced carjackings, robberies, and mayhem on city streets. Oakland Police Officers struggled to protect our residents amid a severe lack of police staffing, 11 of 35 police beats had no police officer, and uniformed officers have been shot at twice in the last three days said Oakland Police Officers' Association President Barry Donelan. Donelan continued, “This mayhem was precipitated by Oakland’s defund-the-police city council members who voted to reduce police service and freeze police officer positions and remain silent as Oakland residents become victims of violent crime at high rates not seen in over a decade.”
Thank you to every Oakland police officer who responded to the weekend’s violence. Officers were stretched thin, prompting the department to call off-duty officers to return to work and serve as reinforcements to end the escalating violence. Thank you for being America’s hardest-working police officers.
About the Oakland Police Officers’ Association: The Oakland Police Officers’ Association (OPOA) represents all sworn members at all ranks within the Oakland Police Department. Representing the hardest working Police Officers in America. The OPOA can be found on the Web at www.opoa.org.
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