Another violent weekend in Oakland is sparking renewed calls for change and safer conditions.
It’s something businessowner Bruce Vong knows all too well. His auto repair shop near 16th Avenue and International Boulevard has had a half dozen attempted burglaries and two burglaries, one of which was at gunpoint.Vong, sitting in his cramped office Monday, said security cameras captured the start of the city’s violent weekend on Friday. Thieves used an SUV to ram open the gate of Quality Tech Auto Repair.
She said more social services – mental health support, jobs, diversion programs – not officers, will stem the current violent tide."You’re not going to arrest your way out of the conditions that were created by the economic pandemic," said Brooks, a former Oakland mayoral candidate from the 2018 election cycle. "What they’re talking about is creating a police state. And that shouldn’t be a Cat Brooks' fear. And that shouldn’t be a Black or brown people’s fear.
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