Oakland Police

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Wifey just told me Oakland city just Defunded the Police 17 mil$$$ anyone know anything about it ? What a Fucking nightmare this is going to be if true body bags will be needed like masks

 

[was thatguy]

Wifey just told me Oakland city just Defunded the Police 17 mil$$$ anyone know anything about it ? What a Fucking nightmare this is going to be if true body bags will be needed like masks

Yeah, but I won’t be one of them.
I encourage them to proceed as planned.

 

[Bobby V]

Wifey just told me Oakland city just Defunded the Police 17 mil$$$ anyone know anything about it ? What a Fucking nightmare this is going to be if true body bags will be needed like masks

The vote was 5 days ago.

Oakland City Council Votes to Defund Police, Stripping More Than $17M from Department Budget

The Oakland City Council approved a budget early Thursday evening that will strip $17.4 million in funding from the Oakland Police Department and direct the money toward other programs.

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

 

[azsunfun]

lock and load.

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

The vote was 5 days ago.

Oakland City Council Votes to Defund Police, Stripping More Than $17M from Department Budget

The Oakland City Council approved a budget early Thursday evening that will strip $17.4 million in funding from the Oakland Police Department and direct the money toward other programs.

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

Holy shit let the wars begin

 

[Fastdadtsmith]

"a plan that will redirect the funds from the police department to the Department of Violence Prevention with the intention of improving public safety."
Great intentions! Maybe the money just isn't needed anymore since the Raiders left town?

 

[zbudman]

Psaki said Republicans did it………how can you be that ignorant?

 

[Danger Dave]

"Oakland, noted hotbed for White Supremacist violence, risks a plunge into chaos after $17 million cut to Trump supporting Police budget." - CNN

 

[Danger Dave]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1410065808227713027

 

[Backlash]

Oakland is a beautiful and peaceful city that I look forward to visiting with my family...


Said NOBODY.

 

[Wizard29]

So devil's advocate here, but this needs to be put in perspective. It looks like Oakland does their budgets over a two year period. The proposed budget for those two years was $650M, $325M per year. The cut is $18M over that two year period, $9M a year. 9/325 is 2.7%, which is not an unheard of cut for an annual operating budget in certain circumstances.

I fully agree that cutting police budgets in these times is a really bad idea and the reasons it is happening are not financially driven. They are politically driven and being done for all the wrong reasons, and that's just asinine. But, a 2.7% cut isn't a catastrophe and not as bad as its being made out to be.

2.7% or not, Oakland is pretty much a shithole either way.

 

[minijeep]

Video Oakland police chief gives emotional plea as violent crime surges

Police departments nationwide face challenges trying to combat rising crime rates while also battling low recruitment and less funding.

abcnews.go.com

Saw this on ABC evening news today, no discussion on the budget cuts, defund the police BS that was all the rage last year


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[monkeyswrench]

Well, unless you're imprisoned, no person can make you live in a certain place. At least not yet. People can leave, but choose to live where they do.
Have at it. Can't see the riots from my house.

 

[Ziggy]

So devil's advocate here, but this needs to be put in perspective. It looks like Oakland does their budgets over a two year period. The proposed budget for those two years was $650M, $325M per year. The cut is $18M over that two year period, $9M a year. 9/325 is 2.7%, which is not an unheard of cut for an annual operating budget in certain circumstances.

I fully agree that cutting police budgets in these times is a really bad idea and the reasons it is happening are not financially driven. They are politically driven and being done for all the wrong reasons, and that's just asinine. But, a 2.7% cut isn't a catastrophe and not as bad as its being made out to be.

2.7% or not, Oakland is pretty much a shithole either way.

The claim of "defunding" is mostly just lip service.