Wanna see where this once-great nation is headed?

Wanna see where this once-great nation is going?

No, you don't.  No one wants to believe it.  And no one would--unless you've been there.

You might think I'm gonna point to New York City, under the ghastly Muslim communist Zohran.  Or Detroit.  Or the equally ghastly, communist-ruled Chitcongo (run by a literal communist, mayor Brandon Johnson).

All would be equally good examples.  But unless you live in northern California you don't hear anything about a big Dem-ruled city with a crime rate four times higher than the national average.

Welcome to Oakland, California.  I used to live a few miles north of Oakland, 50 years ago.  Enjoyed going there.  No more.

Oakland is Los Angeles a decade from now.  It's the future of all Democrat-ruled cities.

Today's Democrats hate "law and order."  Hate the rich--except multi-millionaire Dem politicians like Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie and similar.  Those millionaires always get a pass.  Funny, eh?

The city government of Oakland is entirely minority-ruled.  So anything they wanna do--like ending enforcement of laws protecting public space and private property--immediately passes.

The city has stopped enforcing laws against illegal dumping, burglary, car break-ins, and squatting.

As a result, illegally dumped trash is everywhere--20 million pounds a year.  

Oakland not only has the highest level of property crime of any large U.S. city, it doesn't investigate most, and only solves just one-tenth of one percent.  For the maff-phobic that means just one of every 1,000 property crimes results in an arrest.  

By comparison, the adjacent Peoples' Republic of Berkeley solves 13 percent.  Even Pelosi's Democratic Republic of San Francisco solves ten percent--100 times more.

Why the difference?  Are Oakland thieves just that much smahtah then those in the other two shitholes?  Nah.  Reason is that Oakland's minority-ruled, socialist city government has stopped enforcing basic property laws--because all the members of that government believe "property is theft."  Literally.

To citizens of flyover states this is unbelievable.  Oakland is surrounded by redwood-covered hills, has a fabulous climate (like San Francisco) and high property taxes so lots of revenue. How could such a beautiful environment turn into such a shithole?

Because of Democrat politicians, all the corrupt, thieving Dem officials they appoint or hire, and hundreds of "non-profit activists."

California ranks at or near the bottom of the country in adult literacy.  Fewer than one-third of its fourth-graders read “grade level."  Because of the fabulous climate and cheap addictive drugs, it has more homeless people than any other state. 

Where there are lots of homeless, NGO's move in to steal billions from taxpayers by pretending to "solve the problem."  And in Oakland, as in every other Dem-ruled shithole, that's the most profitable business there is.

Leftist "activists" demanded that the mayor appoint a "police commission" to "oversee" the police department.  Not surprisingly, the leftist-ruled commission pushed a rule that officers were barred from chasing suspects who merely stole property.  As a result, thieves never have to worry about being caught, because it’s common knowledge that OPD rarely [pursues] thieves.

That's from a letter from leftist state governor (and  Dem presidential candidate) Gavin Newsom to then-mayor of Oakland, Sheng Thao.

When former mayor Thao was on the city council, she voted to strip the OPD of funding (before reversing course when the political winds changed).  She was indicted last year on federal bribery charges.

Current city council member Carroll Fife defends "the rights of squatters" and wants to further defund the police.  Cuz we needs fewer cops, eh?  Spend dat money on attorneys to represent duh homeless!

This is the future.  Nothing will change it by as much as one degree, because corrupt leftist judges will continue to overturn every attempt by rational adults to block socialist Democrats policies. 

You might think voters would eventually get tired of the lawlessness and anarchy--but in Dem-ruled shitholes, a majority of voters vote for Dem pols because they benefit from those two conditions.

If you're not convinced, check the results of the mid-term elections.

Welcome to the future.  Dems already rule all the large cities, and that won't change as long as NGOs and minorities win money and power by continuing to force more lawlessness and anarchy.

Source: City Journal

https://www.city-journal.org/article/oakland-california-police-department-crime