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Two armed robbers held up a television news crew that was interviewing Oakland's director of violence prevention outside City Hall on Monday afternoon, just hours after the police chief warned of worsening crime amid cuts to the police budget.

rusty wrote:Can you explain how defunding the police relates to this? And I'm not signing up through the pay wall, so I can't read the story. Your own words please.

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:Can you explain how defunding the police relates to this? And I'm not signing up through the pay wall, so I can't read the story. Your own words please.

I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example. But, it's probably just because you didn't read the article...

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:Can you explain how defunding the police relates to this? And I'm not signing up through the pay wall, so I can't read the story. Your own words please.

I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example. But, it's probably just because you didn't read the article...

Oakland CA just increased the $ amount to fund the police. That $ amount is a smaller % of the city budget than the prior two year budget.

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:Can you explain how defunding the police relates to this? And I'm not signing up through the pay wall, so I can't read the story. Your own words please.

I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example. But, it's probably just because you didn't read the article...

jellowrestling wrote:

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example. But, it's probably just because you didn't read the article...

Oakland CA just increased the $ amount to fund the police. That $ amount is a smaller % of the city budget than the prior two year budget.

That's a bit misleading. The city council hacked $18,000,000 from the mayor's proposed budget.

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:Can you explain how defunding the police relates to this? And I'm not signing up through the pay wall, so I can't read the story. Your own words please.

I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example.

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:

John in Plano wrote:
Oakland CA just increased the $ amount to fund the police. That $ amount is a smaller % of the city budget than the prior two year budget.

That's a bit misleading. The city council hacked $18,000,000 from the mayor's proposed budget.

So your saying the $$$ increase would been $18,000,000 more than the $$$ increase in the new budget ?

rusty wrote:

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:That's a bit misleading. The city council hacked $18,000,000 from the mayor's proposed budget.

So your saying the $$$ increase would been $18,000,000 more than the $$$ increase in the new budget ?

Basic arithmetic is lost on Trump Defender Syndrome victims.

rusty wrote:

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:That's a bit misleading. The city council hacked $18,000,000 from the mayor's proposed budget.

So your saying the $$$ increase would been $18,000,000 more than the $$$ increase in the new budget ?

Basic arithmetic is lost on Trump Defender Syndrome victims.

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:

John in Plano wrote:
So your saying the $$$ increase would been $18,000,000 more than the $$$ increase in the new budget ?

Basic arithmetic is lost on Trump Defender Syndrome victims.

Like the Democratic mayor of Oakland?

"Mayor Libby Schaaf praised the council’s “bold investments to reimagine public safety through violence prevention and non-police strategies,” but she also said that, in her view, the new budget will “destroy” the city’s existing public safety system, which is based on police patrols and 911 response.

“Unfortunately, it also cuts 50 police officers who respond to Oaklanders’ 911 calls and enforce traffic safety. It also cuts much-needed future academies, which will significantly reduce police staffing and delay response to Oaklanders in their time of crisis,” Schaaf said in a press release sent immediately after the council vote. “It will force our officers to work even more overtime shifts, which are expensive and unsafe for officers and residents alike.”"

It's funny that Democrats are always happy to use baseline budgeting to claim that a 5% increase instead of a 10% increase is a "drastic 50% slash". But when Democrats go after a budget, chopping 2/3rd out of a 4% increase, it's just dandy.

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:
Basic arithmetic is lost on Trump Defender Syndrome victims.

Like the Democratic mayor of Oakland?

"Mayor Libby Schaaf praised the council’s “bold investments to reimagine public safety through violence prevention and non-police strategies,” but she also said that, in her view, the new budget will “destroy” the city’s existing public safety system, which is based on police patrols and 911 response.

“Unfortunately, it also cuts 50 police officers who respond to Oaklanders’ 911 calls and enforce traffic safety. It also cuts much-needed future academies, which will significantly reduce police staffing and delay response to Oaklanders in their time of crisis,” Schaaf said in a press release sent immediately after the council vote. “It will force our officers to work even more overtime shifts, which are expensive and unsafe for officers and residents alike.”"

It's funny that Democrats are always happy to use baseline budgeting to claim that a 5% increase instead of a 10% increase is a "drastic 50% slash". But when Democrats go after a budget, chopping 2/3rd out of a 4% increase, it's just dandy.

The $$$$ budgeted increased.
The percentage of the budget didn't
Simple to understand.

And you worked in education.....SMDH

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:

rusty wrote:Can you explain how defunding the police relates to this? And I'm not signing up through the pay wall, so I can't read the story. Your own words please.

I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example. But, it's probably just because you didn't read the article...

Oakland CA just increased the $ amount to fund the police. That $ amount is a smaller % of the city budget than the prior two year budget.

John in Plano wrote:

John in Plano wrote:

jellowrestling wrote:I'm SMH that it's even necessary to explain this to a grown man, but telling criminals that there is a reduced police presence (and that criminals will not be aggressively prosecuted) results in more crime. Crimes such as armed robbers holding up a television crew interviewing a city's director of violence prevention outside City Hall, for example. But, it's probably just because you didn't read the article...

Oakland CA just increased the $ amount to fund the police. That $ amount is a smaller % of the city budget than the prior two year budget.

Read this again jello....

I clearly state what happened, odd it confused you so much.

SMDH again

Mark wrote:It's amazing how the idiots on the Left are now trying to run away from their "Defund the police, All cops are bastards, Abolish the police" battle cry of the past 12 months.

GFB wrote:

Mark wrote:It's amazing how the idiots on the Left are now trying to run away from their "Defund the police, All cops are bastards, Abolish the police" battle cry of the past 12 months.

“No no no..we never said that..that was..REPUBLICANS!”

GFB wrote:

Mark wrote:It's amazing how the idiots on the Left are now trying to run away from their "Defund the police, All cops are bastards, Abolish the police" battle cry of the past 12 months.

“No no no..we never said that..that was..REPUBLICANS!”

jellowrestling wrote:

GFB wrote:

Mark wrote:It's amazing how the idiots on the Left are now trying to run away from their "Defund the police, All cops are bastards, Abolish the police" battle cry of the past 12 months.

“No no no..we never said that..that was..REPUBLICANS!”

Their brain-dead followers will believe anything, no matter how absurd.