{"id":1987868,"date":"2023-08-01T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-naacp-seeks-state-of-emergency\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:06:53","slug":"oakland-naacp-seeks-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-naacp-seeks-state-of-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland NAACP calls for state of emergency."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foakland-naacp-seeks-state-of-emergency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Oakland NAACP Calls for State of Emergency Amid Rising Violent Crimes<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>11:58 AM\u200c \u2013 Tuesday, August 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP Oakland chapter and religious leaders joined forces to\u2062 call for a state of emergency. This push \u2063comes \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-naacp-seeks-state-of-emergency\/\" title=\"Oakland NAACP calls for state of emergency.\">amid\u200b rising violent crimes<\/a> in the California city. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On July 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released an \u2062open letter regarding Oakland\u2019s violence. The Acts Full\u200c Gospel Church also participated in\u2062 the writing of the statement, where both \u2062organizations claimed that \u200cthe city district attorneys are to blame for &#8220;the movement to defund the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oakland \u200dNAACP calls on\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-will-visit-texas-on-friday-following-deep-freeze-that-left-millions-without-power\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Will Visit Texas On Friday Following Deep Freeze That Left Millions Without Power\">local elected officials<\/a> to declare a state of emergency around crime. Almost too many noteworthy lines to choose from:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police, our District Attorney&#8217;s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvJZgnwM3b\">pic.twitter.com\/PvJZgnwM3b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leighton \u660e \u2064Woodhouse (@lwoodhouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwoodhouse\/status\/1684792751307767808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The \u200cletter was written by \u2062NAACP President Cynthia Adams and Bob Jackson, \u200cthe bishop of the church. Adams claimed that\u2064 as a result of crimes including carjackings, robberies, and \u200dmuggings, residents of Oakland are reluctant to speak\u200c out against crime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Failed leadership, including the \u200dmovement\u200b to defund \u2064the police, our District Attorney\u2019s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric \u200dhave created a heyday for \u2064Oakland criminals,&#8221; wrote Adams and Jackson. &#8220;Our 911 system does not work. Residents now know that help will not come\u200d when danger confronts them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter requested that officials acknowledge and proclaim a public safety emergency. \u200cIt also asked Alameda County and state law enforcement for assistance. Additionally, Adams and\u2064 Jackson requested job training and mentoring so that young \u200cpeople could have more options \u200bbesides committing crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Patillo, a civil \u200band human rights attorney, joined in with local district\u2062 attorneys claiming that the\u2064 organizations are\u2064 pushing a &#8220;false narrative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Nobody has been talking\u2063 seriously about defunding the police. It\u2019s been this conceptualization of reallocating resources to ensure that law enforcement is acting effectively,&#8221; Patillo said. &#8220;People have\u200b the right to seek both security from criminals and security from abuses from law \u200benforcement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also argued that\u200d people should not have to give\u2062 up security \u200cto enjoy freedom. <\/p>\n<p>Patillo continued by stating that measures such as funding social services, offering educational opportunities,\u200c jobs, and maintaining \u200bneighborhoods, all contribute to a reduction in\u2062 crime. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Oakland Police Department, crime\u200b has risen \u206211% \u200cfrom\u2062 last year. The\u200d city has had 3,370 violent crime reports in 2023. They also \u200bstated that in the first seven months of this year, there have been around 52 homicides. This number is equivalent to \u200cthe amount of homicides that occurred during \u200dthe entire year of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly\u200c to your inbox for free. Subscribe\u200b here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Peter J. Brown, USCG (Ret.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Anne O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Isabel Brown<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said on Thursday they would\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Tom Bateman\u2062 and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) \u2013 As Japan enjoys\u2062 a post-pandemic resurgence in\u200b tourism from around the globe, Seibu\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Dell Technologies on Monday launched new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solutions in collaboration with\u2064 Nvidia whose chips enable the technology\u2026 \u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Dell Technologies\u2064 on\u200c Monday launched\u2064 new generative artificial intelligence \u200d(GenAI) solutions in collaboration with Nvidia\u2064 whose chips enable the technology\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a statement urging a state of emergency in Oakland due to escalating violent crimes. Religious leaders and the local NAACP chapter joined forces to address the issue. The call for action comes as the city continues to grapple with increasing crime rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2196,"featured_media":1987869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}