Crime in Oakland has gotten so bad that residents actually expect to have their cars broken into, or even stolen, on a daily basis.
There have been 10,547 reported vehicle thefts in Oakland this year through Sept. 17, which averages out to just over 40 vehicle thefts every day. It’s a 51% increase compared to the same time period last year. Police say there have also been 10,335 reported car break-ins over this same time period, though that number is higher because officers say most people don’t even bother to report when their car has been broken into in Oakland anymore.
Many cities used the excuse that the pandemic and the effects of lockdowns led to the surge of crime in 2020, rather than the tolerance of Black Lives Matter rioters and the elections of soft-on-crime district attorneys. Dealing with a sudden crime surge three years later, Oakland can’t even attempt to embrace those shoddy narratives. Oakland’s crime surge this year matches perfectly with pro-criminal Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price taking over on Jan. 2 earlier this year.
It does not have to be this way in Oakland or any other U.S. city, but it will be so long as district attorneys like Price are empowered by voters. There are consequences to putting pro-criminal “prosecutors” in charge of your justice system, and sometimes those consequences include your car being stolen.
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