‘Everyone is in danger’: NAACP sees Oakland crime emergency; Price answers her critics

The Oakland branch of the NAACP is calling on local elected leaders to declare a public safety emergency in Oakland because of rampant crime in the city impacting minority communities the hardest.

“Everyone is in danger” in Oakland, the NAACP argued in a statement released Thursday. “Failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police, our District Attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals.”