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Seeing Crimes During Holiday Season? Don’t Stand by and Watch, Take Action

The current (continuing) spate of crimes — from petty theft of packages on doorsteps and damage to property — to felonies that can lead to great bodily harm and death such as pulled guns, shootings, robberies, hijackings, stabbings, grab-and-runs, auto break-ins, vehicle tows is beyond maddening. Something has to change…Maybe us!!!

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2 years ago

December 28, 2022

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We must learn and practice MAKING NOISE & SHOUTING OUT...to surprise and STOP THIEVES in the act.

Lookout, Lookup and Watch Out!
Raise Your Voice and Shout!
Don’t Walk Alone at Night!
Use your Cellphone and Camera. Right?

By James E. Vann | Next Door

Something has to change…Maybe us!!!

To curb crime, we have to do more. Here are my suggestions:

We must PUT MORE EYES ON THE STREET and be aware of things that look strange.
We must LOOK OUT WINDOWS & DOORS MORE OFTEN to guard against not only our own property theft but our neighbors’ as well.
We must MAKE BETTER USE OF OUR CELL PHONES by taking more photos of STRANGE PEOPLE, VEHICLES, AND LICENSE PLATES.
We must learn and practice MAKING NOISE & SHOUTING OUT…to surprise and STOP THIEVES in the act.
We must NOT WALK ALONE, NOR LATE in the evening on isolated streets or pathways.
We must be on the ready to CALL 911 as soon as we observe WRONGDOING.
PARENTS, CARETAKERS and NEIGHBORS must watch for and immediately report to OPD Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572 any notable changes in the behavior of relatives, friends, and neighbors if you observe any of the following: odd accumulation of things; sudden switching of vehicles; prolonged absences, and other peculiar happenings to HALT WRONGS EARLY IN PROCESS.

Because we are in this together, and because we want nice, safe, beautiful neighborhoods fit for wonderful living, we must, collectively, up our game by each day doing something a little different to help us…ALL OF US…TOGETHER!!

Published with permission of the author from original post on Next Door website.

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Oakland Post: Week of June 4 – 10, 2025

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of June 4-10, 2025

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June 7, 2025

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Remembering George Floyd

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing.

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June 2, 2025

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Mural showing the portrait of George Floyd in Mauerpark in Berlin. To the left of the portrait the lettering "I can't Breathe" was added, on the right side the three hashtags #GeorgeFloyd, #Icantbreathe and #Sayhisname. The mural was completed by Eme Street Art (facebook name) / Eme Free Thinker (signature) on 29 May 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)

By April Ryan
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“The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at the Trump White House. That White House response results from public hope, including from a close Trump ally, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The timing of Greene’s hopes coincides with the Justice Department’s recent decision to end oversight of local police accused of abuse. It also falls on the fifth anniversary of the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th. The death sparked national and worldwide outrage and became a transitional moment politically and culturally, although the outcry for laws on police accountability failed.

The death forced then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to focus on deadly police force and accountability. His efforts while president to pass the George Floyd Justice in policing act failed. The death of George Floyd also put a spotlight on the Black community, forcing then-candidate Biden to choose a Black woman running mate. Kamala Harris ultimately became vice president of the United States alongside Joe Biden. Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison prosecuted the cases against the officers involved in the death of Floyd. He remembers,” Trump was in office when George Floyd was killed, and I would blame Trump for creating a negative environment for police-community relations. Remember, it was him who said when the looting starts, the shooting starts, it was him who got rid of all the consent decrees that were in place by the Obama administration.”

In 2025, Police-involved civilian deaths are up by “about 100 to about 11 hundred,” according to Ellison. Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African-American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing. During those minutes on the ground, Floyd cried out for his late mother several times. Police subdued Floyd for an alleged counterfeit $20 bill.