Oakland homicide rate surges by over 300 percent in 2021https://thepostmillennial.com/oakland-homicide-rate-up-300-in-2021Oakland, California is experiencing its deadliest year in decades as the city faces an unprecedented rise in violent crimes, local Kron4 reports.
The surge includes a 150 percent increase in carjackings and a 115 percent increase in firearm-related assaults.
Most disturbingly, however, Oakland is experiencing an over 300 percent increase in murders thus far in 2021. 30 people had been murdered in Oakland by mid-March 2021, a staggering increase from the seven who were murdered by the same point in 2020.
Gutting and demonizing the police has had predictable consequences. BTW, I believe tripling the murders would be a 200% increase, not a 300% increase.
