Abril Elfi
Oakland Business Close Down For Crime Strike
Over 200 businesses in Oakland have participated in a one-day strike in hopes the city will have more police on the street due to rising crime rates.
Over 200 businesses in Oakland have participated in a one-day strike in hopes the city will have more police on the street due to rising crime rates.
The NAACP Oakland chapter and religious leaders joined forces to call for a state of emergency. This push comes amid rising violent crimes in the California city.
Economists warned a legislative commission studying reparations that paying Black residents for decades of disproportionate policing, incarceration, and housing discrimination could end up costing California more than $800 billion in state revenue.