Notes from the Resistance
Oakland Police officials and nonprofit Guns to Gardens hosted an event on Saturday seeking to exchange guns for gardening tools, A’s tickets, gift cards and other items in an effort to curb gun violence. [Watch]
This is Anne Pressly, reporting.
[Via 1Gat]
Related UPDATE
Looks like there are plenty of herbivores in Colorado as well.
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“There has to be this required diversion program that really forces them into certain types of programs…” [Watch]
Hey, I saw that movie…
Yeah, more government programs. Since when is that NOT the answer…?
These people are lost.
[Via 1Gat]
Oakland Police Want to Arm Robots With Shotguns [More]
I’m reminded of a broken campaign promise…
[Via bondmen]
Such views have gained increasing numbers of adherents on the internet in recent years, especially with the rise of once-fringe candidates like Donald Trump who come to power while peddling racist myths. [More]
That statement is “news” and not “editorial”? Because what’s that say about people who support Trump’s campaign platform?
And how is this plan (flawed as it is) any worse than the one in place?
That said, Peter Liu’s rhetoric has guaranteed he can’t be elected dog catcher and based on all things considered he’s shown himself to be the wrong person to put that plan into action anyway.
[Via Dan Gifford]
Despite the apparent brush with death and video evidence of the encounter, it quickly became clear that the driver’s nightmare would not end after attempting to file a police report… “I called them two, three times. I figured they would want this information because there’s somebody out there and he’s going to hurt somebody.” [More]
See, the oversight was just for thuggery, not for work ethic…
[Via Robert J]
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong had a simple message Tuesday outside City Hall in the wake of a spree of deadly shootings in the city: put down the guns. [Watch]
Expecting that to make a difference is beyond simple. It’s retarded.
As is everyone in this video, starting with the incompetent “Authorized Journalists” putting the blame on “gun violence,” every self-promoting “official” spouting blather, and every “community” moron wearing an orange shirt and nodding solemnly after each buzzword.
[Via 1Gat]
New video shows suspects shoot and kill rideshare driver in Oakland [Watch]
A good man trying to build a better life worked two jobs to provide for his loved ones and these two submoronic predators, who the smart money says have been in the system with prior victims, feel entitled to execute him because he didn’t obey them quickly enough.
And the government there encourages that and demands your guns
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