Oakland Shootings & Murders Up 45%

The Oakland (California) Police Officers’ Association has a press release noting an alarming increase in shootings and murders and decrying the silence from city officials.

On October 2, with three months left in the year, the city had more homicides than the yearly totals in any of the previous three years. “Crime statistics show a 45% increase year-over-year in shootings and murders in Oakland. There were 15 murders in September alone.”

“A dramatic increase in violent crime has been met with deafening silence from City Hall. Many of Oakland’s elected officials are ignoring the tidal wave of bloodshed, murder, and violence that their citizens and the police officers are experiencing daily,” said Oakland Police Officers’ Association President Barry Donelan.