Comments on: Honoring Oakland’s fallen officers

By: SF2OAK

SF2OAK — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:32:13 +0000

How about that Oakland crime show that HBO want to film right here in our crime infested back yard. HBO- the publicity doesn’t get better than this.

The reality is is that we must put more cops on the streets- ya think recruitment might be a little tough now?

I am just appalled by the defense of Mixon by his family, neighbors and uhuru- that to me is the problem.

It really is too bad I don’t see a leader emerging from this- anybody who’s thinking of running for mayor should be able to get more than 1000 (but don’t hold the rally in that neighborhood.) Jerry Brown has been good – getting lots fo good press. Mayor fuzzy has receded into the woodwork.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:12:01 +0000

Uhuru did help Brunner get elected, which is one (of many) reasons she has no credibility — she did not stand up to their tired, divisive, inexplicable rhetoric. I was also disgusted with a clueless quote form Brunner in the paper the other day about how she didn’t want our police officers outgunned. Maybe her entire quote was truncated and that’s why it seemed so clueless — where has this woman been? Officers have been outgunned for years. Brunner, Quan and others on the Oakland City Council are just totally and completely out to lunch and provide absolutely no new ideas or leadership. The residents of Oakland need to demand better from our leaders, and I really think we are at the point where people are waking up.

RIP to the officers, and condolences to their families. My father was a police officer for a number of years in a large city during a dangerous time, and I know that my mother was afraid every day he left for work, wondering if he would ever come home. These four officers didn’t. We need change.

By: Chris Kidd

Chris Kidd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:52:48 +0000

When did SFGate commenters start invading ABO? Anyone want to set an over/under on comments until godwin’s law is invoked?

Seriously, let’s have some civil discourse with some actual ideas.

By: Raiderz1

Raiderz1 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:49:52 +0000

Israel has their West Bank Barrier. Maybe now is the time for a “West Oakland Barrier”.

If West Oaklanders don’t want Oakland PD “invading” their neighborhoods, maybe their wish should be granted. I’m sure West Oakland would be much safer.

By: nfalls75

nfalls75 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:19:23 +0000

You want a real solution to the problem? Because, most people don’t want to hear it. But, it’s time for some imminent domain. On a massive scale. It’s time to start displacing some people. It’s time to hand East and West Oakland over to developers. And, let’s start by bulldozing the ACORN. Let the scum move to Hayward.

By: Max Allstadt

Max Allstadt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:16:42 +0000

Frankie D,

Right you are about Uhuru. To elaborate, Wendy Snyder, who writes that blog, is a loud aggresive woman who has been ejected from Council Chambers more than once for screaming out of turn after her speaker time had elapsed. She is also a 40 something white woman with degrees from Harvard, Stanford and an elite school in Paris who complains about the white gentrification of her neighborhood. The last one I saw her in person, however, she was buying a latte at an all white-run Peets in Temescal. The last time she shot he mouth off and offended me with her divisive rhetoric, I googled her and discovered her friendster profile was publicly viewable. It isn’t any more, but at the time, it listed her hobbies. They included “erotica” and “being lavished”. Voice of the people?

By: oaklandhappenings

oaklandhappenings — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:52:55 +0000

RDC, where you say “Oakland is an f’d up and dangerous place” this is an example of city blanketing. If it is really that way, why was I able to walk from Lake Merritt BART alone last night at 11:30 PM, over half a mile to my apt near the downtown core, without a single person who drove by–or walking within a few hundred feet–bother me? It’s been that way for me for over a 2-year period now, knock-on-wood, including almost nightly last summer. I’m among dozens if not hundreds in Oakland who do this perhaps less regularly, including riding their bikes at that hour.
Your anger is felt and understood, yet I feel the above quote doesn’t accurately reflect what happens 24/7 for this city of over 50 square miles and 400k residents. I know that I cannot change your mind about _certain_ neighborhoods of Oakland, and honestly, I can agree with you. It would scare me to visit some of them too…even the almost ghostly-quiet Highland Heights neighborhood in the daytime, with almost house after house having bars on their doors and windows; I walked that one about 10 days ago on the way back towards downtown.
Anyway, I’m mentioning this as something to kindly keep in mind– especially as a way to relate with other Oaklanders in this city who could end up being someone’s alert, watchful neighbor. Or, in the case of the good person who tried to save the life of one of the officers Saturday via CPR (if it got that far…I forget).
Food for thought. Thanks for reading.

By: Frankie D

Frankie D — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:20:51 +0000

Ralph, for the record Uhuru has never had credibility, at least not with anybody who was not smoking crack.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:56:18 +0000

Christopher, in my many years of walking this earth, I have never been as appalled as I was after clicking through on those links. If Uhuru ever had any credibility, it is certainly lost now.

By: Ken O

Ken O — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:51:09 +0000

Uhuru also helped Jane Brunner campaign for district one city council to beat Patrick McCullough, last year. Uhuru smeared and libeled Patrick by calling him a “vigilante” and “child murderer”. Jane Brunner said nothing in public to call out this obvious smear campaign.