Oakland police shootings
Mar. 26th, 2009 06:47 pmIf you haven't been under a rock recently, you know that four Oakland police officers and a convicted felon died from gunfire last Saturday. Notice how I put that. Notice carefully. Because that's all I can be sure of at this point.
This particular incident is sparse on details. I want it known that I have the greatest respect for what police do. Oakland PD has an especially difficult job to do because of the racist history and because of the continued disintegration of their community.
I have heard the following rumors:
( rumor control )
If any of these is even partially true, there needs to be some real deep housecleaning. This is a dangerous business without spotting the bad guys points.
This particular incident is sparse on details. I want it known that I have the greatest respect for what police do. Oakland PD has an especially difficult job to do because of the racist history and because of the continued disintegration of their community.
I have heard the following rumors:
( rumor control )
If any of these is even partially true, there needs to be some real deep housecleaning. This is a dangerous business without spotting the bad guys points.