The liberal policies of California have created an astronomical increase in crime, and its leftist leadership leaves residents fending for themselves. However, they are offering one piece of advice: make loud noises.
The Washington Examiner reports that crime in Oakland, California, has become so bad that police are telling people to carry air horns with them. That way, they can alert and involve more innocent people that they are being attacked by criminals.
Burglaries are up 41% in Oakland compared to last year, and robberies increased 20%. Since 2019, thefts and assaults have doubled, while car jackings have tripled. Residents are encouraged to carry air horns with them in an attempt to subvert attacks, and put security bars on windows and doors of their homes.
The Washington Examiner notes that the district attorney is Alameda County’s Pamela Price, whose campaign was funded by the leftist megadonor and advocate of pro-criminal policies, George Soros. “Price has amassed a terrible track record in her short time on the job of seeking to get violent criminals off with no jail time, even if they are gang members who killed a toddler in a shootout” writes the Examiner.
Additionally, women are consistently attacked by repeat criminals and the Oakland Police Department is estimated to be understaffed by roughly 500 members. “Crime has grown so disastrous that the local and state chapters of the NAACP have called for a state of emergency, with the Oakland chapter publicly calling out ‘our district attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life-threatening serious crimes.”
Unfortunately the Washington Examiner said it best: with Price and the liberal leadership in charge of the city’s criminal justice system, “things will only get worse for everyone except the air horn companies.”