“More Police Not The Answer”
By Nabeel in Blogroll | 0 comments
The San Francisco Chronicle published an article today about Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums’ views on crime and how he plans to tackle the issue. To read the full article click here. Otherwise, here are some excerpts:
Mayor Ron Dellums, addressing a North Oakland town hall meeting Saturday, said that while he supports hiring more police, people have to face the stark fact that crime is deeply rooted in social problems…
…Dellums- clearly comfortable with what he was conveying and speaking without any notes - was very blunt about his belief that placing more officers on the street is in no way a total solution to the problems besetting Oakland and most of the other big cities of America…
… He recalled that he was chair of a commission that looked “at the plight of young men of color in this country … who we are grinding up like glass.” To deal with crime, he said, those people have to be given jobs, training, better education and opportunities…
…Concluding his speech, Dellums said that when he returned to Oakland from Congress, he was “prepared to fail trying to do something big rather than be successful tinkering on the margins. … We cannot afford not to address these issues.”
We may want to pitch the Libraries as a solution to Mayor Dellums!
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