I can’t be the only one outraged over this latest court decision prohibiting Oakland cops from using non-lethal methods, such as rubber bullets, to defend themselves from attack.

This is how the San Francisco Chronicle attempts to influence public opinion by confusing the public: In an article this morning on an attempted rape and robbery in Oakland, the reporter refers to “debate over whether to increase policing or focus on restoring lapsed community programs…in majority non-white areas.”

It’s unconscionable that Jewish Family & Community Services is hosting an “Oakland Mayoral Candidate Forum” that includes only three of the ten candidates: Sheng Thao, Loren Taylor and Treva Reid.

Reading the obituaries for Mikhail Gorbachev, who died yesterday in Moscow, I couldn’t help but reflect on the similarities between the old Soviet system, which Gorbachev effectively demolished, and today’s “progressive” regime in Oakland, which so closely resembles the failed top-down ideology of Communism.

There’s this Oakland troll who hovers around online and is frequently critical of the Coalition for a Better Oakland. He calls himself Trash Night Heron. He (I’m assuming his preferred pronoun is “he”) recently presented his analysis of why it’s impossible to increase the number of sworn officers in the Oakland Police Department beyond fifty new cops every two years.