thepeoplesrecord: Violence in Oakland down 19 percent during Occupy Oakland encampment “Not sure how you want to share this good news. It may be counter to our statement that the Occupy movement is negatively impacting crime in Oakland.” - Chief Howard Jordan, Oakland PD While the occupy Berkeley encampment was on at Civic Center Park I swear I felt safer than ever before in that area. I’d gotten mugged just a block away a few years before that and had to step in front of a police car to get some help afterwards. I wonder if the real reason that the police are being such dicks about the occupy movement is because they realized that they will never come close to being as just and useful to society as a group of caring people living out of tents.

thepeoplesrecord:

Violence in Oakland down 19 percent during Occupy Oakland encampment

“Not sure how you want to share this good news. It may be counter to our statement that the Occupy movement is negatively impacting crime in Oakland.” - Chief Howard Jordan, Oakland PD

While the occupy Berkeley encampment was on at Civic Center Park I swear I felt safer than ever before in that area. I’d gotten mugged just a block away a few years before that and had to step in front of a police car to get some help afterwards. I wonder if the real reason that the police are being such dicks about the occupy movement is because they realized that they will never come close to being as just and useful to society as a group of caring people living out of tents.

(via safetymeeting)