Bishop Robert (Bob) L. Jackson is the Senior Pastor of Acts Full Gospel Church of God in Christ in Oakland
My 72 yr outdated spouse is speaking about shopping for a gun.
That’s how dangerous issues have gotten in Oakland, California.
Eleven-year-old ladies are pimped on the road. Houses are invaded. Older ladies are carjacked in broad daylight.
Unless you lived right here your self, you wouldn’t imagine it.
9-1-1 calls go unanswered. When picked up, callers are sometimes on maintain for half an hour or extra. By then they could already be useless.
There are drag races via the streets, gunfights and harmless kids getting caught within the crossfire.
Criminals get away with homicide as a result of there are hardly any police to cease them, and our so-called leaders don’t appear to care.
I’m carried out with it.
My neighborhood is begging for assist, however nobody is listening.
That’s why I and the President of the Oakland NAACP have determined to talk out on behalf of the black, white, Asian, and Hispanic individuals of Oakland, who should be heard.
But after Cynthia Adams and I demanded from the NAACP that our leaders declare a state of emergency over the crime disaster, the Oakland District Attorney’s workplace attacked us.
Alameda County DA Pamela Price claimed we had been spreading a “false story.”
Well, the satan is a liar.
Bishop Robert (Bob) L. Jackson is the Senior Pastor of Acts Full Gospel Church of God in Christ in Oakland.
Houses are invaded. Older ladies are carjacked in broad daylight. (Above) Surveillance video captured an tried dwelling invasion that ended with pictures fired at a house in East Oakland
Criminals get away with homicide as a result of there are hardly any police to cease them, and our so-called leaders don’t appear to care. I’m carried out with it.
She is the one who denies actuality.
I’ve lived on this metropolis nearly all my life.
My mom cleaned homes. My father, a veteran of the Navy, was an elevator repairman. He was too proud to take advantages regardless of his medical discharge, so he labored. My mother saved scrubbing flooring.
That was not a lot for a household of seven kids. So I knew poverty and realized early on what it took to outlive within the ghetto.
Police chased as soon as me. I carried a gun, joined a biker gang, used medication and abused alcohol.
Only by the grace of God did I discover Jesus and escape that life. And now I’m sickened by the truth that so many younger women and men are being plunged into that darkish, sinful life that just about swallowed me up.
I shall be 78 years outdated in December.
For 4 many years I’ve been pastor of the Acts Full Gospel Church in Oakland. And it’s via the church that I’ve labored to maintain younger individuals out of jail and, in the event that they’re incarcerated in any respect, to maintain them from returning.
No one can query my devotion to my individuals.
Like everybody else, I used to be shocked by the homicide of George Floyd. The ferocity of that police officer, kneeling on Floyd’s neck, his fingers in his pockets, was plain to see for all to see.
I wished legislation enforcement officers to be punished. So I joined the calls of the predominantly white radical activists who flooded our metropolis council conferences to sentence the police.
The extra they yelled and screamed, the extra the politicians listened to them—whether or not it was good for the individuals of Oakland or not.
Only after the activists returned to their rich, protected neighborhoods and crime exploded in mine did I see the Defund Movement for what it was: a knee-jerk response.
But it was too late. $18 million was stripped from our already cramped police division.
My 72 yr outdated spouse is speaking about shopping for a gun. That’s how dangerous issues have gotten in Oakland, California. (Above) Bishop Jackson and his spouse Barbara
After Cynthia Adams and I demanded from the NAACP that our leaders declare a state of emergency over the crime disaster, the Oakland District Attorney’s workplace attacked us. Alameda County DA Pamela Price (above) claimed we had been spreading a “false story.”
Since our letter went out, I’ve not heard from California Governor Gavin Newsom or President Joe Biden. Although, I’m beginning to see California Highway Patrol officers driving our streets.
Today we’ve defeated lots of of brokers and hardly anybody desires to put on the badge.
That’s what occurs once you demonize officers.
Taxpaying residents are advised to barricade their doorways as there isn’t any one to guard them when the thugs invade.
Now I’ve a brand new identify for the ‘Defund’ activists: anti-police anarchists.
Not solely have they unleashed chaos in Oakland, they need to disrupt America. Their insanity in opposition to the police has turned our cities into capturing galleries. It destroys the land all of us love.
So why don’t these in energy care?
Since our letter went out, I’ve not heard from California Governor Gavin Newsom or President Joe Biden. Although, I’m beginning to see California Highway Patrol officers driving our streets.
It is a step in the correct route, however there may be nonetheless an extended approach to go.
Americans shouldn’t dwell in worry in their very own neighborhoods, and I gained’t cease talking the reality till safety is restored.