Oakland, California (CNN) — After 60-year-old retiree David Schneider was shot and killed here while trimming a tree in his yard, his neighbor, Toni Bird, said she retreated indoors.
Oakland, California, residents are unnerved and some say they are moving out of state after a rise in violent crime that has community activists, including the local NAACP members, demanding urgent action from city officials.
the entertainment industry and union representing thousands of hotel workers have also staged rolling strikes. and in oakland, california robberies, burglaries and assaults surged in july compared to last year. the california highway patrol is being deployed to help fight crime and protect the city s more than 400,000 residents. that is after a local branch of the civil rights organization naacp called on city leaders to declare a state of emergency over oakland s rampant crime. kyung lah has the story. i love oakland. it is very hard for me and my son especially my son. reporter: so kristin cook is leaving oakland, california. after living here her entire life. i can t take it anymore. i got to the point i was too scared to leave my house. reporter: cook blames brazen assaults in broad daylight,
Oakland residents say they are unnerved and considering fleeing the state because of the rise in violent crime that has community activists, including the local NAACP, demanding urgent action from city officials.
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