On October 25th, 2012, Occupy Oakland marks the 1 year anniversary (Important update)

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5. Oakland Officials Fail to Recognize 19% Crime Drop During Occupy Encampment –

Oakland Officials Fail to Recognize 19% Crime Drop During Occupy Encampment – Twitter Rant by @PunkBoyInSF

http://politicalfailblog.com/oakland-officials-fail-to-recognize-19-crime-drop-during-occupy-encampment-twitter-rant-by-punkboyinsf/

A collection of tweets put into blog form by @PunkBoyInSF

As I watched @jeanquan aka @QuanFace and @oaklandpoliceca’s chief Goodfella HoJo on the news this morning asking for the community’s help in helping the city with the spike in violent crime and murders, I couldn’t help but think.

Somehow, last year, I have a vague recollection of a relatively small amount of time in #Oakland when the community rallied together, set aside their differences and tried to do this. There was a place that rose as a community center, of sorts, that consisted of people coming together around a common purpose.

A place that empowered the residents to feel like they had a hand in their own future. A place where citizens felt, and rightly so, that they were having a positive impact on their lives and the lives of their neighbors. Part of a phenomena that was having impact on the very structure of our microcosm of society. Even by a firm hired by @oaklandpoliceca and @jeanquan’s office confirmed that, for the ONLY TIME in my memory, crime actually went down by 19% in just a few weeks. Something @jeanquan and @oaklandpoliceca should have been ecstatic about, and worked with to continue to foster. But what did Santana, @jeanquan and @oaklandpoliceca decide was the best response to follow up this report with?

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