The Oakland branch of the NAACP rejects "defund the police"

See ‘How to Serve White Victims’: Oakland, Calif., is plagued by crime—and by a district attorney, Pamela Price, determined to divide people by race by Heather Mac Donald. Excerpts:

"The district attorney has drawn criticism from unexpected quarters. On July 27, the Oakland branch of the NAACP called on elected leaders to declare a state of emergency in Oakland. “Failed leadership,” including the “movement to defund the police, our District Attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals,” NAACP president Cynthia Adams and Bishop Bob Jackson wrote in their appeal. NAACP member Darren White told Yahoo News that young people on the street boast: “We can do A, B, or C because we’re not going to get charged.”"

"Three veteran county prosecutors have resigned. One of them, Charly Weissenbach, complained that Ms. Price cares more about “criminal defendants and how she can undo what she believes are historical injustices” than about the victims of crime. Danielle Hilton wrote in her resignation letter: “I encourage you to look at crime scene and autopsy photos, meet the victims of the robberies, sexual assaults, home burglaries and other crimes from within the county. It is their voices you were elected to empower.”"

"When Ms. Weissenbach resigned, she faulted the way her boss deals with victims of crime: “How Price approaches the families is always very much that the family needs to be more sympathetic to the person accused of the crime.”"