Moment Defund the Police lawmaker calls cops over armed men in crime-ridden Oakland

An Oakland lawmaker who supports defunding nan constabulary was forced to telephone cops aft her unit was reportedly attacked by equipped men successful nan crime-ridden city.

District 3 councilwoman Carroll Fife, who voted to strip $17.4 cardinal from constabulary successful 2021, expressed her gratitude to Oakland cops aft she said 3 of her canvassers were assaulted. 

Fife said nan young canvassers were handing retired her campaign's materials erstwhile equipped men began chasing them.

'This run play is getting retired of control,' Fife said connected an Instagram video posted connected Wednesday nighttime from nan scene.

'Three of my canvassers were assaulted coming - one, physically, [who] was deed successful nan the caput pinch a weapon for handing retired my literature.

'The energies astir people's positions, nan polarization, nan lies person sewage group retired present tripping...  it makes nary consciousness that a personification took retired a weapon because they didn't want canvassers... 

'I'm grateful that we had nan contiguous consequence from nan OPD to return this report.'

The Fife run incident comes 3 years aft Fife led nan push to take $17.4 cardinal from nan fund for constabulary successful Oakland complete 2 years.

Shortly aft nan measure was passed by metropolis council, however, erstwhile Oakland politician Libby Schaaf was forced to locomotion backmost nan defunding scheme arsenic crime exploded successful nan city.

Oakland was among respective politically wide cities reversing commitments, made successful nan aftermath of George Floyd's execution successful May 2020, to defund nan constabulary pursuing a surge successful convulsive crime.

A Oakland-focused societal media relationship has claimed that lifelong Oakland residents are fed up pinch Fife, whom they impeach of their ignoring their complaints astir crime.

One section reportedly claimed they called Fife's agency 15 times this twelvemonth to study 'serious issues' but has not been capable to speak to nan councilwoman directly.

'I unrecorded successful her district, and while she loves to make run commercials astir 'doing nan existent work' for her 'constituents,' I tin corroborate she's done thing for us,' nan section reportedly said. 

Fife, a lodging activistic who was erstwhile homeless, founded nan group Moms for Housing to 'reclaim lodging for nan organization from nan large banks and existent property speculators.'

However nan group's co-founder Misti Cross has said she 'has not kept her word' and is simply a 'habitual liar.'

'We do not want her to proceed to neglect america for 4 much years,' she said. 'Enough of Fife.'

Oakland constabulary told DailyMail.com connected Friday they are looking into nan postil-whipping incident involving Fine's staffers, which happened astatine astir 7pm Wednesday in nan 200 artifact of Fairmount Avenue.

'The unfortunate reported to officers they were stepping pinch 2 others erstwhile 3 suspects approached,' constabulary said successful a statement.

'As nan others continued, nan unfortunate was speaking to nan suspects erstwhile 1 of nan suspects deed nan unfortunate pinch a firearm. The suspects past sewage into a conveyance and near nan area successful an chartless direction.'

Police are asking that anyone pinch accusation connected nan incident to interaction OPD’s Felony Assault Unit astatine (510) 238-3426.

Moreover, anyone pinch applicable videos aliases photos tin sent them to cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Fife's run for remark connected this story.