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

An Oakland lawmaker who supports defunding the constabulary was forced to telephone cops aft her unit was reportedly attacked by equipped men successful the 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 the 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 the scene.

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

'The energies astir people's positions, the polarization, the lies person got radical retired present tripping...  it makes nary consciousness that a idiosyncratic took retired a weapon due to the fact that they didn't privation canvassers... 

'I'm grateful that we had the contiguous effect from the OPD to instrumentality this report.'

The Fife run incidental comes 3 years aft Fife led the propulsion to take $17.4 cardinal from the fund for constabulary successful Oakland implicit 2 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'We bash not privation 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 the postil-whipping incidental involving Fine's staffers, which happened astatine astir 7pm Wednesday in the 200 artifact of Fairmount Avenue.

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

'As the others continued, the unfortunate was speaking to the suspects erstwhile 1 of the suspects deed the unfortunate with a firearm. The suspects past got into a conveyance and near the country successful an chartless direction.'

Police are asking that anyone with accusation connected the incidental to interaction OPD’s Felony Assault Unit astatine (510) 238-3426.

Moreover, anyone with applicable videos oregon photos tin sent them to [email protected].

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