California saw violent crime surge by 6.1 percent in 2020 according to the state's latest annual crime report.
Thomas Gift, who runs the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, said the GOP is likely to focus attention on crime during the 2024 presidential election.
He commented:"The 'soft on crime' charge levied at Democrats is a difficult accusation for Biden's party to shake. In large part, it reflects a continuation of Trump's 'law and order' message from 2020 that's only grown more pronounced in progressive hotbeds like San Francisco, Portland, and Chicago.
The Oakland brand of the NAACP, America's oldest civil rights organization, has urged authorities in the city to , which it blamed on"failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police...and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric."Sheng Thao, the Democratic mayor of Oakland, said:"Violent crime is something that touches all of us and I take it very seriously, which is why community safety is a priority for my Administration.
"As Mayor, I am committed to working with community partners and across agencies to ensure we are doing everything we can to both prevent violence and hold people accountable for carrying out crimes in our city."
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