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Oh the irony....
Oakland TV crew robbed at gunpoint hours after police chief slams $18M budget cut amid homicide surge
(snip)A pair of robbers in Oakland, California, held up a television news crew at gunpoint just hours after the city’s police chief warned of safety concerns following officials’ decision to slash his department’s budget by more than $18 million, police said.
At the time, the crew was interviewing Guillermo Cespedes, head of the city’s Department of Violence Prevention, the police department confirmed.
Maybe they should’ve called a social worker instead....