"The sideshow began at 45th Street and Market Street, in the Longfellow neighborhood, and moved to 41st Street and Howe Street, in the Piedmont Avenue neighborhood, extending from around 2 a.m. until dawn. Eyewitness video, personal accounts on social media, and interviews with The Oaklandside in the days that followed indicate that the sideshows triggered widespread disruption and involved dangerous behavior, including people walking near spinning cars, setting off fireworks, and parking illegally in driveways and on sidewalks."
"The police union said in a statement to KTVU that it was frustrated that the department only made 16 vehicles available to "address the chaos." The Oakland Police Department has said the department typically has between 30 and 35 patrol officers on duty at any given time, covering nearly 80 square miles of land. The police force currently has about 515 officers, nearly 200 shy of Mayor Barbara Lee 's goal."
A massive sideshow moved through North Oakland neighborhoods from around 2 a.m. until dawn on August 24, involving roughly 200 cars and more than 500 people. Participants engaged in dangerous behaviors, including walking near spinning cars, setting off fireworks, and illegally parking in driveways and on sidewalks. A vehicle was set on fire on Howe Street. Dozens of residents stayed awake all night worried that participants might be armed. Police reportedly arrived about 30 minutes after the event began; the police union criticized the limited deployment while the department operates about 200 officers below the mayor’s target.
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