via abc7news:
An Oakland business is seeing an enormous uptick in business from customers requesting bulletproof glass. They say it’s due in part to crime in the city.
At East Bay Glass‘ warehouse in Oakland, the varieties of glass seem endless. But one item that’s not currently in stock due to it’s high cost – is bullet-resistant, ballistic glass.
“The bulletproof glass is 3/8th inch all the way to 2.5 inches, points out Joshua Pratchard, the general manager.
Video from manufacturer Armitek, which provides glass to Easy Bay Glass and installers across the country, shows how multiple shots aren’t enough to penetrate the product.
In recent months, ABC7 News has covered a number of stories involving stray bullets going into homes.
Gooder and harder, California: Oakland NAACP Blames ‘Defund the Police’ for Rampant Crime in City.
Authorities in Oakland, California, are being urged to “declare a state of emergency” by the local branch of a leading civil rights group, in response to a surge in crime that “overwhelming impacts minority communities.”
The call was made by the Oakland branch of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in a statement that hit out at “failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police” and what they claimed was the local District Attorney’s failure to “prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes.” Speaking to Newsweek Cynthia Adams, president of the Oakland NAACP, said: “We need the police!”
A number of major U.S. cities have reported significant increases in crime over the past years, which experts have attributed variously to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to “defund the police” following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. According to FBI statistics the U.S. recorded more than 21,000 murders in 2020, the highest figure since 1995.
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h/t Ed Driscoll