Oakland, California — This video shows two armed men attempt to get into a gas station Friday. Ahmed’s family has owned businesses in Oakland for decades. He says an employee inside saw what was happening on surveillance & fired. That’s why you see the suspects run off.
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He has spent 51 years in the city and “𝘖𝘢𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 3 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥!”
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Ahmed is just one of MANY business owners who say they can’t even get insured or will be dropped because the crime is out of control.
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One says there are at least “𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴…𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘋𝘈𝘠.”
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OPD says they’ve seen an increase in robberies and burglaries throughout the city.