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![]() Suuuuuuuuuure. Sorry, I won't believe this until we see some real evidence. This stinks of a staged event to elicit sympathy for their criminal protection racket. - ChrisOakland police have their hands full. In addition to a shootout on the freeway and a police-involved shooting at a BART station, officers are now on the hunt for an apparent sniper trying to take out officers. "They hear gunshots and can feel the bullets pass by them," police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason said. "They can hear them whizzing by." The latest incident happened Sunday at about 11:30 p.m. Patrol officers were on a traffic stop near 8th and Adeline Streets in West Oakland when they heard shots. They were detaining people in a car on suspicion of drug-related offenses. The officers took cover, and no one was hit by the gunfire. Thomason said four officers were there at the time. Read More |