I Drove Into Oakland's Most Dangerous Hoods. It Was Nuts.

Former Oakland PD here. When he said 1 in 4 crimes are solved, I LOLed. First of all, we don't even show up to most non-violent crimes. We can't. When we log in to our police car terminal at the beginning of the shift, there are between 100-300 calls waiting for just two districts (about 15 officers). Secondly, of the calls that we do show up to, maybe 1 in 20 are solved. So if you include the 9-1-1 crimes that we don't show up to, maybe 1 in 100 are solved. BTW, there are shootings about every hour in the city. Seriously about 20 shootings per day. We don't even get called to more than half of them. EDIT: When I say we don't show up, I mean we don't get dispatched to those crimes. Officers don't simply choose not to go. Officers don't have the option to refuse a call when dispatched.

I live in SE Asia, where poverty levels are way worse than places like Oakland, and crime is basically non-existent. It's not a poverty issue but a cultural one.

Former Oakland CHP Officer here. I did 5-ish years on the graveyard shift. Gun pulled on me @ point blank range my second day on the job... shots fired in my direction about 6 months later on the East side. Sideshows were always a good way to dust up a pursuit during a traffic stop. Lots of guns and drama out there. I'm grateful to have made it out alive.

My brother did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marines. When you came back he became an OPD officer. I asked him whats its like to be a cop in Oakland. He told me he felt safer in the war zones.

Former Oakland resident, just wanted to point out something you said. "Poverty is not the root cause of crime and violence in Oakland, it's dumb people." And then you went on to make remarks against council investing money into the communities. But where do dumb people come from, if not a lack of education and opportunity? Disenfranchised communities are not allotted the same education and learning as other communities, which breeds ground for gangs, drugs, violence, crime because people find themselves without opportunity and resort to these illegal systems because they're accessible. It's a vicious cycle that's been purposefully perpetuated by the government. That's a long time. Would love to hear your take on how we lessen the number of "dumb" people. Also that 2% being 18million being removed from the police budget, that's an EXORBITANT amount of money.

As someone who lives and moves through these areas night and day it’s hella funny watching outsiders talk about it like this. It’s really not that scary I promise mostly just regular people going about their day 😂

The death knell for Oakland was their mayor's very public announcement that the police would no longer respond to non-violent crime calls.

I was stationed in Oakland in the '80s and '90s. After Desert Storm, the Navy determined their MDs didn't have enough experience treating combat wounds, so they sent them to work at local Oakland hospitals.

I've lived in Oakland 32 years of my life and I've never had a problem. I live in one of the neighborhoods in this video, I've never been harmed. I know it's bad people here that cause Oakland to look horrible but it's also a lot of us wonderful people here.

I’m a truck driver I got lost in Oakland one day and I remember thinking to myself , am I still in America ? poverty sucks in every way crime, bad school zones, drugs , I pray for the good people that are stuck in neighborhoods like this.

You and “Mappy” truly have one of the greatest channels. Mandatory for “Current Events” class! Let’s Go!

I just found your page because I’m visiting Cali in December. You deserve more subscribers this is wild 😂

Both my mother and auntie got robbed multiple times from purse snatchers and they are ruthless because my mother wouldn’t let go of the purse and ended up being dragged until they let go of it. I asked why she didn’t call the police, she said “what for? So I have to wait for someone that never shows?”. Same things happened to me, my next door neighbor pulled a gun out on us because my ex husband didn’t know English and wouldn’t respond to him. Called the cops and they never showed up. This is why I moved out of Oakland. It has its goods and bads, but the bads are really bad so not worth staying for.

I currently live in Deep East Oakland. I live in, work in and love my city. It’s so sad that there is so much crime and murders. And the rent and house prices have the nerve to be high as hell.

My grandfather bought a lot in the hills of Oakland in 1927. He had an architect draw up plans for a house. They lived there until 1950 and then moved to Walnut Creek. The house is still there 🎉

Thank you for sharing! May God continue to bless you 💕

I was talking with Compton resident about 15 years ago. He actually told me how you can tell the good side from the bad side? Me being curious said no how do you tell the difference. He said the bad area had bars on the upstairs windows also. He said with a straight face as he was serious. Now I get into a bad area I automatically look at upstairs windows to see how bad the area is.

Had a class with an Oakland Firefighter and he told me that it's so out of control that no one is signing up to become firefighters anymore. Homeless encampmants starting fires, drug overdoses, multiple gunshot wounds, and other various chaotic shitshows are wearing down first responders in Oakland.

The man wishing a happy birthday was very sweet bless his heart!

Fascinating video! You just earned yourself another subscriber.