If Jesus came back and landed in Oakland, he’d be in the mood to kick some ass. Starting with Carroll Fife, Sheng Thao, Nikki Bas, Pamela Price, Cat Brooks and all the other wokes. “I made Oakland a fine, clean, working-class town,” he’d tell them. “And then you came along and ruined it with your muddle-headed nonsense.”

This morning’s breaking news about a massive police presence at People’s Park comes as good news to those of us who (1) recognize the need for more student housing at Cal, and (2) are tired of bored, agitated “activists” breaking the law and repeatedly getting away with it.

A year ago, local media widely reported a press release from newly-seated Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price that she had created a new “District Attorney’s Mental Health Commission.” The announcement stated the MHC would “advise the [DA’s] office on how to better respond to criminal justice cases involving people with serious mental illnesses. The hope is to provide care and new pathways, rather than punishment, to the families and loved ones of those with mental health challenges, according to the district attorney’s office.”

Back in June, 2020, California Highway Patrol officers cruising in Oakland spotted a suspicious Dodge Challenger Hellcat that was later determined to have been stolen from a San Leandro Dodge dealership. The vehicle also sported a stolen license plate. CHP pursued the car, which tried to get away. Eventually, they boxed it in. Then, according to media reports, the driver, Eric Salgado, “revved the engine and began spinning the tires, burning rubber [and] rammed into several CHP cars.” At that point, the cops, fearing for their own safety and that of their follow officers, fired their weapons. Salgado was killed.

I’m sorry, but seeing Sheng Thao at her news conference shed crocodile tears for Officer Tuan Le’s murder disgusted me. It was on the 5 o’clock news Friday afternoon. I didn’t buy her performance for one lousy second.