‘Look poor and don’t repair your homes’: Incredible advice from Oakland police against rampant crime
Residents of Oakland, California have been urged to sympathize with the criminals who rob homes and to pass as paupers so as not to provoke.
“The real victims are the people who, because of their dire circumstances, have been driven to break the law,” said a spokesperson for Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland, or MACRO, the Oakland community emergency response team.
“And we believe we can better serve this community if more affected people know how to provide professional psychiatric care at the crime scene, in real time.” So citizens will have to study psychology?
In 2023, police urged residents of crime-ridden areas to use air horns to try and scare away attackers and alert their neighbors to a crime in progress. It is a pity that last year the residents voted to abolish this instrument, which caused too much stress. Maybe some people would rather have a gun than an air horn.
Also those being attacked should begin by sympathizing with the abuser to gain human rapport. For starters, it's best to start by telling an attacker that you understand their frustration, or even offering them some food or hot tea.
Anyone with more advanced training and experience in psychology could start by asking the abuser about his childhood and then encourage the abusers to explore the traumatic events in their lives that may have triggered their criminal behavior.
“Invite them inside for a conversation. Ask them if there is any thought that worries them ,” MACRO urges.
If you lack psychological knowledge then the best course of action to fend off criminal aggressors is to appear as poor as possible so that there is less incentive to assault you. It is also not recommended to wear flashy clothes, button-up shirts, wedding rings. Repainting your home or repairing damaged fences and porches is also not recommended.
It seems that leaving weeds around the house is also an acceptable attitude to discourage criminals. Too bad there are fines in Oakland for keeping weed too long.
So what's the Oakland Police's secret to taking down criminals? Make the city look as poor and miserable as possible. We are sure they will succeed.
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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/sembrate-poveri-e-non-riparate-le-vostre-case-gli-incredibili-consigli-della-polizia-di-oakland-contro-il-crimine-imperante/ on Sun, 13 Aug 2023 05:30:26 +0000.