"I can't take it anymore. I was too scared to leave my house," says Kristin Cook, moving out of #Oakland
"We're pretty much just sitting targets," says Laurel Ace Hardware's Troy Welch. Hear from Oakland's residents what they say is untenable crime & what the city & police say pic.twitter.com/3ZRGERKMnx

— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) August 8, 2023

CNN reporter Kyung Lah recently traveled to the crime-laden city where “brazen assaults and robberies in broad daylight, break-ins, and home invasions” have become the norm. Race and income make no difference, she said, because “everyone seems to be a target.” …

“I love Oakland. It’s very hard for me and my son, especially my son,” Cook told Lah. “I can’t take it anymore. I got to the point [where] I was too scared to leave my house.”