My understanding of this situation from following on Twitter is that they claimed to be at her location, armed, with a hostage, asking for ransom. I'm doing my

My understanding of this situation from following on Twitter is that they claimed to be at her location, armed, with a hostage, asking for ransom. I'm doing my best to spare the diatribe about how the Oakland Police Department is essentially the worst police department in the US. Let's just take a step back. In what world does someone who wants a ransom for a hostage call the police? This isn't something that happens, except in action movies. The entire narrative, including the police reaction, is straight out of a sophomore film student's twisted imagination. The police, esp in the US, but in general, aren't designed to protect and serve, they're designed to eliminate threats to power. Right now Oakland has a new mayor who wants to make sure voters see that she is tough on crime. This situation is an unfortunate collision of two worlds that know very little about each other. :/