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VIOLENT GROUPS.
THE SO- CALLED 'MONEY' AND
'CASE' GANGS
NEW TONIGHT -- WE NOW HAVE
NEWLY RELEASED SURVEILLENACE
VIDEO. SHOWING WHAT POLICE
SAY, IS ONE OF THOSE GANGS
IN ACTION.
GRANT LODES IS STANDING W
>> YES. THIS ISTERRIFYING
MOMENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE.
WE WANT TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK
AT THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
IT SHOWS TWO GANG MEMBERS
WHO WERE ARRESTED
TODAY.ROBBING A WOMAN AT
GUN-POINT.
TAKE A LOOK AND LISTEN AT
THE DRAMATIC VIDEO.
NOW WE'LL SLOW DOWN THE
VIDEO AND BREAK IT DOWN.
THE VICTIM IS CARRYING
SEVERAL BAGS.ONE LOOKS TO
BE AN EXPENSIVE PURSE.
WE'LL FREEZE IT HERE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE HER KEYS.A
CELL PHONE IN THE OTHER
HAND.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S TRYING
TO USE THE KEYS TO OPEN THE
DOOR.
BUT BEFORE SHE CAN GET
INSIDE.THE TWO ROBBERS
CHARGE HER.
THE LEAD SUSPECT IS HOLDING
A BLACK HAND-GUN.
THE VICTIM FALLS TO THE
GROUND.AND THE SUSPECT GRABS
HER PURSE AND ANOTHER BAG.
THE SECOND SUSPECT GRABS
SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY TAKE OFF.THE VICTIM
GETS UP AND RUNS.SCREAMING.
HERE IT IS AGAIN IN REAL
TIME WITH AUDIO.
THE VICTIM'S SCREAM IS
PIERCING.
POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED A
FEW WEEKS AGO NEAR LAKE
MERRIT.
THIS IS THE VICTIM IS A
PIERCING SCREAM. THOSE TWO
SUSPECTS ARE OFF THE STREETS
TONIGHT.
>> PAM: OAKLAND POLICE CHIEF
HOWARD JORDAN. CALLED
TODAY'S OPERATION A
SUCCESSFUL FULFILMENT OF A
PROMISE HE MADE TO REDUCE
CRIME.
AS KRON FOUR'S TERISA
ESTACIO REPORTS, THE CHIEF
ALSO SAYS. THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING OF HIS PLAN TO
MAKE OAKLAND A SAFER PLACE
FOR EVERYONE.
>> REPORTER: THIS IS VIDEO
OF THE ACTUAL RAID CONDUCTED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
OAKLAND WHICH NETTED
NUMEROUS SUSPECTS TARGETED
FOR THEIR REPORTED VIOLENT
CRIMES.
CHIEF HOWARD JORDAN AT A
NEWS CONFERENCE SPOKE ABOUT
HOW HE HAS VOWED TO CRACK
DOWN ON CRIME IN THE CITY
AND THIS RAID WAS PROOF OF
HIS COMMITMENT.
>> I PROMISED.
>> REPORTER: THOSE ARRESTED
WERE ALL INVOLVED IN TWO
DIFFERENT GANGS. THE CASE
AND MONEY GANG.
THE CHIEF ALSO ADDED THAT
IN HIS MANY YEARS ON THE
FORCE, HE HAS NEVER SEEN
SUCH VIOLENT CRIMINALS OUT
ON THE STREETS.
>> IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT
GROUP. PROBABLY THE MOST
VIOLENT GROUP BY HAVE SEEN
IN MY 25 YEARS. AND I SAY
THAT BECAUSE THE MOTIVE WAS
NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL MOTIVE.
IT WAS NOT FOR MONEY OR TURF
WAR IT WAS BECAUSE THEY
HATED THE OTHER GANG.
>> REPORTER: AS YOU CAN SEE,
THE ROOM WAS PACKED WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, STATE
LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENTS
WERE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS
SWEEPING RAID. THE CHIEF
SAYS THE BROAD SUPPORT WILL
CONTINUE AS THEY CONTINUE TO
PUSH FORWARD WITH THEIR PLAN
TO MAKE OAKLAND A SAFER
PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
TERISA ESTACIO, KRON 4 NEWS
>> PAM: TODAY'S RAIDS
EXTENDED BEYOND JUST
OAKLAND.
CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE,
KRON 4'S CHARLES CLIFFORD
SHOWS US THAT THIS WAS A
BAY AREA WIDE EFFORT.
>> REPORTER: THIS MULTI
AGENCY TASK FORCE BEGAN
SERVING SEARCH WARRANTS. 24
IN TOTAL AT TWO OAKLAND AND
A RUN THE BAY AREA. THIS WAS
SIMULTANEOUS WITH 16
ARRESTS. THIS WAS AN
ONGOING AND BUT HERE IS WHAT
WE DO KNOW. THERE WERE 20
WARRANTS SERVES AND TO
SEARCH WARRANT TO THE EAST
IN ANTIOCH. ALSO ONE IN
BRENTWOOD YOUR AND IN
PACIFICA. THE OAKLAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT EVEN OF
THESE ARE HIGH RISK
WARRANTS THEY DID NOT HAVE
TO USE SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE
TO GAIN SUSPECTS DETAINED.
CHARLES CLIFFORD, KRON 4.
>> PAM: THIS CHURCH PASTOR
SPEAKS OUT.
>> EVERY TIME YOU PICK UP A
GUN YOU WERE CHOOSING DEATH.
WE, AS THE COMMUNITY WE DO
NOT WANT YOU TO CHOOSE
DEATH. WE LOVE YOU. WE ARE
YOUR MOTHERS, BROTHERS,
SISTERS, BROTHERS, WE WANT
YOU TO CHOOSE A LIFE. THIS
IS WHY I AM ACTING ON A
CEASE-FIRE THAT IS A