The NAACP has apparently discovered that black people don’t like being victims of crime.

After years of decrying the inherent racism of the “carceral state” and the structural racism of law enforcement, the NAACP has decided that perhaps handing over the streets to thugs and criminals wasn’t such a good idea.

Don’t worry, though, they will return to their regularly scheduled programming of hating on police if this crisis is ever solved.

By now everybody is familiar with the crime crisis in San Francisco. It makes for good visuals, and San Francisco is one of America’s most loved cities and has been since the Gold Rush.

Oakland, though, is hardly so famous or well regarded, is much less telegenic, and is populated by a less tony class of people. Oakland is where the people who keep San Francisco up and running live. San Francisco is where property and “lifestyle” crimes happen; Oakland is where violence dominates.