Yesterday afternoon four Oakland police offers were murdered at the corner of 74th Street and MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland while attempting to subdue a parolee.
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Several TV news stations lined up in front of the OPD administrative offices.
Flags flew half staff in memory of the officers.
An officer gazes out the front door of the apartment building on 74th where two of the officers were fatally shot.
A mother and daughter who witnessed the aftermath of the murders hanging a flag outside the apartment building where two officers were shot, as an officer looks on from the doorway.
View of the apartment building on 74th from the corner of 74th and MacArthur.
When I arrived at 2:00pm only one neighbor was brave enough to stand in support of the fallen officers. Dozens of vehicles passed shouting obscenities, celebrating the killing of police, and shaming the elderly black woman for being a "traitor."
The neighbor woman and I arranging flowers on the corner of 74th and MacArthur. (Photo by Christopher Salas)
The surprisingly barren corner of 74th and MacArthur.
