Larry Reid (councilmember)
| Larry Reid | |
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 Larry reid, vice mayor, and ignacio de la fuente outside an elementary school threatened with an ICE immigration raid. | |
| Member of the Oakland City Council from District 7 | |
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Assumed office 1997 |
Larry Reid is a city council member in Oakland, California. He is also the president of the council.[1]
Position on the "occupy movement" in Oakland
On November 30, 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle quoted Reid asserting that the Oakland occupiers had abandoned their core message and were trying to provoke the Police.[2]
In its reporting on the Oakland instance of the Occupy Movement, the East Bay Express noted that Reid opposed a police crackdown on the occupiers, even though he was the "strongest backer of police on the council".[3] The Oakland Tribune, however, reported that Reid abstained on a February 7, 2012, council resolution to call in the Oakland Police.[4] The San Francisco Chronicle expressed incredulity over Reid's abstention.[5]
Targeted by the hacker group "Anonymous"
Reid was one of several Oakland city official targeted by the hacker group "Anonymous".[6] According to KTVU the hackers posted "details such as phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, salary information, family information, website administration IDs and property value information."
Position on gun control
According to the KTVU Reid is a strong advocate on gun control.[7] KTVU noted how Police investigated two gunbattles on the morning of February 17, 2012, that were within two miles of a meeting Reid had with community groups on the topic of gun control.
References
- ↑ Carolyn Jones (2012-02-07). "Occupy Oakland getting blowback". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
Ultimately, public outrage - not City Council resolutions - will be the most powerful tool in subduing Occupy protests, City Council President Larry Reid said. "I don't think a resolution is going to change anything," he said. "These laws are already on the books. I trust the judgment of our police chief in how we handle enforcement."
mirror - ↑ Justin Berton, Demian Bulwa (2011-11-30). "Occupy Oakland protesters provoke confrontations". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
But Larry Reid, an Oakland city councilman, said Tuesday that the movement had abandoned its core message. He said he was outraged that protesters would try to shut down the port - the nation's fifth-busiest - which he called "the engine that drives this entire region."
mirror - ↑ Robert Gammon (2012-02-08). "Oakland Council Was Right to Reject Occupy Crackdown". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
Jordan seemed to understand this, and Council President Larry Reid, the strongest backer of police on the council, did as well, when he refused to vote for the crackdown proposal.
mirror - ↑ Matthew Artz (2012-02-07). "Oakland City Council votes against resolution to prevent disruptive protests at the port". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
Councilmembers Desley Brooks, Ignacio De La Fuente, Jane Brunner and Schaaf all supported the resolution. Councilmembers Nancy Nadel and Kaplan voted against it, and council members Larry Reid and Pat Kernighan abstained. The abstentions meant that there was no 4-4 deadlock that Mayor Jean Quan, who didn't attend the meeting, could have resolved with a tiebreaking vote.
mirror - ↑ "Toothless Oakland invites Occupy trouble". San Francisco Chronicle. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
Incredibly, Larry Reid and Pat Kernighan abstained - even after Kernighan expressed her disgust with the protesters' behavior.
mirror - ↑ "City officials say they aren't worried about Anonymous posting". KTVU. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
The group targeted Mayor Jean Quan, Chief of Police Howard Jordan, Oakland City Administrator Deanna Santana, City Attorney Barbara Parker, and City Council Members Jane Brunner, Pat Kernighan, Nancy Nadel, Libby Schaaf, Ignacio De La Fuente, Desley Brooks and Larry Reid.
mirror - ↑ "No suspects found after East Oakland gun battle". KTVU. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
Coincidentally, City Councilman Larry Reid spent the morning discussing the city's 100-block safety plan with a few community groups. The meeting and both shootings were within a two-mile radius of each other.
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