Richmond Councilmember's Email on Police Funding Raises Eyebrows
Richmond Councilmember's Email on Police Funding Raises Eyebrows Melissa Colorado An email from an East Bay councilmember is raising a lot of eyebrows. Richmond councilmember Nat Bates was responding to a community activist on the issue of police funding. In the email, Bates blasted the City of Oakland for diverting extra funding away from police and criticized the role of unarmed mental health crisis workers. “If someone is breaking into my home, threatening my life, I want a police officer with a gun,” he said. Bates saw an email from Jewell Bachelor, a Richmond teacher...
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