Oakland Police face Federal Takeover.

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8. That won't go over well in Oaksterdam

The Feds would then be in full control of the city with perhaps the most to lose in a medical marijuana crackdown. I know they're cracking down already, but if the Feds were in direct control of the Oakland PD, they might well take advantage of the situation and shut down the mmj industry, which is huge in Oakland.

Hopefully there's a better way to reign in the Oakland police. Probably not, they've been out of control and beyond accountability forever. How about the state government getting involved? Dunno if there's any mechanism for that.