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In a slight improvement to their coverage of the violent crime wave gripping the nation the previous evening, the Tuesday edition of ABC’s World News Tonight reported that police departments, like the one in Oakland, California were overwhelmed by the situation. But while chief national correspondent Matt Gutman was speaking with the Oakland police chief, he refused to mention that the chief had begged the all-Democrat city council not to slash his budget by $17 million on Monday. He failed.
Given the facts, Gutman’s report was disingenuous. He began by showing off his ride along with Lieutenant Lisa Ausmus as she went from shooting call to shooting call within minutes. “She only had 38 officers on duty that night for a population of over 200,000 people. Half an hour later, the radio crackling again,” he gawked.
Gutman also highlighted just how out of control things were, including a conversation with Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong where the latter blamed access to guns.
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