Oakland Chinatown has been forsaken by its mayor and local government. This once-thriving, immigrant-run community has been the target of continuous violent robberies, with armed perpetrators entering restaurants and victimizing restaurant owners and patrons. From 2010 the present, a rash of brutal homicides and assaults took place in this town, the victims all of Chinese descent. To further exacerbate this situation, taggers spray graffiti all over commercial businesses and signs. Where we often see tagging under freeway overpasses and alleys, the graffiti in Oakland Chinatown is on main streets, directly covering business signs and entrances. The city offers no graffiti abatement program, and the graffiti has not been removed for at least a year. As a result, businesses have shut down.
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