The FBI also raided a home belonging to a member of a politically influential family who runs the city’s recycling company.
FBI agents exit a house associated with Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao during a raid in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 20, 2024. OAKLAND — The FBI served a search warrant Thursday morning at the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, part of surprise raids centering on a politically influential family in charge of the city’s contracted recycling company.An Alameda County DA kept Black women off a jury.
FBI agents carry boxes out of the house associated with Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao during a raid in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 20, 2024. “I was shocked when I turned on the news this morning. I do not know what is going on,” Councilmember Carroll Fife said in an interview. “I don’t want to get sidetracked by something sensational that none of us have any control over. My goal is to be the leadership needed in the city and continue to move Oakland forward.”
The raids came just hours after what appeared to be the largest mass shooting in Oakland history. Fifteen people were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening,that would normally draw a direct response from the mayor. Thao did not offer any comment on that incident Thursday and did not appear at a pre-scheduled event on housing
Along the city’s waterfront, IRS agents could be seen carrying numerous bags of items from an address, 1211 Embarcadero, tied to California Waste Solutions. Also housed in that building are the offices of the Vietnamese American Business Association. David Duong is the association’s chairman.
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