77-year-old great-grandmother who stopped a robbery is now running for City Council
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Faye Taylor wants to reduce crime in the city where she was born and raised. In 2022, video footage of a great-grandmother foiling a robbery outside her California home went viral. Faye Taylor could be seen charging out of her home and throwing a cane at a man who was allegedly trying to steal an elderly woman’s purse. Now Taylor, 77, who works as a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland, says she’s running for Oakland City Council, District 3, after witnessing what she says is an uptick in crime...
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