1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Something's not right here. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 2: Crime is up all over the state, the. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: Homelessness and the city is out of control. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 3: The economy is sick, axes are high, housing as expensive, 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 3: and businesses are leaving. Leaving California means fixing, and John 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 3: Phillips is just the man to leave the charge. It's 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 3: the Fix California Hour with John Phillips and. 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 4: Randy wag And we continue at what five in the 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 4: afternoon on the John Phillips Show. Mister Randy Wegg's in 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 4: Culver City. 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 2: John, we are broadcasting live on the radio on seven 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: ninety KABC and A ten KSFO. But we are now 13 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 2: in week two of broadcasting live on video at YouTube 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: dot com, slash at Randy Wang Radio. Make sure you 15 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: watch us live play around in the chat room, hit 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: the like button, hit subscribe. You can also check us 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 2: out at Facebook at KABC Radio, Facebook at A ten KSFO. 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: Exit Johnny, don't like and twitch at Randy Wang Radio. 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: And we're getting all kinds requests in the chat. Brostals 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 2: writes in can you give me a combo platter of 21 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 2: Katie Porter? You can? And that lady in Santa Monica, 22 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 2: Why yes, I can? 23 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 5: There is you can smell it right now. 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: Okay, let's hear him back to back one more time. 25 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 6: You can smell it right here. 26 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 7: You can smell it right now. 27 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: And didn't Tom Styr get in on the action too? Yes, 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: he did, but I don't have that on the wall here, 29 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: so it's kind of harder to play. The only Tom 30 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: Styr drop I have available right now is I'm Tom Styr. 31 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: I'm about to ride. 32 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: The d well. We know what he's doing this weekend, 33 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: but play around in the chat room. We're having a 34 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 2: lot of fun on this Friday. 35 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 4: Okay, how are we doing with subscriptions to the Accountability Podcast? 36 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: Oh, very good question. So the website that we need 37 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 2: you to subscribe to is the YouTube channel for our podcast, 38 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: the Accountability Podcast. You go to YouTube dot com slash 39 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: app Accountability Podcast. I just put the link in the chat. 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,279 Speaker 2: If we can get up to five hundred by two thirty, 41 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: I have a very special Katie Porter video for you. 42 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: And we are at three hundred and eighty one, three 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: hundred and eighty one out of five hundred. We are 44 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: very close, so get us over that threshold. If you 45 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: have not subscribed yet to the Accountability Podcast on YouTube, 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 2: we put on a new episode every single week. On Wednesday, 47 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: We're gonna have a brand new episode covering the Boyle 48 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: Heights town Hall with all the unsetsored cussing out of 49 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: Karen Bass. So subscribe YouTube dot com slash at Accountability 50 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: podcast and if you have any trouble finding it, just 51 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: email us at Johnny don't like show at gmail dot com. 52 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: Monica writes in let's all ride. 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 8: The D. 54 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: That D would get a workout. Eight hundred two two 55 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: two five two two two is the telephone number one 56 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: eight hundred two two two five two two two the 57 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: city of oak which is known for, let's just say, 58 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 2: public safety challenges. You mean, like I said, hell no, 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: maybe boy let me get up on out of here? 60 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: Or who what else do we go call Superman? Or 61 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: oh my god, did melt to the basketball Corps? 62 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: That would be what I'm referring to. Well, they now 63 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 4: have a new police chief and his job is to 64 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 4: make Oakland safe, and. 65 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: They decided for the first time in a long time 66 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 2: to just promote from within the guy who has been 67 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: interim police chief ever since Shang Tao's hand pick police chief, 68 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: Floyd Mitchell from Lubbock ditched Oakland for Fremont. 69 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 9: Absolutely. 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: Absolutely, they've had James Beer in charge, and James Beer 71 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: has been quite a steady hand. And what it sure 72 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: seems like here was Barbara Lee, who is running for 73 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: reelection in November, was well aware that it's not going 74 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: to look very good if she goes into reelection with 75 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 2: still no police chief because they're waiting on the police 76 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: Commission to come out with So they've decided to give 77 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: James Beer the full job, and at least right now, 78 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 2: it looks like he has a lot of support from 79 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: the community because, unlike Floyd Mitchell, he's from Oakland and 80 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: isn't planning on leaving Oakland anytime soon. 81 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 4: But becoming police chief of Oakland is like marrying Elizabeth Taylor. 82 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 4: You know it's not gonna work out, but I guess 83 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 4: have fun while you're there. 84 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 2: You know, absolutely to that point, there have been over 85 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: a dozen police chiefs in Oakland in like the last 86 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 2: fifteen years. Let's see what's going on with our new 87 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: police chief, James Beer in the city of Dumpy. Wait, 88 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: that's the wrong story, you know what. 89 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 4: I am so convinced that this isn't gonna last. I'm 90 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 4: not even gonna learn his name. 91 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: Wait, hold on a second, Hold on a second. Did 92 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: they retitle this wrong? Because hold on, striking factory. No, 93 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 2: that's the factory workers story. Okay, hold on, I have 94 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: to do a little fixie here. I put the wrong 95 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 2: thing on my sub stack. I never do this. Now, 96 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: I gotta do this the old fashion way. I gotta 97 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: go to kpix on YouTube. Make sure, by the way, 98 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: all these channels that we promote, we appreciate if you 99 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: would subscribe to them as well, because they do great 100 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: work out there, and that's why we're always supporting our 101 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: local news. 102 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 10: There. 103 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: It is the interim police chief story. And now we're 104 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: going to switch to this tab and we're going to 105 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: go full screen and then I'm going to look see 106 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 2: how it looks like. There we go. Now we have 107 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: the right story. We'll do the labor dumping all the 108 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 2: sugar at the Oakland Harbor later. Here we go on. 109 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 11: Come in on this Thursday evening today, Oakland's mayor announced 110 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 11: the interim police chief has earned her trust and the 111 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 11: permanent position. 112 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a big day. 113 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 12: Mayor Barbara Lee joined James Beer earlier today to reveal 114 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 12: her decision. It comes as the city of Oakland. I've 115 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 12: seen a major dropping crime that start. 116 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 2: Noel Gaio always has to have some kind of costume, 117 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 2: Yeah he does. He must make like five costume changes 118 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: per day. 119 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 12: Been in twenty twenty four and continued last year. Our 120 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 12: Maddie White explains how the city is helping Beer can 121 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 12: build on that momentum. 122 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 2: Every time I hear his name, I think it's b 123 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: e er, but it's not. 124 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 8: In the city of Oakland, there have been eleven different 125 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 8: police chiefs in the last fifteen years. 126 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: And Johnny what happened to the one two police chiefs ago? 127 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 2: Lauren Armstrong, Oh yeah, Shag decided that she was going 128 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 2: to fire him because she's a girl boss and she 129 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 2: can like. 130 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 13: Don't waste our time. 131 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 8: We have a whole city to run. But there's hope 132 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 8: that this new chapter could bring more stability than many 133 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 8: people say. The department has been missing. Scandals, politics, and 134 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,799 Speaker 8: the pressures of the job of top cop have fueled 135 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 8: years of leadership turnover in the Oakland Police Department. 136 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 2: But Floyd Mitchell, who Shang Tau, took a year and 137 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: a half to get into that job after the police 138 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: Commision said, how about you just give Lauren Armstrong his 139 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: job back and she said, nah, he lasted eighteen months. 140 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 4: Imagine imagine if Barbara Lee decided to throw a curveball 141 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 4: to the city and she said, all right, I'm going 142 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 4: to announce who the next police chief is. Someone who 143 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 4: knows Oakland well, has spent a lot of time with 144 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 4: the community, certainly knows law enforcement inside out. 145 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 2: Shang Tao. 146 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 9: Absolutely absolutely. 147 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: I don't think you can serve as police chief if 148 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: you are currently under indictment. That trial's coming in October. 149 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: Can't wait, we might have Seriously, we need to go 150 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: do a live remote up there for that. Yeah, Wor's 151 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 2: Nancy Grace when you need her. 152 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 9: Oh, Mayor Barbara Lee has made it official. 153 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 8: Boating interim chief James Beer to lead the department permanently. 154 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 14: This is where I raise my kids. 155 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 8: Beer has spent nearly three decades rising through Oakland p 156 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 8: d's ranks. 157 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 15: Not a lot of people agree on many things in Oakland, 158 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 15: but we all agree on Beer. 159 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 2: And it's pretty good. 160 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 15: And thankful to the Police Commission for doing their job 161 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 15: and sending a qualified set of candidates to the mayor. 162 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 2: In past well, they picked the interim guy, not any 163 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 2: of the candidates they sent because usually they don't send 164 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 2: good candidates. 165 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 8: Chief searches. The city has publicly named the candidates they 166 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 8: were interviewing for the position, but this time they did 167 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 8: something a little different. They held community meetings and say 168 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 8: they used feedback from those meetings to inform their decisions. 169 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 8: City leaders say that strengthened their candidate pool and helped 170 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 8: them land on the kind of chief residents want. 171 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 10: Someone who sees the position not only as simply a job. 172 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 2: Why is she running for reelection? She's in her eighties. 173 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe she doesn't like watching reruns a 174 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: Judge Judy, but as a commitment to power must be 175 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 2: one hell of a drug, because nobody wants to let 176 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: it go. I'm looking at you, Mitch McConnell, if he's 177 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: still alive to our city. 178 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 10: And so I am pleased and I'm confident that Interim 179 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 10: Chief James Beer demonstrated that commitment. 180 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 8: Beer says that commitment is personal. He lives in Oakland, 181 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 8: raised his family here, and before joining OPD in nineteen 182 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 8: ninety seven, served in the US Marine Corps. During a 183 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 8: tour in Iraq, he was injured and received a purple heart. 184 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 8: Now one of his biggest challenges. 185 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: Well, experience in a war zone will serve him well 186 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: in Oakland. I end up feeling that was Covin will be. 187 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 8: Leading the department as it pushes to finally exit more 188 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 8: than two decades. 189 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: That'll do it. There's a sign in front of a 190 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 2: church that says no mass Valencia with a graphic of 191 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 2: a gun that says no gun, like no smoking, with 192 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 2: a Ghostbusters X through it. 193 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 8: It's a federal court to oversight. 194 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 14: I can tell you that the negotiated settlement Agreement is 195 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 14: actually the industry standard for the best policing practices. If 196 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 14: we are taken out a court oversight in September. 197 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: And let's not forget the reason that the oversight is 198 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 2: so important was it was Lauren Armstrong who was blowing 199 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: the whistle on how the federal monitor was dragging his 200 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 2: legs on ending the oversight because he gets a seven 201 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 2: figure salary to keep them in the oversight. And that's 202 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 2: when Shang Tau decided to fire his ass. 203 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 14: The negotiates settlement Agreement's not going away. That's stitched into 204 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 14: the fabric of this police department. 205 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 8: Bishop Bob Jackson, Senior Pastor of Acts Full Gospel, Church 206 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 8: of God in Christ in Oakland, says Beer's long history 207 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 8: inside the department could help break the cycle of change. 208 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 16: I'm glad we've learned some lessons to hire in house, 209 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 16: because I think James Beard's best man for it. 210 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 6: He's been there a number of years, grew up in it. 211 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 2: You know what's one of the funnier aspects of shng 212 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 2: Tau picking Floyd Mitchell out of Lubbock, Texas, who, by 213 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 2: the way, he had his own disastrous nine to one 214 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: to one situation down there. And this is true. When 215 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: Floyd Mitchell was hired to be Oakland's police chief, he 216 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: had to go through training first because he wasn't qualified 217 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: to be a California police officer. 218 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 4: Well, how about when Javier Bacheria was appointed by Jerry 219 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 4: Brown to be Attorney General and he couldn't accept right 220 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 4: away because he wasn't admitted to the bar. 221 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: Scrub it, and he lives in Oakland. 222 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: You know what, California's motto has been faked till you 223 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: make it too, which makes. 224 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 6: Him really a special candidate. 225 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 8: Civil rights attorney John Burris, who has spent years pushing 226 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 8: for police reform, also back to the appointment, calling Beer 227 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 8: rooted in the community and someone who shows up you're not. 228 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 15: Afraid of the community, and he listens to people in 229 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 15: the community, and that's very, very important. 230 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 8: The head of the police officers union here in Oakland 231 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 8: tells us that consistent leadership is essential in moving the 232 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 8: police department forward back to you. 233 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 2: I mean, not a lot of people want to work 234 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 2: for a department when they're not sure if that department 235 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 2: is going to have the same boss six months from now. 236 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 2: So maybe this will help out with hiring. Maybe this 237 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 2: will be a good thing. So far, he's been in 238 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 2: charge for the last six months than Floyd Mitchell just 239 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 2: abruptly quit and for the most part, people are like, yeah, 240 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 2: he's doing an okay job. So that's what's going on 241 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: in Oakland. 242 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 4: Let's move across the Bay to San Francisco, where they 243 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 4: are now re evaluating their policies regarding illegal fireworks. 244 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 2: Because San Francisco has realized maybe Sacramento knows what they're 245 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 2: doing when it comes to finding the hell out of 246 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 2: the fireworkers and using drones to catch them in the act. 247 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: For more, here is ABC seven in the bank. 248 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 11: You further for their away from July fourth. City leaders 249 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 11: are still dealing with the fallout from the fourth All Right, 250 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 11: illegal fireworks, they've become a challenging issue for the City 251 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 11: of San Francisco. Today, a resolution was presented that could 252 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 11: change that. ABC seven eye witness doos reporter loose Pena 253 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 11: live with the details, Loose. 254 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: Yes, Larry. 255 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 9: These fines range anywhere between one hundred and twenty five 256 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 9: dollars to seven hundred dollars after multiple infractions. 257 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 2: Oh, that's not even close to what Sacramento's doing. It's 258 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 2: like one thousand for the first one, two thousand for 259 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: the second one, three thousand for the third one, and 260 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 2: then three thousand for everyone. On top of that, they 261 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 2: find one person one hundred thousand dollars. 262 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 4: Those fines are cheaper than the copay for what they're 263 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 4: going to have to pay to have their fingers reattached, a. 264 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 9: Strategy that is already showing positive results in Sacramento. Fireworks 265 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 9: are illegal in San Francisco. 266 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 2: So's fentanyl. You don't see them stopping that. Nope. 267 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 9: So why couldn't police confirm any arrests when they were 268 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 9: clearly set off on multiple city streets on July fourth? 269 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 11: Our existing ordinance prohibits the conduct, but it does not 270 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 11: provide a local infraction or misdemeanor penalty that police officers 271 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 11: can use. 272 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 2: Central Wait, so we actually don't have the legal authority 273 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 2: to find people in San Francisco for breaking the law. 274 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 2: What if they aim the fireworks that their neighbors house. 275 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 9: Francisco's supervisor Alan Wong. 276 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 2: Is hoping to cheage no relation change that. 277 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 9: During a Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee, he introduced 278 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 9: an ordinance establishing penalties for illegal fireworks. 279 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 17: They could get a penalty between one hundred and twenty 280 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 17: five to two hundred and fifty dollars, and the second 281 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 17: infraction within five years, they could have a penalty of 282 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 17: two fifty two seven fifty and it can be counted 283 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 17: as a misdemeanor. 284 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 2: Cent I would go higher than that. 285 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 4: That's not going to get o ey one's attention. They're 286 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 4: spending more money in fireworks. Do what they're doing in Anaheim, 287 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 4: do what they're doing in Sacramento. Thousand dollars minimum the 288 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 4: first time, no if zans or butts. 289 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 9: Francisco's fire department reported and increasingly challenging July fourth, with 290 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 9: almost two hundred more calls than normal, and. 291 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: They couldn't get to most of those calls because the 292 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: roads were all gridlocked because of Daniel Lurry's foggy fireworks show. 293 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 9: Nearly six hundred calls in a twenty four hour period, with. 294 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 14: A busy period in the nighttime between nine eight nine 295 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 14: pm and midnight with one hundred and forty six different incidents. 296 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 9: The city of Sacramento recently stepped up a crackdown on 297 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 9: illegal fireworks. Find there can range from one thousand to 298 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 9: ten thousand dollars. This past fourth the Sacramento Fire Department 299 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 9: issued about three hundred thousand dollars in citations. Drones captured 300 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 9: activity at one. 301 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 2: Home, and they disprove your theory, Johnny. People weren't shooting 302 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 2: the drones down. 303 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 4: That actually surprises me. Well, maybe they were trying to 304 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 4: and they're just bad shots. This is Sacramento County. If 305 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 4: they did this in La County, it might be a 306 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 4: different story. 307 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 9: That is now facing one hundred thousand dollars in fines. 308 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 18: It just kept going for hours on end with multiple 309 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 18: aerial fireworks. 310 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 9: It's a move does some community members see as necessary. 311 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 13: In San Francisco, headphones and earplugs are not a solution 312 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 13: for people with PTSD traumatic brain injuries children on the spectrum, 313 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 13: but not. 314 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 4: Oh god, it sounds like she has everything, every problem 315 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 4: under the sun under her roof. 316 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 2: Well, it's just a good reminder that while you might 317 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: think that if you're just launching fireworks, maybe it will 318 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 2: annoy people, there are people that it did. It is 319 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: detrimental to their well being, especially people who were who 320 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 2: have PTSD from wars, people who are on the spectrum, 321 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 2: and little dogs. 322 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 4: Okay, on July the fourth, who do you think it 323 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 4: was in her house that held her at knife point? 324 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 4: Her husband or her artistic child. 325 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 9: Believes this ordinance is the answer. 326 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 18: I have serious concerns about this ordinance as it really 327 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 18: only attacks the issue from an enforcement perspective. 328 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 2: Oh come on, who named There's kid justice. 329 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 18: Which I think has proven in many cases to be 330 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 18: truly ineffective, aside from the racial disparities that will almost 331 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 18: certainly come from an enforcement model like this one. 332 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 2: Oh boy, it's racist. Yep. 333 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 9: This ordinance will now move to the full bord of 334 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 9: Supervisors for a vote. 335 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 2: And Supervisors, I got some news for you, Justice. I 336 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 2: live in the San Fernando Valley. It's a melting pot 337 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 2: of every race you can imagine and they all launch 338 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: fireworks into the sky. 339 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 9: Sir Wong is hoping it will be approved and will 340 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 9: go into effect in San Francisco. So in the coming 341 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 9: months in San Francisco, U Spania eighty seven Eye Witness News. 342 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 2: So there you go. That's what's going on with the 343 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 2: working on trying to start cracking down on illegal fireworks 344 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 2: in the city by the Bay. 345 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 4: It's the John Phillips Show. Let's go to Travis in Oakland. 346 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: Travis Helloon, Hey, John and Randy. 347 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 16: You know, I really appreciate how you guys are trying 348 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 16: to stop crime and shed light on that. But don't 349 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 16: you think stopping fireworks on the fourth of July is 350 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,239 Speaker 16: a little unpatriotic. I mean, I live in I live 351 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 16: in Oakland, and on the fourth of July it sounds 352 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 16: like be route. 353 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: And it's the one day a year. 354 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 16: I think to myself, Wow, my neighbors are really patriotic. 355 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 16: I mean, we didn't get to become a great nation. 356 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 6: Because we were worried about kids. 357 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 16: On the spectrum being startled or old can fuse people. 358 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 16: We became a great nation because we're not afraid to 359 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 16: blow stuff up. And it's good that one day a year. 360 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 16: We get to do that, and you know, maybe the 361 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 16: Oakland Fire Department has to work a little harder. But 362 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 16: Oakland Fire, unlike the Oakland Police, Oakland firefighters, now we 363 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 16: need them. I'm not saying, don't come to my house 364 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 16: if something happens, but they get paid more than doctors 365 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 16: and brain surgeons. So the least they can do is 366 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 16: let people have their fun and have their water ready 367 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 16: to go. Maybe they could stop the blowing up the 368 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 16: cars on the fourth of July. That's a little much. 369 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 16: But if you got some sparklers and some fountains, he 370 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 16: got drones busting little kids. I don't know if that's 371 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 16: our biggest problem in Oakland. 372 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 2: What about in Orange County the guy that lost his 373 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 2: house and his prosthetic leg from illegal fireworks this weekend? 374 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 16: What was he shooting them off? 375 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 2: No, they burned down his house and his leg. 376 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 16: Okay, so the people involved in that need to need 377 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 16: to be prosecuted. Absolutely, they they went overboard. 378 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 8: Absolutely, we're out of time. 379 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 2: You know what, he's not half the man he used 380 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 2: to be. Well at that story in the crime Blodder 381 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 2: coming up later. 382 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 4: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 383 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 4: a telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 384 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 4: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 385 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 4: you can do so at Johnny Don't Like Show at 386 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 4: gmail dot com. That's Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail 387 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 4: dot com and Randy. 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In the meantime, what do 420 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 2: you say we make a couple of listeners very happy. 421 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 2: I was gonna totally forget seven ninety KABC welcomes Chris 422 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 2: Young with special guest shay Leen at the Pacific Amphitheater 423 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 2: at the OC Fair on July eighteenth. Tickets are on 424 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 2: sale now at pacamp dot com, but right now, call 425 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 2: it number nine at one eight at eight seven ninety five. 426 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 2: Two to two two gets a pair of tickets to 427 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 2: the show. All concert tickets included mission to the OC Fair. 428 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 2: Tickets furnished by the Pacific Amphitheater. Good luck dialing, and 429 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 2: it's a Friday, so I can tear up that price sheet. 430 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 2: Let's go to Don and elsa Rito Don. 431 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: Hello, Yeah, how you do? 432 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 6: The reason I'm calling is a fact that this new 433 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 6: chief that's coming in, and he's been around since ninety four, 434 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 6: and he's proven being a veteran and a purple heart. 435 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 6: Why wasn't he given the chance earlier? Is it Barbara 436 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 6: Lee is, if I understand, is running to be the mayor. 437 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 6: If I'm wrong, I'm not sure. But then once she 438 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 6: gets in, and then she'll find a way to get 439 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 6: rid of him and put someone her liking. 440 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: If it's not. 441 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 6: You know what they call the color of your skin, Well. 442 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 4: I think as someone who is going to be running 443 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 4: for reelection, what Barbara Lee wants is she wants the 444 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 4: people of Oakland to think that crime is going in 445 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 4: the right direction, because if that's how the public feels, 446 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 4: she will likely win another four year term. If they 447 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 4: think that the city is still chaotic, then she might 448 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 4: lose her reelection. Bid I think from her point of view, 449 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 4: she's looking at it from the objective of self preservation. 450 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 6: Well, she needs to vote, isn't that what it's all about. 451 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 4: That's right, you need more votes than your opponent. Thank 452 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 4: you for the call, sir. All right, let's go to 453 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 4: Paul in San Francisco. 454 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 19: Paul, Hello, Yes, I'm going to suggest that the SFPD 455 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 19: carrier DNA kids. So any time they have to cite 456 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 19: somebody for fireworks, there only would cite white people that 457 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 19: the minority people wouldn't have to be cited. I think 458 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 19: that solve a lot of problems. 459 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 2: Sounds like equity to me. So now let me get 460 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 2: this straight. 461 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 4: Yes, so, if you are an SFPD officer and you 462 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 4: come across a house where they're shooting off fireworks, you 463 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 4: would Michael Jackson, but not Jermaine. 464 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 19: You gotta watch off with a pit bull too. 465 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 4: All right, thank you for the call, sir. All right, 466 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 4: it's time to open up the California Crime Blodder. 467 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 20: It's happened yet again. 468 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: Nice see. Time for the California Crime Blodder. 469 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 4: And the first edition of Today's Blotterer takes us to 470 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 4: my hometown of Garden Grove. 471 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 2: A man in Garden Grove got his house destroyed and 472 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 2: lost his prosthetic leg because of illegal fireworks. And no, 473 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 2: he wasn't the one shooting them off. That is just awful. 474 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 2: We've heard his so many people losing limbs. This is 475 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 2: a completely innocent person who already lost a limb that 476 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 2: lost it again. You know what, the argument that we 477 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 2: should just let people shoot off fireworks whenever they want, 478 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: that argument doesn't have a leg to stand on. For 479 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 2: more on this and got a CBSLA. 480 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 7: Nine, a Garden Grove man claims illegal fireworks cost him 481 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 7: his home and his prosthetic leg. Tonight, he's talking about 482 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 7: the devastating toll he suffered after Fourth of July celebrations 483 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 7: went wrong. Cbsla's Britney Erman is live in Garden Grove 484 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 7: with his plea for help. 485 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 2: Brittany, Yeah, Ruderve. 486 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 21: The man is living out of a motel, trying to 487 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 21: figure out what's next after he lost everything. He tells 488 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 21: me the home that he lived in for decades he 489 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 21: watched burn a hotel room is now the only place 490 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 21: Anthony Scotti can call home. Nearly everything he owned is 491 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 21: now a pile of ashes. 492 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: Harmless fun, isn't it. 493 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 4: Well, hopefully he's got the funds to stay at that 494 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 4: day's end for a long time, because I'd hate to 495 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 4: see them give him the boot. 496 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 22: I saw smoke, and then at my peripheral vision, I 497 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 22: saw flames flared up. 498 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 21: On July fifth, years of memories were reduced to a 499 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 21: blackened shell. In a matter of minutes, Scotty says, a 500 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 21: stray firework shot through his window screen, landed inside his 501 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 21: closet and started a fire in his home. 502 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 2: Holy cow, does this seem like a war zone? Yes? 503 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 21: Inside were family photos, mementos in a collection of vintage 504 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 21: video games he had spent years restoring. 505 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 22: In my mind started the spiral too, What do you grab? 506 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 22: Do you go for photos? 507 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 2: Do? 508 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 22: I've totally spaced on my father's military flag that was 509 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,479 Speaker 22: at his burial. 510 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 4: But the fire didn't Okay, I don't want to second 511 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: guess what this guy chose to do, but if that 512 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 4: were me, I would have gone for. 513 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 21: The leg Let's destroy his home. It reignited one of 514 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 21: the most difficult chapters of his life. 515 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 22: It's a little confused looking around what to grab. I 516 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 22: even to prosthetic. 517 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 2: He forgot to grab his leg. The guy was panicked. 518 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 21: Uh oh, fire broke out. Scotnie wasn't wearing his prosthetic leg. 519 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 21: He escaped with his life, but left his prosthetic behind 520 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 21: where it was damaged by intense heat. Now he's back 521 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 21: in a wheelchair. 522 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 2: The illegal fireworks have melted so many things. A basketball court, no, Glenn, 523 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 2: Oh my god, it melted the basketball court and this 524 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 2: guy's leg and garden grove awful. 525 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 21: They're hoping it can be repaired. Scottie says he couldn't 526 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 21: afford Rinners insurance, so he's facing climbing costs his knees. 527 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 21: Created a GoFundMe to help him start over and rebuild 528 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 21: his life. 529 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 22: Tough too, those little tidbits that you grew up with. 530 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 2: How about we find the little bastards that shot off 531 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 2: this and we build their parents for the new leg. 532 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, you can't say you were celebrating the holiday if 533 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 4: you shot the firework directly into this guy's house through 534 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 4: a window. 535 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 22: I grew up in that neighborhood. 536 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 21: The fire took his home, but not his hope. Scotty 537 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 21: says resilience is what keeps him moving forward. 538 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 22: I chose to forge forward on and take the high road. 539 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 2: Guys, A saint. 540 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 21: And a bit of good news. Tonight, firefighters were able 541 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 21: to save a few things, including the American flag that 542 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 21: was presented to the family after their father was laid 543 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 21: to rest with military honors. Laven Garden Grove tonight, Brittany Rimane. 544 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 2: You can hear it in the background. But Garden Grove 545 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 2: getting sirened. Oh yeah, he'd be s l a. So 546 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 2: there you go. Harmless fun those illegal fireworks, except when 547 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 2: a guy loses his home and his leg all in 548 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 2: one night. 549 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 4: All right, Randy, it's time to reopen the California crime blodder. 550 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: Dummy. 551 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 3: We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried, I said, 552 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 3: Hell no, burdy boy, let me get up one out 553 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 3: of it. 554 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: It's the California crime blood. 555 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 2: And this would involve well, let's just call him a 556 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 2: prolific burglar. Someone committed thirty plus burglaries on a scooter. 557 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 2: For more on this, we got a KTVU Fox two. 558 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 5: In these cases, he was the suspect, was charging local 559 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 5: businesses such as coffee shops and restaurants, and in most 560 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 5: cases was utilizing electric shooter as his motive transportation with Stacy. 561 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 23: She says, this man, Jonathan Bynam. 562 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 2: Was isn't he a little old to be scooting? I 563 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 2: wonder how many duys he. 564 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 23: Has writing around San Jose on his scooter, stealing cash 565 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 23: from local businesses, breaking into stores and safes. 566 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 2: One location the more Way always say about safe, Johnny, 567 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 2: They're not safe. 568 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 23: Fourteen hundred block of Bird Avenue. Another the one hundred 569 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 23: and twenty block of Bernal Road. The incidents not only 570 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 23: happened in Santa Jose, but neighboring cities from early twenty 571 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 23: twenty five to the most recent incident in June of 572 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 23: this year. 573 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 5: And although these aren't considered by the crimes, they are 574 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 5: destroying and threatening or small business as a livelihood of 575 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 5: these mom and pop shops. 576 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 2: I mean, you're gonna have every small business owner look 577 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 2: real shifty eyed if anyone's on a Lime scooter, especially 578 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 2: that guy, he says. 579 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 23: In April, police found numerous pieces of evidence leaking bind 580 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 23: him to the burglaries at his home, but he was 581 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 23: nowhere to be found. Then the Santa Clara Police Department 582 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 23: Special Enforcement Team located the suspect and arrested him on 583 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 23: June twenty ninth in San Jose. Authorities also had a 584 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 23: lot of surveillance video from the shops. 585 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 4: What kind of complete and total loser do you have 586 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 4: to be to be that age robbing small businesses on 587 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:55,959 Speaker 4: a scooter. 588 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: I mean he was successful thirty times before he got caught. 589 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 5: Fiery's evidence collected. It was helpful to see that the 590 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 5: one connection of the mode of transportation was the use 591 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 5: of an electric scootering. 592 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 23: And he has been charged with numerous counts of burglary 593 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 23: and vandalism. And we're told these incidents happened outside of 594 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 23: business hours. 595 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 2: I'm in Santa You're kidding. He didn't try to steal 596 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 2: the safes while the store was open. Yeah, they might 597 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 2: be able to outrun him on the scooter. It was 598 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 2: a tonight. 599 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 23: Aaron Dickens KTV Fox two. 600 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 5: News, All right, thank you, eron at everyone. 601 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 2: So there you go. That was the guy committing thirty 602 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 2: plus burglaries while on a scooter. Idiot. 603 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 4: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 604 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,239 Speaker 4: jellphone number one eight hundred two two two five two 605 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 4: two two. If you'd like to email the show, you 606 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 4: can do so at Johnny don't like show at gmail 607 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 4: dot com. That's Johnny don't Like show at gmail dot com. 608 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 4: And Randy, you're monitoring the mailbag. 609 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 2: You know I'm not the only one that can have 610 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 2: a little fun creating some artwork on the internet. Listener 611 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,719 Speaker 2: David writes in at Johnny don't Like show at gmail 612 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 2: dot com with a little graphic called the birth of 613 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 2: Barbara Ferrer and not to be outdone, and I'm sorry 614 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 2: in advance for this, Johnny dar writes in with a 615 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 2: AI picture of Johnny at the barber shop. We're having 616 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 2: some fun on this Friday, all right? 617 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 4: How are we doing on our challenge to boost the 618 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 4: number of subscribers for the Accountability podcast? 619 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 2: So I know a lot of people want to hear 620 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 2: that story from the listener in Valencia that had the 621 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 2: friend that went home with Katie Porter out of my shot. 622 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 2: I created a video to go along with it. It 623 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 2: is very special. It took me over an hour to 624 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 2: do last night. 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All right, I will send that 655 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 2: to you during the break, mister Segmeister, all right, it's 656 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 2: now time to reopen the California Crime Bludder. 657 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: It's happened yet again. 658 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 2: This wow, Wow, what's up? 659 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 10: Weird? 660 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 1: Dun dun dunk dundun dun dun dunk preads the Califonia 661 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 1: Crime Bludder with John. 662 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 2: And this edition takes us to northern California. This is 663 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 2: a new one. Guy decides to take us selfie while 664 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 2: he's on a crime spree, and that's exactly how he 665 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 2: got caught. Dummy. For more on this, we go to 666 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,280 Speaker 2: NBC in the Bay. 667 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 20: The Act by his own pictures. Thieves stole one hundred 668 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 20: thousand dollars worth of tools, copper wire, and vehicles from 669 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 20: a business. And get this investigator say, one of the 670 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,359 Speaker 20: burglars took a selfie of himself committing the crime. Let's 671 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 20: bring in our Jody Hernandez, who spent her day looking 672 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 20: into this so Jody, the suspect actually took pictures of 673 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 20: himself in the active committing the crime. 674 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 24: Apparently so. Now that burglary took place right here in 675 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 24: this PG and E yard in American Canyon where PG 676 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,879 Speaker 24: and E contractors park. 677 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,840 Speaker 2: Well, if you're stealing from PG and E, I have 678 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 2: no sympathy for the victim in this crime. It's like 679 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 2: Robin Hood. 680 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 24: There are cars and keep their other equipment. That burglary 681 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 24: took place over the weekend, and it appears as selfie 682 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 24: photo captured the moment. 683 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: Take a look at this. 684 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 24: It shows one of the suspects posing for a selfie. 685 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 2: It where was he gonna post that? 686 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:08,320 Speaker 19: You know? 687 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 4: A friend of mine had his cell phone stolen at 688 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:15,400 Speaker 4: a casino and the guy that stole the cell phone 689 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,880 Speaker 4: accidentally took a bunch of pictures of himself with the 690 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 4: phone and then tried to hold the phone for a ransom. 691 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,439 Speaker 24: Oh my, in front of a truck and a reel 692 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 24: of copper wiring. That's what the photo shows. The police 693 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 24: say he and his accomplice stole those items from the lot. 694 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 24: Now we have now learned there's also video of the 695 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 24: two committing the crime. The company that owns the truck 696 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 24: is PG and E contractor Pinnacle Power. An employee tells 697 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 24: me all of their trucks are equipped with cameras. He says, 698 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 24: the two burglars drove the truck to a San Leander 699 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 24: warehouse where they unloaded the copper water, then ditched the 700 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:53,920 Speaker 24: truck on the street. 701 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 2: Now we're told, IM gonna guess they ditched it in Oakland. 702 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 2: But hey, they caught these guys, so there's something. 703 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,080 Speaker 24: Much of it was caught on camera. Police were able 704 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 24: to identify two vehicles associated with the crime, and that 705 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,319 Speaker 24: led to the arrest of both of the men over 706 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:10,800 Speaker 24: the last couple of days. 707 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 20: So, Jody, obviously they found the photos after they tracked 708 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 20: him down, and you just said they tracked him down 709 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 20: with the cameras in the truck. Once they had the 710 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 20: suspect in hand, what of the reverenes did they find? 711 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 24: That's right, Okay, So they use those cameras to identify 712 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 24: a couple of vehicles and that tied the vehicles to 713 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,840 Speaker 24: the crime. So that was definitely key in all of this. 714 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:39,640 Speaker 24: Apparently there is amount of evidence against these two. Of course, 715 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 24: they've got that selfie photo and that places the suspect 716 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 24: right in front of the stolen goods. 717 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 2: Please, boy, going to trial is going to be real 718 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 2: fun for this one. How do you know he was there? 719 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 2: He posted it on his phone. 720 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 4: Everyone thinks that criminals are like Ocean's eleven, where they're 721 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:03,279 Speaker 4: just sophisticated professor operators, when in reality, most of them 722 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,880 Speaker 4: are pretty Remedial. 723 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,400 Speaker 24: Also shared a photo of stacks of money. The Pinnacle 724 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 24: employee says he thinks that's the cash the bad guys 725 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 24: got when they sold the copper wiring. 726 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,840 Speaker 2: Hey, can we go after the smelter and the recycler 727 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 2: now too, Oh, don't be silly. 728 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,080 Speaker 24: Picol employee says. Police also recover tools that may have 729 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 24: been those the burglars also stole from eight other Pinnacle 730 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,360 Speaker 24: tracks that were parked in the lot. Again, the employee 731 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,080 Speaker 24: tells me cameras in the truck captured the men in action, 732 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 24: but the nail in the coffin is likely that selfie 733 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 24: that the suspect shot of himself the mayor. 734 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,480 Speaker 2: What a great picture. All right, we've got one more 735 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 2: hour to go, Randy. What number are we at? We 736 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 2: need you to hit at five hundred subscribers on the 737 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 2: Accountability Podcast and We are currently at Fox four hundred 738 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,919 Speaker 2: and ninety eight. We're two away. Everybody, the Katie Porter 739 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,279 Speaker 2: video is gonna happen. I can't wait. Thank you so 740 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 2: much for dribing everybody. One more hour coming up.