1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: An illegal truck driver behind a fatal U turn failed 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: the English language tests. We're now finding out at mile 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: marker one seventy on the Florida Turnpike, a semi truck 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: driver executed an illegal U turn in an area designated 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: quote official use only. It has caused a fatal collision 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: and three fatalities in a Chrysler Town and Country minivan 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: were killed a thirty seven year old woman, a thirty 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: year old man, and a fifty four year old man 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: from Miami. The truck driver is, unfortunately where the tragic 10 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: story begins, identified as a twenty eight year old Indian 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: national living illegally in the United States of America. He 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: entered the country in twenty eighteen, reportedly via Mexico, and 13 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: was actually granted a work permit in June of twenty 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: twenty one after an earlier denial under the Trump administration, 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: meaning Joe Biden allowed this to happen. We also are 16 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: finding out more about the licensing details of the illegal immigrant. 17 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: The man literally held a CDL, a commercial driver's license, 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: something that is supposed to be hard to get, but 19 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't for this illegal immigrant because he went to 20 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: a sanctuary state. And it was issued by California, one 21 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: of nineteen states plus DC that will actually grant CDLs 22 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: regardless of immigration status. That is why we would refer 23 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: to them as a sanctuary state. Federal testing after the 24 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: crash revealed that the man failed to properly interpret basic 25 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: English instructions and road signs. He answered only two of 26 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: twelve English questions correctly, and it didni fied just one 27 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: of ford traffic signs correctly. Legal charges are also going 28 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: to take place, but the damage has already been done. 29 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: The driver now faces three counts of vhicular homicide and 30 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: immigration violations. An ice detainer has been issued and federal 31 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: authorities are requesting as transfer once state proceedings conclude. We 32 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: also had these shocking video evidence that went viral. The 33 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: dashcam footage from inside the truck capturing the illegal maneuver 34 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: and ensuing crash at surfaced and circulated widely, also showing 35 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: a man that really didn't seem to care much that 36 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: he had just taken the lives of three individuals. Now, 37 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: the legal and political fallout is even bigger. In Florida, 38 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: each count of hicular homicide can carry up to fifteen years, 39 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: meaning the maximum of forty five years in prison if 40 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: he is convicted on all three. Prosecutors also must prove 41 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: recklessness and not just negligence to receive that sentence. Federal 42 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: state crash is also another part of the problem here, 43 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: also the question of federal and state and what's going 44 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: to happen there. The Department of Homeland Security criticized California's 45 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: licensing policies, calling it asinine, while California officials and legal 46 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: experts counter that the man had quote a valid visa 47 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: and work permit when he received his license, validating compliance 48 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: with legal requirements, even though apparently couldn't even read the 49 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:45,119 Speaker 1: basic road signs. And then there's the bigger question, how 50 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: many more are out there on the roadways who have 51 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: been given CDLs who can't speak English and don't know 52 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: what the signs say on the roads they're driving with 53 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: an eighteen wheeler. Public reaction is going to play a 54 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: large part in this. The incident has sparked intense backlash, 55 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: fueling political debate over sanctuary state policies and also these 56 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: states that are permitting undocumented illegal immigrants to obtain CDLs. 57 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: California Governor Gavin Newsom is also facing particularly sharp criticism 58 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: over the entire episode. So if you look at it 59 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: and step back, here's the takeaway. You have a semi 60 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: truck driver who killed three Americans while making an illegal 61 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: U turn in Florida, failed an English language proficiency test 62 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: and also failed to accurately identify highway traffic signs. In 63 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: the press release from the Department of Transportation, it was 64 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: revealed that officials of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 65 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: had launched an investigation into the deadly. 66 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: Crash in Florida. 67 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: During the interview with the driver they are now saying 68 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: publicly who has been identified, investigators administered a Engli nguage 69 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: proficiency assessment. He failed the assessment and only provided quote 70 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,119 Speaker 1: correct answers to just two of twelve verbal questions. And again, 71 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: as I mentioned earlier, the report now states he only 72 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: accurately identified one of four highway traffic signs. It states 73 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: that he had he followed the rules, this driver would 74 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: have never been behind the wheel and the three precious 75 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: lives would still be with us. The Transportation Secretary Sean 76 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: Duffy saying in a statement, quote this crash was a 77 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: preventable tragedy, directly caused by reckless decisions and compounded by 78 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:43,239 Speaker 1: despicable failures, non enforcement and radical immigration policies have turned 79 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: the trucking industry into a lawless frontier, resulting, he says, 80 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: in unqualified foreign drivers improperly acquiring licenses to operate forty 81 00:05:54,920 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: ton vehicles. The press release from Sean Duffy Transportation secont 82 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: Terry also revealed that on July the fifteenth of twenty 83 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: twenty three, Washington State, we are now being told, issued 84 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: the man a quote regular, full term commercial driver's license, 85 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: and then on July twenty third of twenty twenty four, 86 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: the driver was issued a limited term slash CDL in 87 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: California as well. 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I want to take you 134 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: back to oh what a week and a half ago 135 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: when the President of United States of America announced he 136 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: was going to federalize law enforcement in Washington, d C. 137 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 2: Take charge and fight crime. 138 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: What did the left in the media say, Well, I 139 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: can tell you because I was on TV that night 140 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: on CNN, and they said the president all this was 141 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: was him being a narcissist, a dictator, and this is 142 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: all about Donald Trump wanting to be in charge. And 143 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 1: I asked the question, why is it you guys hate 144 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: Donald Trump so much to the point where you won't 145 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: even advocate from fighting crime when people are dying in Washington, 146 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: d C. They then said Donald Trump doesn't know how 147 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: to fight crime, and that this is all for the cameras. 148 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: It's all theatrics, that he wasn't actually going to fight 149 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: crime in high crime areas in Washington, d C. He 150 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: was just going to put him around the National Mall. 151 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: Well guess what that was also a line, how do 152 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: we know it? Take a list in the White House 153 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: Press Secretary Caroline Levitt is she explains exactly what's happened 154 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: in just over a week of data they've now received. 155 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 3: President Trump's efforts to make DC safe again are working. 156 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 3: There have been a total of four hundred and sixty 157 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 3: five arrests since the start of this operation on Thursday, 158 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 3: August seventh. Last night, there were a total of fifty 159 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 3: two arrests, including the arrest of an illegal alien MS 160 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 3: thirteen gang member with convictions for DWI and drug possession. 161 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: Thanks to President Trump's leadership in the outstanding work of 162 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 3: both federal and local law enforcement, dangerous gang members like 163 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 3: the one picked up last night will not be allowed 164 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 3: on the streets of our nation's capital. Other arrests last 165 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 3: night included assault with a deadly weapon for stabbing, parole 166 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 3: violation for robbery murder, outstanding warrant for attempted murder, assault 167 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 3: on federal law enforcement officer, and felony assault. Four more 168 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 3: homeless in casements were also removed during yesterday's reporting period. 169 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 3: To date, a total of forty eight homeless encampments have 170 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 3: been cleared in Washington, d C. By multi agency teams. 171 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 3: MPD patrol units are actively working with city officials to 172 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: locate in clear additional encampments and remove homeless residents off 173 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 3: of Washington streets. And despite fake narratives from the media, again, 174 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 3: a significant number of the arrests have been in high 175 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 3: crime areas of DC. In fact, nearly half of all 176 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 3: of the non illegal alien related arrests have occurred in 177 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 3: Wards seven and eight, the two wards that have the 178 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 3: highest number of violent crime, as well as homicides and 179 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 3: assaults with dangerous weapons last year. So while Democrats continue 180 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 3: to caudle violent criminals, President Trump and this administration are 181 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 3: focused on putting them behind bars and unapologetically standing up 182 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 3: for the safety of law abiding American citizens. And the 183 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 3: White House will continue to provide all of you with 184 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,359 Speaker 3: the results of this operation in the days ahead. 185 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: You listen to what she said, they went into the 186 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: most violent neighborhoods to protect the least among us. You also, 187 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: and if you listen to Democratic Party, they're obsessed with 188 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: black lives matter. If I remember correctly, they even painted 189 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: a street with Black Lives Matter on it, the mayor 190 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: of DC making sure it was headed straight to the 191 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: White House. And so why wouldn't you advocate for more 192 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: law enforcement? Now the liberal media narrative has been well, actually, 193 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: things are incredibly safe in DC. 194 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 2: They're so much better than. 195 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: They were when they had a quote bad year in 196 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, when we now know that there may 197 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: be massive lives have been told to us in twenty 198 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: twenty four and twenty twenty five. 199 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 2: What am I talking about? 200 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: Insert the DC police union chairman who's now exposing saying 201 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: there's a very good chance, based on what they've seen 202 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: that the number who were deliberately manipulated to make crime 203 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: look like it was lower than it actually was in DC. 204 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: Another Democrat cover up, caring more about faking the numbers 205 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: than fighting crime. Listen to what the DC union police 206 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: chairman had to say on Fox News Channel. 207 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 4: Can you confirm for us that there have been police 208 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 4: officers and detectives and members of law enforcement in DC 209 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 4: who on the scene of crimes have been told don't 210 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 4: write that one down, or don't add that to the list, 211 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 4: or put that down as a more minor offense. 212 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 5: Absolutely. 213 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 6: That's one of the chief complaints of our members when 214 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 6: we go around and talk to them, is that they 215 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 6: respond to the scenes of these violent crimes, and inevitably 216 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 6: you'll have a captain or a commander or sometimes a 217 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 6: lieutenant show up on the scene and advise them to 218 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 6: take a report for a lesser offense. One of the 219 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 6: things that we see them do often is sometimes they'll 220 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 6: be shooting or a stabbing, and if the victim is 221 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 6: uncooperative with the police, which is not uncommon in some 222 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 6: areas of the city. They'll be directed to take an 223 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 6: injured person to the hospital report, which is not even 224 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 6: a crime at all. 225 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 5: It's an incident report. 226 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 6: Sometimes you'll have a robbery, it'll be reported as a theft. 227 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 6: Other times you'll have burglaries that are reported as unlawful 228 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 6: entry or thefts. This is something that's been unfortunately part 229 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 6: and parcel of the police department for some time, and 230 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 6: we're very skeptical that these crime stats are accurate. 231 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 4: That's extraordinary. What is the motivation? Why are these commanders 232 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 4: or higher ups arriving on the scene during apprehensions and 233 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 4: telling police officers to indicate something other than what actually 234 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 4: happened at the scene. 235 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 6: Well, the only explanation you give me to keep the 236 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 6: crime stats down because politically that's expedient for the police 237 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 6: department and elected officials in the district. 238 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 5: I mean, let's go back to how we got here, which. 239 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 6: Is that in twenty twenty, the Dccity Council passed the 240 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 6: Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act, which was a sweeping 241 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 6: piece of legiac designed to hamstring police officers to reduce 242 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 6: the size scope and responsibilities of police officers. In addition, 243 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 6: it also prevented us from holding criminals accountable even when 244 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 6: they're convicted of crimes. And so now here we are 245 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 6: five years later, the police department, with an authorized strength 246 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 6: of four thousand sworn members, we only have three and eighty, 247 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 6: leaving us with over eight hundred vacancies for the position 248 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 6: a police officer. And in order to make up for 249 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 6: that gap, the police department uses two million hours of 250 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 6: mandatory overtime to cover the demand for police officers. And 251 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 6: so because of that, crime has skyrocketed in the district. 252 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 6: And one of the things that we think is going 253 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 6: on in the police department, which who knows how high 254 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 6: up that those directors are coming from, is to make 255 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 6: sure that these crime stats are reported in the most 256 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 6: favorable way possible. 257 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 4: I mean, what you're saying obviously substantiates what we heard 258 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 4: from President Trump. He said they were opening an investigation 259 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 4: and that he didn't believe because what happened. I don't 260 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 4: have to tell you. I'm speaking to the audience at large, 261 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 4: but when present and Trump said he wanted to bring 262 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 4: a national guard. All we heard from many quarters in 263 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 4: the media and in leadership in Washington was this is ridiculous. 264 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 4: Our numbers are lower than they've been in a long 265 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 4: time in Washington, DC. We don't need National Guard presence 266 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 4: on our streets. I mean, this sounds very, very egregious. 267 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 4: This is lying to the people at the constituents of Washington, 268 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 4: d C. And lying to the federal government about what 269 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 4: your numbers really are. 270 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 5: Well, you're right, Martha, it is a crime under DC Code. 271 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 6: It would be false swearing and it would be false reporting, 272 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 6: and those are statutes in the DC Code that make 273 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 6: it illegal to do that, to false by police reports 274 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 6: or to change the data. So if the DOJ is 275 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 6: in fact investigating, I hope they do, and if they 276 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 6: find that somebody was intentionally manipulating the data, they should 277 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 6: be held accountable. It's a crime in the District of Columbia, 278 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 6: and frankly, it's a disservice to the police department, it's 279 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 6: a disservice to the city, and most of all, it's 280 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 6: a disservice to the victims whose police reports are not 281 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 6: being properly handled and we're not dedicating the proper resources 282 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 6: to the crimes that they've been victims of. So something 283 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 6: needs to change here, and this is an important issue. 284 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 1: So let's just go over the DC crime stats. Now, 285 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,719 Speaker 1: DC crime since the announcement of federal control versus the 286 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: seven day prior numbers, forty six percent is how much 287 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: they're down when it comes to robberies. Six percent down 288 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: when it comes to carjacking, eighty three percent down for 289 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: car theft, twenty one percent, violent crime, twenty two percent down, 290 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: property crime, six percent of all crimes. 291 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 2: This is unbelievable. 292 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: And now the Justice Department is investigating whether the DC 293 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: police deliberately manipulated crime data. The police chief also saying 294 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: this about DC crime under the Democrats to the Republicans. 295 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 6: The criminal justice system here in the District of Columbia 296 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 6: is broken. Every aspect of it is broken, whether that's policing, prosecution, 297 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 6: judges and trials, sentencing and supervision, all of it is broken. 298 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 6: And you can trace every aspect of it back to 299 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 6: a piece of legislation that was passed by the council. 300 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 6: They have destroyed policing, they have destroyed prosecutions, they have 301 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 6: destroyed the way that the courts are allowed to operate, 302 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 6: and they've destroyed our ability to sentence criminals to sentences 303 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 6: that are commensurate with the crimes they've committed. And so 304 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 6: the only way to fix this holistically is to go 305 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 6: back and look at all of this legislation that the 306 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 6: Council passed it back in twenty twenty when there was 307 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 6: all of this anti police rhetoric and work to undo that. 308 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 6: I know from my experiences the DC Council will never 309 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 6: do that on their own. 310 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 5: And so what we're hoping over. 311 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 6: The course of the next thirty days is that whether 312 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 6: that's the White House, whether that's these federal law enforcement agencies, 313 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 6: whether that's Congress, that people get an insight into exactly 314 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 6: how the system got so broken, because the only way 315 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 6: to fix it is if we can get rid of 316 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 6: that legislation. And my main concern is that thirty days 317 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 6: are going to go by, all of these folks are 318 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 6: going to go up about their merry way, and we're 319 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 6: still going to be stuck with all this bad law. 320 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: We're only going to be stuck with bad laws. Remember this, 321 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: Remember what the Democratic Party is doing. They're not actually 322 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: trying to fight crime. They just want Donald Trump to 323 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: be a failure, even if it means Americans dying. You 324 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: may remember during the campaign, Donald Trump said that if 325 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: you elected him, he was going to look into voter 326 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: election integrity, and he was wanting to get rid of 327 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: mail in ballots. Now that has made the left lose 328 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: their minds. Why because we have now witnessed even recently 329 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 1: local elected officials stuffing the ballot box. It happened to 330 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: be the mailbox with mail in ballots that obviously were 331 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,959 Speaker 1: not from the people that they were setting them in 332 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: on their behalf. Well, now Donald Trump has pledged to 333 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: end mail in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 334 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six midterms. Making big news with the announcement, 335 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: President Trump announcing he intends to sign an executive order 336 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: banning the use of mail in ballots and electronic voting 337 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: machines in federaltions sat in the stage for a fierce 338 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: political and legal battle ahead of the twenty twenty six midterms. Now, 339 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: this move, Trump argued, is quote necessary to restore public 340 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: confidence in American elections, which he says have been plagued 341 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: by fraud, mismanagement, and manipulation since the rapid expansion of 342 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: vote by mail and the widespread adoption of computerized voting systems. 343 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: Quote I am going to lead a movement to get 344 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: rid of mail in ballots. And also, while we're at it, 345 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: highly inaccurate, very expensive, and seriously controversial voting machines, Trump 346 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: wrote in a true social post elections. By the way, 347 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: the United States are primarily run by state governments, not Washington. 348 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: Legal experts are noting that there could be a real 349 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: problem and a fight, obviously, a fight that Donald Trump 350 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: has no problem having, and that fight would be over 351 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: constitution and who actually has the authority. Yes, the Constitution 352 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: gives states the authority to administer elections, with Congress, not 353 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: the President, holding limited power to quote regulate them. One 354 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: liberal law professor at New York University put it this way, quote, 355 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: the president has no power constitutionally to dictate two states 356 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: the manner in which they conduct national elections. Still Donald 357 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: Trump and says the states act as agents of the 358 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: federal government when conducting elections and therefore must follow the 359 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: presidential direction. That claim is clearly a test that the 360 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: president's more than happy to happen, and that's exactly why 361 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: he's wanting to do the executive order. He obviously is 362 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: planning on it going to court now. Conservative liberals have 363 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: long raised alarms about electronic voting machines. 364 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 2: Let me say that again. 365 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: Conservatives and liberals have been raising alarms about the electronic 366 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: voting machines, which rely on proprietary software and digital tabulation 367 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: of the votes. In fact, critics on both sides of 368 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: the aisle have actually argued the same thing, that these machines, 369 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: produced by a handful of private companies, are vulnerable to hacking, 370 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: miss programming, or even deliberate tampering. Now, while election officials 371 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: insist that voting machines are more accurate than handcounts, skeptics 372 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: point to high profile eras in passed elections, such as 373 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: miss reported totals and technical breakdowns that left voters frustrated 374 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: wondering if their votes were even counted. In fact, Democrats 375 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: have been critical of electronic voting machines and have at 376 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: times raised significant concerns about their reliability and also security. 377 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: A great example of this is in Georgia, leading Democrats 378 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: criticize the state's decision to use dominion ballot marking devices, 379 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: arguing they were vulnerable to tampering and lack the transparency 380 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: of hand marked paper ballots. Lawsuits were filed seeking to 381 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: block their use with election security advocates pointing to risks 382 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: of hacking and also just basic software flaws. In fact, 383 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty HBO documentary Killed Chain, the Cyber War 384 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: and America's Elections highlighted potential vulnerabilities and computerized voting, featuring 385 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: interviews with security experts who warned the machines could be 386 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 1: manipulated and most shockingly, leave elections open to interference. Together, 387 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: democratic lawmakers, advocacy groups, and investigative media have question whether 388 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: technology base voting undermines public trust. Let me say that again, 389 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: this is democratic lawmakers that have been doing this. They 390 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: were also pressing for greater reliance on paper ballots and 391 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: robust auditing. So why now would Democrats be against what 392 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: they've been advocating for. It actually comes down to one 393 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 1: simple issue. They hate Donald Trump, and they also don't 394 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: want admit that maybe Donald Trump is right about a 395 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: lot of this issue when it comes to election integrity. 396 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: As for the President, he says he wants transparency. He 397 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: wants hand counted paper ballots, even if it's slower, to 398 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: make sure that our elections are meaningful, that people feel 399 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: like their ballots are being casted and not canceled out 400 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: by a hacker or a computer. Yes, it may even 401 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: cost a little bit more money, but is it worth 402 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: it to know that your vote counts. That's exactly what 403 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: the President's saying, and the legal fight he's wanting to 404 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: have don't forget Share this podcast please with your family 405 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: and your friends wherever they are, and I will see 406 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: you back here tomorrow.