1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,199 Speaker 1: I want to say a few words about the events 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: of the last few days. This past weekend, federal agents 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: conducted large scale workplace raids in and around Los Angeles. 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Those raids continue as I speak. California is no stranger 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: to immigration enforcement, but instead of focusing on undocumented immigrants 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: with serious criminal records and people with final deportation orders, 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: the strategy both parties have long supported this administration is 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: pushing mass deportations indiscriminately, targeting hard working immigrant families, regardless 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: of their roots or risk. What's happening right now is 10 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: very different than anything we've seen before. On Saturday morning, 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: when federal agents jumped out of an unmarked van near 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: a home depot parking lot, they began grabbing people, a 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: deliberate targeting of a heavily Latino suburb. A similar theme 14 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: played out when a clothing company was raided downtown. In 15 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: other actions, a US citizen nine mon un pregnant was arrested, 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: a four year old girl taken, families, separated, friends quite 17 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: literally disappearing. In response, every day, Angelino's came out to 18 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: exercise their constitutional right to free speech and assembly to 19 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: protest their government's actions. In turn, the State of California 20 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: and the City and County of Los Angeles sent our 21 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: police officers to help keep the peace, and with some exceptions, 22 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: they were successful. Like many states, California is no stranger 23 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: to this sort of unrest. We manage it regularly and 24 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: with our own law enforcement. But this again was different. 25 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 1: What then ensued was a use of tear gas, flash 26 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: bang grenades, rubber bullets, federal agents detaining people in undermining 27 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: their due process rights. Donald Trump, without consulting California law 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: enforcement leaders, commandeered two thousand of our state's National Guard 29 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: members to deploy on our streets illegally and for no reason. 30 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed 31 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers, and even 32 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: our National Guard at risk. That's when the downward spiral began. 33 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: He doubled down on his dangerous National Guard deployment by 34 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: fanning the flames even harder, and the president he did 35 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: it on purpose. As the news spread throughout La, anxiety 36 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: for family and friends ramped up. Protests started again. By night, 37 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: several dozen law breakers became violent and destructive. They vandalized property, 38 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: they tried to assault police officers. Many of you have 39 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: seen the video clips of cars burning on cable news. 40 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: If you incite violence, I want to be clear about this, 41 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: if you incite violence or destroy our communities, you're going 42 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: to be held to account. That kind of criminal behavior 43 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: will not be tolerated full stop. Already, more than two 44 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty people have been arrested, and we're reviewing 45 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: tapes to build additional cases, and people will be prosecuted 46 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: to the fullest extent of the law. Again, thanks to 47 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: our law enforcement officers and the majority of Angelinos who 48 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: protested peacefully, the situation was winding down and was concentrated 49 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: in just a few square blocks downtown. With that, that's 50 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: not what Donald Trump wanted. He again chose escalation, He 51 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: chose more force, He chose theatrics over public safety. He 52 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: federalized another two thousand Guard members. He deployed more than 53 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: seven hundred active US Marines. These are the men and 54 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: women trained for foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement. We 55 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: honor their service, we honor their bravery, but we do 56 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: not want our streets militarized by our own armed forces. 57 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: Not in La not in California, not anywhere We're seeing 58 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: unmarked cars, unmarked cars in school parking, lots kids afraid 59 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: of attending their own graduation. Trump is pulling a military 60 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: dragnet all across Los Angeles. Well beyond is stated intent 61 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: to just go after violent and serious criminals, his agents 62 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: are arresting dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers, and seamstresses. That's just weakness, 63 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: weakness masquerading as strength. Donald Trump's government isn't protecting our communities. 64 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: They're traumatizing our communities, and that seems to be the 65 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: entire point. California will keep fighting. We'll keep fighting on 66 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: behalf of our people, all of our people, including in 67 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: the courts. Just yesterday, we filed a legal challenge to 68 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's reckless deployment of American troops to a major 69 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: American city. Today, we sought an emergency court order to 70 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: stop the use of the American military to engage in 71 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: law enforce activities across Los Angeles. If some of us 72 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: could be snatched off the streets without a warrant based 73 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us 74 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are 75 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there. 76 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division because it 77 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: allows them to take more power and exert even more control. 78 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: And by the way, Trump, he's not opposed to lawlessness 79 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: in violence as long as it serves him. What more 80 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: evidence do we need than January sixth, ask everyone take 81 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: time reflect on this perilous moment. A president who wants 82 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: to be bound by no law or constitution perpetuating a 83 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: unified assault on American traditions. This is a president who, 84 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: in just over one hundred and forty days has fired 85 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: government watchdogs that could hold him accountable, accountable for corruption 86 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: and fraud. He's declared a war, a war on culture, 87 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: on history, on science, on knowledge itself. Databases quite literally 88 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: are vanishing. He's delegitimizing news organizations, and he's assaulting the 89 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: First Amendment and the threat of defunding them at threat. 90 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: He's dictating what universities themselves can teach. He's targeting law 91 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: firms and the judicial brands that are the foundations of 92 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: an orderly in civil society. He's calling for a sitting 93 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: governor to be arrested for no other reason than to 94 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: in his own words, for getting elected, and we all 95 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: know this Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United 96 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar 97 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators 98 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: have done in the past. Look, this isn't just about 99 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: protests here in Los Angeles. When Donald Trump sought blanket 100 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: authority to commandeer the National Guard, he made that order 101 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: apply to every state in this nation. This is about 102 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: all of us. This is about you. California may be first, 103 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. 104 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. 105 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a 106 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: wrecking ball, a wrecking ball to our founding father's historic project, 107 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: three co equal branches of independent government. They are no 108 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: longer any checks and balances. Congress is nowhere to be found. 109 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: Speaker Johnson has completely abdicated that responsibility. The rule of 110 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: law has increasingly been given way to the rule of 111 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: don The founding fathers, they didn't lived and died to 112 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: see this kind of moment. It's time for all of 113 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: us to stand up. Justice brandeis he said it best. 114 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: In a democracy, the most important office with all due respect, 115 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: mister President is not the presidency, and it's certainly not governor. 116 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: The most important office is office of citizen. At this moment, 117 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: at this moment, we all need to stand up and 118 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: be held to account a higher level of accountability. If 119 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: you exercise your First Amendment rights, please please do it peacefully. 120 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: I know many of you are feeling deep anxiety, stress 121 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: and fear, but I want you to know that you 122 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety. What 123 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence to 124 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him.