1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Are we facing another summer of chaos? Join me today 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: as I discussed the La riots, why they're happening, what 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: the potential is, and how we can quell them. This 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: is the David Rutherford Show. Imagine you're a twenty seven 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: year old woman from Guatemala or Honduras or El Salvador 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: or Venezuela or Colombia, and you've got your two children, 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: four and eight, and you're sitting in the jungles and 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: the Dairyen Gap, and you're leaving a place where your 9 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: life has been hell, where you've been assaulted and beaten down, 10 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: where you can't earn enough money to feed your children 11 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: or buy them new shoes, and somehow, some way you 12 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: were able to scrape together the three to four thousand 13 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: dollars it took to get to that Darien Gap, to 14 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: where you would pay a coyote, a guide, someone that 15 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: you've never met, you don't know, to lead you out 16 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: of that jungle up the hundreds of miles, thousands of 17 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: miles up to the border of Mexico and the United States. 18 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: And when you finally reach that spot, when you get 19 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: to the border and you're turned over, and you're turned 20 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: over to the cartels, and you're turned over to another 21 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: group of men that don't care about you, they don't 22 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: care about your children, and maybe they even rape you, 23 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: rape your children, or separate you from your children, or 24 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: they load you up with contraband, fentanyl, meth amphetamine or cocaine, 25 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: and they load your children up with that too, and 26 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: you're forced to give them all the remaining money you 27 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: might have, where you have to sell yourself and work 28 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: off the debt in order to get them to get 29 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: you over the border. And when you get over the border, 30 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: you're going to a station DHS or border patrol where 31 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: you're you know, immediately processed. You're giving no phone or whatever, 32 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: and then you have some number that the cartel member 33 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: gave you and you give it to them and they 34 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: say okay, and they give you a bus ticket and 35 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: the next thing you know, you find yourself in Los 36 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: Angeles and they put you in some random house filled 37 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: with thirty five other people, or an apartment filled with 38 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: twenty people, and they get you some horrible job where 39 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: you're in some factory stitching clothing, or maybe they make 40 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: you become a sex worker, and you know your children 41 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: are separated that they sent to a distant cousin or 42 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: relative who's in another city, some other place. And then 43 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: out of the blue, one day, as you're trying to 44 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: scratch out your existence, trying to fight for a way 45 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: to be able to reunite with your children, and ice 46 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: right takes place on that factory or that facility, or 47 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: maybe the parking lot of the home depot where you 48 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: were trying to go and get on as a maid 49 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: for some cleaning business somewhere, and they pick you up, 50 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: and they detain you, and they put you in custody 51 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 1: and threaten to deport you. Now, for all of us 52 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: that hear that story, that's a debilitating story to hear, 53 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: and it goes against the very principles that really represent 54 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: the American dream, the ability to come out of nowhere, 55 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: to come out of that poverty, to come out of 56 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: that hell, and to some way, some divine way, eke 57 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: out some type of living and have a better life, 58 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: particular for those children. Now, we want to believe that 59 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: that's what this is all about, that that's what these 60 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: riots are about. That's what these people who are throwing 61 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: rocks and bottles and shooting professional grade fireworks at police officers, 62 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: ice agents FBI agents, Homeland agents, sheriffs and LAPD, first responders, firefighters, 63 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: people on the streets. Right, That's what we want to 64 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: believe this is all about. But unfortunately we know that's 65 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: just not the case. We've been through this. We've been 66 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:49,239 Speaker 1: through it recently in the summer of twenty twenty during 67 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: the George Floyd riots that took place in over fourteen 68 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: thousand cities and towns around the country, and we saw 69 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: that these vandals, the as anarchists, the anti fascists, these 70 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: people that banded together to burn these cities down, Minneapolis, LA. 71 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: You name it, all in the name of fighting the man. 72 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: And I think that's what really stokes the division of 73 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: the country, is that two things can exist at the 74 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: same time. And that's what makes this problematic, and that's 75 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: what makes it difficult for both you and I and 76 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: we see these things. There's one part of me that 77 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: is the law abiding citizen of America, the person that 78 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: went overseas to fight, that has dead friends, to fight 79 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: for the opportunity of what America represents, which is a 80 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: nation of laws. And then there's the part of me 81 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: that's the rebellion, that's the rebel the people that look 82 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: back and are founding fathers, and how they belled against 83 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the wrongful overreach of the British government. And I see 84 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: how those two things are conflicting. But the one thing 85 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: that I do know is that over the last four years, 86 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: our country has been inundated with millions of new people. 87 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: Millions of new people have come into this country illegally. 88 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: They have not followed the process that so many other 89 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: millions of immigrants throughout our storied history have followed to 90 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: become US citizens or Green called holders, or to get 91 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: appropriate visas so they can come and work. And what 92 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: I see is the potential for regular people just trying 93 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: to go about their business in Los Angeles, trying to 94 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: get home from work or go to work, or some 95 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: store owner in the areas that are affected, or even 96 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: have some kind of sympathy for Apple and it's mega 97 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: corporation being looted last night, because I'm sure that's a 98 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: phenomenal representation of this brutal fight against government overreach, to 99 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: go loot the Apple store. Now, these mostly in quotation 100 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: peaceful protests, Yeah, I agree. There's an overwhelming majority of 101 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: people that are on the streets and they are protesting 102 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: these what they believe are unlawful ice raids or government 103 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: raids to take people that are just here on asylum 104 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: or here to escape the atrocities of where they're from. 105 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: And yes, that makes me feel something. Yes, they have 106 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: the constitutional right to be able to do that, and 107 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: I support that one hundred percent. But as soon as 108 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: you make the decision to turn violent, that's when your 109 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: rights stop. That's when your rights end. And even in 110 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: the fact that you're in the country illegally, I lean 111 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: towards the fact that you've come here illegally and you're 112 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: putting pressure on the system. You're putting pressure on the 113 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: system that takes care of other people that are willfully 114 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: paying their taxes, that are willfully trying to be strong 115 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: components of our civil society. And that's a powerful thing 116 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: that we need to all get behind. Yeah, I'm all 117 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: for your ability and your First Amendment rights if you're 118 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: a US citizen. I'm also for your First Amendment rights 119 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: to speak your mind and to say what you believe 120 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: is true and to tell us your story. But as 121 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: soon as that threshold is crossed, where violence and the 122 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: destruction of property, other people's property, and more importantly, the 123 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: dangers of people that have sworn an oath to protect 124 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: the public, law enforcement officers, firefighters and even national guards, 125 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: and these young Marines that are out there to support 126 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: quelling these riots. As soon as you cross that threshold, 127 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: all bets are off because somewhere, somehow, I'm not sure 128 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: what's going on. I've seen multiple videos on x over 129 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: the last couple of days, in particular from Nick Shirley, 130 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: who I believe is one of the most phenomenal reporters 131 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: in the world today. You should follow him on X. 132 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: He's been on the streets watching and witnessing. He had 133 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: this wonderful video of a young person when they weren't younger. 134 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: It said there were forty screaming at the top of 135 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: their lungs that that America was. It's not it's the 136 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: land that is Los Angeles was taken by America. It was. 137 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: It was that it's Mexican homeland, it's Mexican land, you know, 138 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: and that we stole the land from them. And that 139 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: might be true if you look at it from that perspective. 140 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: There's also another way to look at it. Historically that 141 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: lands all over the world have been stolen or conquered 142 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: if you will. I'm sure the Mexicans had their fair 143 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: share of conquering other peoples as well too, Like the 144 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: Native Americans, maybe they fought prior to getting those lands. 145 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: Nobody's innocent when it comes to the occupation of other 146 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: people's homelands. We see that all over the world right now. 147 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: We look at what's going on in Israel and Gaza, 148 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: we look at what's going on in Russia and Ukraine, 149 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: we look at what's going on in different parts of Africa. 150 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: There's a never ending cascade of people wanting to occupy 151 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: other people's lands by force. That's indicative of every single culture, 152 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: every type of people throughout human history. But what I 153 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: see that America is is America is a place that 154 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: have been given hundreds of millions of people opportunities they 155 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: would otherwise not have wherever they're coming from. And so 156 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: when I see what's going on and I see people 157 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: in the streets, and I see cars burning, and I 158 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: see buildings being lit on fire or destroyed, or federal 159 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: buildings being attacked, essentially what I'm hearing is that you're 160 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: attacking the very society that you've emigrated into. And there's 161 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: a nefarious undertone behind that, there's a there's a malevolence, 162 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: there's a desire, a machiavellian archetype that wants to destroy 163 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: the very place that they have come to embody and 164 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: live in, the very place that affords them the potential 165 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: opportunities that they want and seek and need. They're out 166 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: there protesting the very existence of what America is, of 167 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: what I fought for, of what my friends died for. 168 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: And that's not okay. And so what I wanted to 169 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: do today, as we begin to evaluate this in a 170 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: more meaningful way in a way that can give us 171 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: a greater context, what I thought I would do is 172 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: just kind of briefly talk about the history of riots 173 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. And so, what I wanted to do today, 174 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: as we began to evaluate this in a more meaningful 175 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: way in a way that can give us a greater context, 176 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: what I thought I would do is just kind of 177 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: briefly talk about the history of riots in Los Angeles. 178 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: And this goes back quite a ways. It goes back 179 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,239 Speaker 1: initially to the Watts riots that were from August eleventh 180 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: through the sixteenth and nineteen sixty five, and these were 181 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: triggered by the arrest of a twenty one year old 182 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 1: African American who failed the sobriety test and was taken down. Now, 183 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: the real kind of outcry came from when his mother 184 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: was involved in the arrest and they were mistreated by 185 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: the local police who took them down. And out of 186 00:12:54,720 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: that a massive, massive riot took place. You know, when 187 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: you ask what happened during the riots, I mean it 188 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: was went on for nights right it involved There were 189 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: approximately three thousand, four hundred and thirty eight to thirty 190 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: five hundred people that were arrested, primarily for curfew violations, 191 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: looting in arson. There were thirty four people that died 192 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: in this, twenty three killed by LAPD and the National Guard. 193 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: So this is not the first time the National Guard 194 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: has been called out to help quell riots in Los Angeles. 195 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,599 Speaker 1: You know, these riots were primarily sparked. Let me just 196 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: talk about property damage. Seven hundred and sixty nine buildings 197 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: and businesses, with two hundred and eight completely destroyed, including 198 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: fourteen public buildings. The damage was an estimated cost of 199 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: forty million in nineteen sixty five, which estimated is about 200 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: four hundred million of of in today's dollars, mostly the 201 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: looting and arson targeted white owned businesses. And there was 202 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: a reason for this, right, there was at the time 203 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: a heavy schism between blacks and whites in that area 204 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: all over the United States. Right, we had the civil 205 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: rights movement that was in full swing at the time, 206 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: Jim Crow laws everywhere around the country. There was a 207 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: disparage of voting capacity and equal opportunity in business and 208 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: making and earning a living. And so this built up 209 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: animosity spilled out into what was considered one of the 210 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: worst riots in American history, right, the deployment of sixteen 211 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: thousand law enforcement nine and thirty four Los Angeles PD, 212 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: seven hundred nineteen Los Angeles County sheriffs, and National guardmen. Right, 213 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: and these shocked Los Angeles. Now fast forward, there were 214 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: also riots that took place in April twenty ninth to 215 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: May fourth of nineteen ninety two, and these are what 216 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: are widely known as the Rodney King Riots. And these 217 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: happened as a result of four white LAPD officers, Lawrence Powell, 218 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: Theodore Brazil, Bresento, Timothy Wind and Sergeant Stacy Kuhn being 219 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: acquitted on excessive force charges where they there was video 220 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: of them violently beating Rodney King in a stop in 221 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: a traffic stop, which resulted in Rodney King suffering from 222 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: a skull fracture in other major injuries which included long 223 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: term brain damage. Now, they were eventually acquitted predominantly by 224 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: a white jury in Ventura County, which sparked outrage over 225 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: systemic racism within the police force. This was the same 226 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: accusations that took Pice back in the water riots. Now, 227 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: you know, there was also tensions during this of the 228 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one killing of Latasha Harlan's, a fifteen year 229 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: old African American girl, by a Korean store owner Soon Jadu, 230 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: who received probation, further highlighting the racial and judicial inequities. Now, 231 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: these riots went on, you know, and you have to 232 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: also understand the context of what was taking place in 233 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: La at the time, which was a massive crack epidemic, 234 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: an explosion of gangs. The famous movie or famous movie 235 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: with the oh what was it called, Jordy look up 236 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: that it was? What movie that was? I remember? I 237 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: love that movie? Movie? What was it? It was? Just 238 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: look up Sean Penn cop movie from the nineteen eighties 239 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: or nineties. And then tell me what that thing is. 240 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: So what you had is you had, you know, this profiling, 241 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: you had this division, you had. I mean, in nineteen 242 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: ninety two, there were a thousand homicides in Los Angeles County. 243 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: So there was this this boiling that was bubbling up, 244 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: this anger, this animosity towards towards the government right that 245 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: wasn't supporting these inner cities that had really kind of 246 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: moved into this horrific battle between police and government versus 247 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: minorities in the area. Now, these were multi racial riots 248 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: back then. About fifty percent were of the urestees were 249 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 1: Latino and thirty six African American. You know, the riot 250 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: spermed activism, particularly among Korean Americans because there was the 251 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: famous rooftop Koreans that came out to protect their own businesses, 252 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: fully armed and d people that were trying to destroy 253 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: their businesses. So you know, when you look at these, 254 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: you know, and both of these riots were pretty much spontaneous. 255 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: They were there's not a lot of record of them 256 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: being facilitated or organized by different groups, external groups like 257 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 1: in Antifa or other groups of that nature. And you know, 258 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: what you also had was some pretty horrific violence on 259 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: the other side. I mean Reginald Denny, White truck driver 260 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: was pulled out of his cab and almost beaten to death. 261 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: Fidel Lopez were beaten all on live television, and so 262 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: they had really gotten out of control. 263 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 2: Now. 264 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: Approximately twelve thousand people were arrested, including six three hundred 265 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: and forty five on May third alone, arson assault, curfew violations, 266 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: and many were released due to pretty police inability to 267 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: identify individuals and the crowds. There were sixty three deaths 268 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: attributed to the riots, including ten shot by LAPD or 269 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: National guardsmen. The second time the National Guard was called 270 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: out to quell the riots, so this is not uncommon 271 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: that National guards are used to to quell these types 272 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: of things. Now, damages were about one thousand to eleven 273 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: hundred buildings, including three thousand businesses affected, with thirty two 274 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: hundred Korean owned stores forty five percent of total damages 275 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: where the crenow and stores that were looted and burned. 276 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: Property damages approximatingly cost one billion dollars about two point 277 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: two billion of today's dollars, and fires and looting disrupted 278 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: the daily lives, closing schools, halting mail transmit and leaving 279 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: twenty thousand to forty thousand people people jobless from these riots. 280 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: All right. Notably there was all kinds of reactions to these, 281 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: but again they're not uncommon. And again, here we are 282 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 1: in June of twenty twenty five where we're having riots. 283 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: And what we're on day two now, Jordie, not day two? Oh, 284 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: it's the movie? Did you find that is? 285 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 2: Is it Colors or State of Grace? It's Colors, Colors, Colors, 286 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 2: Colors nineteen eighty eight. 287 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was. I mean, I remember that movie that 288 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: came out, and that was the first time I ever 289 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,959 Speaker 1: knew what a crip or a blood was. That movie 290 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: was phenomenal movie, and it really showed the challenges that 291 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: law enforcement face and that that minorities and impoverished areas face. 292 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: And I thought it was one of one of the 293 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: better movies I've ever seen. I thought it was fantastic. 294 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: And you know, now we're staring at this again, and 295 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: we're staring at and unrest. And you know, when you 296 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: dig in a lot of information or whatever you want 297 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: to call it, that's coming out is saying that this 298 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: is being funded by nonprofit NGOs that are out there. 299 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: There's a there's a I saw a bunch of posts 300 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: that there's a full page ad for June fourteenth, which is, uh, 301 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: what is it the when you look up with that, Uh, 302 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: that's that's supposed there's a they say that it's the 303 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: no King's Day. June fourteenth will be the no King's Day. 304 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: And apparently what they're saying is that Donald Trump is 305 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: now acting as a king. He's ruling with impunity by 306 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: these illegal deportations, which when you look at the letter 307 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: of the law, he has every right to be able 308 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: to do. And the fact that so many pundits on 309 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: the other side, I think are saying, well, these these 310 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: people all deserve due process. So explain to me, in 311 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,719 Speaker 1: an already broken judicial system that can't even service regular 312 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: Americans and their need to get in to see their 313 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: core case is heard, how are we gonna be able 314 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: to get to uh, you know, let's call it ten 315 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: million uh illegals that are actually on the books that 316 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: we know have come across the border. Just it's an impossibility. 317 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 2: No King's Day is scheduled for for Trump's birthday. You 318 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 2: know that, that's. 319 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: Right, No King's Day. Yeah, And those are that's gone 320 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: out and and there's reports coming out that that that 321 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: advertisement was was funded by a Walmart errors. I haven't 322 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: been able to confirm that yet, but what that does 323 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: is just you know, propelled the exploding conspiracy theories that 324 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: are going to come out of this. Once again, this 325 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: is across country protests especially this will be a nationwide protest. Yeah. 326 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: So this this could be the launch of you know, 327 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: thousands and thousands and thousands of of of damaged businesses 328 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: and and interruptions and millions of dollars and damages and 329 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 1: potentially hundreds, if not thousands of people being injured, and 330 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: you know, possible deaths. You hear this that that's right, 331 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: that's right. So you know, I think it's critical that 332 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: we begin to take a step back and say, all right, well, 333 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: you know, why why is this so so debilitating for 334 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: regular Americans? And I think the fact of the matter 335 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: is is that the impact that that we're seeing from 336 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 1: illegal immigration is profound, right, and you look at school 337 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: systems that have been overwhelmed by illegal et entering the 338 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: public school systems, or our medical systems that have been overwhelmed, 339 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: and certainly are police departments active investigations. Now, I think 340 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: all of this was a real precipice of what got 341 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: President Trump into office. There's a and he still has 342 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: favorable I just saw polls on CNN and Fox that 343 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: he still leading in polls fifty two to fifty three 344 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: percent of Americans still support the deportation not of that 345 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: woman and her little kid, but what they support is 346 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: the deportation of violent criminals, right, violent criminals that have 347 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: come over you know, people that have you know, Venezuela, Colombia, 348 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 1: all these places that have emptied their jails and sent 349 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: people to the United States organized crime units. How many 350 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: new cartel members are living on the streets in these 351 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: in these cities to gain control of the drug trade, 352 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: right to get rid of the you know what what 353 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: used to run the drug trade. And that's why we're 354 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: seeing gang wars and all over these places. Also, you know, 355 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: you begin to think about the impact on businesses. Now 356 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: the big thing I hear and you know, I have 357 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: several friends that you know that most likely use some 358 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: some illegal immigration for workforce. I mean it's all over 359 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 1: the place. It's you know, it's and and you know 360 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: they have ID cards and that supposedly give them gives 361 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: them the ability to hire these people. But but you know, 362 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: the big argument on the other side is also nobody 363 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: wants these jobs. I saw some lady on X you know, 364 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: ranting and raven and her whole point was, you know, 365 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 1: the who's going to pick the cotton argument, like who's 366 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: going to do these jobs? Are? You know, are our 367 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: white Americans, are our wealthy Americans? Are whatever Americans going 368 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 1: to do these jobs? And it's and and for me, 369 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: that's like, that's one of the most insulting arguments I've 370 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: I've ever heard, right, I mean, what I look at 371 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 1: it is, it's it's organizations and businesses paying a lower 372 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: amount for cheaper wages that they know they have leverage 373 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: over who are illegal so they can pay bottom wages 374 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: to do the work. That whatever. And and you know, again, 375 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: you know, is what's the solution to that? I'm not sure, 376 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 1: you know, I maybe we'll do a show in the 377 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: future about that. But you know, there's all these arguments 378 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: on the other side that America is a built on immigration, 379 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: America's built on this. But when I tell you that 380 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: the system is not capable of handling open integration, and 381 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: all you got to do is look back throughout history, 382 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,239 Speaker 1: no matter what you do. Look at a country that 383 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 1: was overwhelmed by immigration. Just look at what's going on 384 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: in Europe right now, all right. You know, it changes 385 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: the culture of particular areas. It changes the culture, changes 386 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: the business opportunities, taxes out the federal or the local 387 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: municipalities and their systems, policing system, firefighter because all those 388 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: things increase, you know. But yet you're not getting any 389 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: tax revenue coming in from these people because you know, 390 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: they're just they're not paying taxes. They're getting paid under 391 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: the table, and much of their money they're sending away. 392 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: Now I know what the area, well, they do pay taxes, 393 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: but let me just let me let me about this 394 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: right what I said about this particular rate. 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What I said about this particular raid 414 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: is that they were going on after a Quang Chong 415 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: Fan who's a forty nine year old from Vietnam with 416 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: unspecified criminal charges. Jose Gordillo Midronda or Tease, a forty 417 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: two year old from Ecuador, convicted of cocaine distribution conspiracy. 418 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,959 Speaker 1: Victor Mendoza Aguilar, thirty two from Mexico, convicted of assault 419 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: with the debly weapon and drug offenses. Delfino Aguilar Martinez, 420 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: fifty one year old from Mexico, convicted of assault with 421 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: great bodily injury. Rolando Venisari Sion Enriquez, a fifty five 422 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: year old from the Philippines convicted of burglary and sexual assault. 423 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: So those were the individuals that ices come out that 424 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: they were going after. Now, what's the argument you're going 425 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: to give me that those people should remain in the country, 426 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: just like the big who have of the individual they 427 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: say was the dad and the father, and we now 428 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: know they've released more records that that individual was directly 429 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: related to a smuggling a human smuggling organization that was 430 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: and he did multiple runs, dozens of runs, bringing illegals in. 431 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: So that's illegal activity of an illegal immigrant. And so, 432 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: you know, is the solution to you that we tax 433 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: our American system, we tax our tax dollars even more 434 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: money in order to create a judicial fairness to these people. 435 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: I don't see how that works financially. And all you 436 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: got to do is look at some of the debt 437 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: that's going on in various different places around the country, 438 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: in particular our national debt of thirty eight trillion dollars. Now, 439 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, the other context I really want to go 440 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: into is, you know, just the size and magnitude of 441 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: undocumented or illegals that are in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. 442 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: The rough estimate it's somewhere between nine hundred, nine hundred 443 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand undocumented immigrants in LA County, which comprises 444 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: about eight to ten percent of the county's population, which 445 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: is ten million. Right, that's a massive number. How does 446 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: that number impact the resources of the municipalities? Right, there's 447 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: a bunch of other ones. Pew Research estimates at one million, 448 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: some other ones, eight hundred thousand, somewhere around eight hundred 449 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: to a million, we'll call it there, all right. Now, 450 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: in the broader context, about eighty percent of the undocuted 451 00:30:54,280 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: immigrants in Los Angeles County are Latino, ten percent Asian Pacific, 452 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: with the rest three percent being white. And that's according 453 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: to a twenty sixteen, so it's probably a lot higher. Now, 454 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: all right. Now, here's the kicker, and this is the 455 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: deep dive I want you to understand on this, because 456 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: what you have to do is you have to affiliate 457 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: something that's going to ground you into recognizing the deep 458 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: impacts that you will suffer from if this type of 459 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: thing comes to wherever you live, if you're in California 460 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: or New York or wherever there's mass immigration. We have 461 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: it in Florida as well too, all right, So here 462 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: you go. All right. So this is I asked my 463 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: friendly neighborhood groc right, I asked about financing and what's 464 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: taking place in California funding from state and local governments 465 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: to Los Angeles County. All right. Now, the numbers are 466 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: a little tricky to put together, to try and stay 467 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: with me, all right. So there's a many Cali expansion 468 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: for undocumented immigrants, all right. And this California's Medicaid program 469 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: to all income eligible undocumented or illegal immigrants from ages. 470 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: All right. The cost The California Department of Finance reported 471 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: nine point five billion dollars for the cost of MEDICALI 472 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: coverage for undocumented immigrants, all right, with eight point four 473 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: billion from the state's general fund. And ready for this, 474 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: one point one billion from emergency room visits and pregnancy 475 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: care covered by guess what federal funds? One point one 476 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: billion dollars of your tax payer is going to pay 477 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: for their emergency healthcare and pregnancy costs. This is three 478 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: billion dollars over the initial bust budget estimate due to 479 00:32:55,840 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: higher enrollment. All right, Um, And they were estimates nearly 480 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty thousand illegals are receiving this medical coverage. 481 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: All Right, Los Angeles County share while roughly forty percent 482 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: of California's undocumented population accounts for proportional share. Assuming forty 483 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: percent the county's undocumented immigrants may utilize approximately three point 484 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: four to three point eight billion of the state's medical 485 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: all right, criticisms. All right, this is the next one 486 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: cal Fresh all right cal Fresh program. Starting in October 487 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, undocumented immigrants aged fifty five and older 488 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:50,479 Speaker 1: will qualify for cal Fresh, Califlifornia's food stamp program funded 489 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: by the state for those ineligible for federal snap due 490 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: to immigration status. All Right, here you go, ready for this? 491 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: The cost, the estimate, the state estimate is one hundred 492 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: and thirteen million annually to provide food assistance to seventy 493 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 1: five thousand older immigrants illegal immigrants, and this is at 494 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: its peak. Assuming forty percent of the eligible population, Los 495 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: Angeles County could see forty five million dollars annually for 496 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: the undocumented seniors. All right. Immigration support, immigration, legal services 497 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: and support the Department of Social Services. The DSS funds 498 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: immigration services, including legal aid for deportation defense. All right, 499 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 1: This cost budget allocates are you ready? Fifty million dollars 500 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: to a general fund for DSS immigration and equity programs. 501 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: Down from get this down from twenty twenty four, twenty 502 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: three and twenty four, which was two hundred and ninety 503 00:34:56,040 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: seven million dollars to this program. All right. Legal service 504 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: ten million in cuts. All right. Los Angeles County Share 505 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: represents represent LA public private partnership in Los Angeles provides 506 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: legal service to about two thousand undocumented immigrants illegals facing deportation, 507 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:20,879 Speaker 1: funded by forty million since twenty twenty one, five point 508 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: point million annually, totaling fifteen point three million since twenty 509 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: twenty three. There's a cash assistance program for immigrants, all right. 510 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: This they don't have the correct numbers for that. There's 511 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 1: education assistance, right. Los Angeles County large student population with 512 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: twelve point three percent of K through TEL twelve students 513 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: with an undocumented status. Right. Here's another one proposed unemployment. 514 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: Didn't give me a number for the education, but you 515 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: know that it's huge. That's under the California DREAMAC proposed 516 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: unemployment benefits three hundred and thirty million to offer unemployment benefits 517 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: to undocumented or illegal workers. It failed to gain funding, 518 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 1: indicating no costs in twenty twenty five. All right, but 519 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 1: there was a line item submitted. All right, Jordi, would 520 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 1: you look up what California's shortfall on their budget is 521 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: for this year? Yes, thank you? All right, Health and 522 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: Human Services one to five million annually. Migrant services. All right, 523 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: here you go. City of Los Angeles received twenty two 524 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: million dollars in FEMA funds. Right. Remember North Carolina, Remember Florida. 525 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: Remember South Carolina didn't get squat twenty two million in 526 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: FEMA funds for twenty twenty four migrant services. But this 527 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:53,919 Speaker 1: is federal, not local. With the city's eighty million, yeah, 528 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: eighty million budget shortfall, local funded for undocumented immigrants is 529 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 1: limited and likely under five million. All right, it looks 530 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: like there's going to be. 531 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 2: The projected for twenty five twenty six is twelve billion dollars, 532 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 2: mostly due to looks like the surging medical costs. 533 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: Yep, yeah, and that's what cal right medical I have 534 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 1: right here as a summary of all this medical three 535 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,959 Speaker 1: point four to three point eight billion dollars. And that's 536 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 1: forty percent of the eight point four State General Fund. 537 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: All right, So you know, when you start to think 538 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: about these costs estimates and what's being spent on these people, 539 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: how much funding they're receiving to be in Los Angeles, 540 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: los Angeles County, Why do you think they're protesting? Why 541 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: do you think they're out burning cars down and in 542 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:03,080 Speaker 1: the streets. So you combine that they're funding, you combine 543 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 1: that with this group internally that truly believes that they're 544 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,279 Speaker 1: on you know, they're on stolen land, and that they 545 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:15,400 Speaker 1: want to hell the head of Mexican what is it 546 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 1: the Mexican state. It's like the head of their state 547 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,880 Speaker 1: Senator Congress just showed up a map yesterday of the 548 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:27,399 Speaker 1: of the map from eighteen thirty that had all of California, 549 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:32,280 Speaker 1: Texas being Mexican and saying this was our land, essentially 550 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 1: insinuating like, hey, everybody on the streets, go ahead, start 551 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,919 Speaker 1: a revolution, fight for your country back. And we also 552 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:45,719 Speaker 1: know that the president of Mexico has has roots in socialism, 553 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: you know. And we also know that Karen Bass, the 554 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,720 Speaker 1: La Maria la Mayor, had an affiliation with a Cuban 555 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,400 Speaker 1: support group that supported Fidel Castro. Castro back in the 556 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,840 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies. Now, don't get me wrong, she's when you 557 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,800 Speaker 1: go back and you look at her political record, she's 558 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: done some pretty amazing thing for minorities, certainly for inner 559 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,359 Speaker 1: city homeless people. She actually dropped homelessness when she came 560 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: in as Maryica last year. You know. So there are 561 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 1: some historical record of her working across the aisle for 562 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:25,719 Speaker 1: programs to benefit minorities in poverty, people in poverty. So, 563 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,360 Speaker 1: but there's also she does have a record of a 564 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 1: socialist mindset that she is connected to. You know. So 565 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: you have the economic the economic inspiration or that's the 566 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,359 Speaker 1: wrong word. What's the right word I'm looking for, Jordi. 567 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 1: They're the economic incentives, you have a certain political or 568 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,719 Speaker 1: ideological incentive. Right. And then you also have the criminal 569 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: element as well too. Right. Criminals are criminals. They don't 570 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,319 Speaker 1: care where they're committing crimes, they don't care what they're doing. 571 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: All they want to do is foment crime, criminality, destruction. Right. 572 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: So those three elements, what do they represent. They represent 573 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 1: a significant challenge to the American ethos. They always have 574 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: and they always will. What we see in riots are 575 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,279 Speaker 1: nothing new. What we see in the backlash from the 576 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:28,439 Speaker 1: perceived overreach of the American government is nothing new. We've 577 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: seen it almost destroy, divide, and destroy this country itself 578 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: back in the Civil War. Right, We've seen veterans protests 579 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 1: after World War One because they didn't get their benefits, 580 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 1: and the US government squashed that rebellion of veterans looking 581 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:50,320 Speaker 1: for their benefits. We've seen coal miners in West Virginia 582 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:56,359 Speaker 1: have there enraged that the companies were basically overworking them 583 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,399 Speaker 1: and utilizing them as slave labor and not getting paid 584 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: the appropriate So I'm definitely not against pushing back the 585 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 1: American government, but to do so peacefully, right, that's your 586 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: constitutional right, and I support that one. But when you 587 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:15,280 Speaker 1: start breaking the law and you start trying to injure 588 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:20,400 Speaker 1: harm or destroy other people's things, that's when you've crossed 589 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:27,600 Speaker 1: the line. So how do we solve this? I don't know. 590 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a part of me that says, you 591 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: come in and drop the hammer, and then there's a 592 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,600 Speaker 1: part of me that recognizes, you know, even things that 593 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: I was a part of overseas where you see you 594 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 1: come in and you drop the hammer on a local population, 595 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:47,399 Speaker 1: what does it does? It just foments greater animosity and anger. Right, 596 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,239 Speaker 1: if you want to make somebody hate the government forever, right, 597 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,319 Speaker 1: what do you do? You kill a family member, you 598 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,880 Speaker 1: incarcrate them, you beat them to death, or whatever it 599 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,759 Speaker 1: might be. But there has to be law in order 600 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 1: in doing it. And once you cross that threshold, man, 601 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,960 Speaker 1: the game is on. Now. What I would love to 602 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,400 Speaker 1: see more than anything else in the world is I 603 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,040 Speaker 1: would love to see Gavin Newsom, you know, sit down 604 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,360 Speaker 1: with Tom Holman, or sit down with Karen Bass and 605 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 1: Tom Homan, or sit down with the president, or sit down, 606 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: you know, with the head of Christy Noman Homeland and 607 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,239 Speaker 1: have a collective meeting in front of the publicans and 608 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,799 Speaker 1: beg for them to put a you know, hey, let's 609 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: take a ceasefire to the protest, let's hear the demands. 610 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: But there is a fundamental issue that has taken place 611 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,080 Speaker 1: over the last four years and that we have had 612 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:47,200 Speaker 1: a wave of immigration that cannot be sustained. And part 613 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:52,239 Speaker 1: of that wave has been nefarious elements that are criminals, 614 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:56,520 Speaker 1: that are our butchers, that are savages that are here 615 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,759 Speaker 1: to destroy the fabric of what America is. If we 616 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,160 Speaker 1: don't don't drop the hammer on them now, they will 617 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,960 Speaker 1: only gain strength and they will only do more harm 618 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:13,560 Speaker 1: in damage to the American population. So I ask everybody 619 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,120 Speaker 1: to support your local law enforcement, but also to sport 620 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:23,520 Speaker 1: First Amendment rights. I know this. What I hate to 621 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:27,560 Speaker 1: see more than anything else, you know, are those young 622 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,319 Speaker 1: women and children suffering. What I hate to see of 623 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:35,200 Speaker 1: those business owners suffering. What I hate to see are 624 00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:39,200 Speaker 1: those police officers in that riot gear for twelve hours on, 625 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,520 Speaker 1: two hours off and twelve hours on. What I hate 626 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 1: to see is those young Marines being you know, summed 627 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,680 Speaker 1: up to you know, go out and face their own 628 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:54,759 Speaker 1: fellow Americans who maybe hate them or maybe don't. But 629 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,960 Speaker 1: I'll tell you one thing. If this continues, and this 630 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 1: summer gets hot and and hotter, it's going to lead 631 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: to something really negative. I hope you enjoyed this show. 632 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:15,080 Speaker 1: If you did, please like, subscribe and share and just 633 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,440 Speaker 1: think about what it takes to keep a society together. 634 00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,040 Speaker 1: And I hope you support that God speaking