Karen Bass: “The troops have never been involved in crowd control, never involved in the protest. They have been guarding a building.”

I directed city departments to halt plans to rebuild the warehouse until the health and safety of the community are protected.

Residents, public agencies and elected officials have repeatedly sought timely information regarding the cleanup, remediation, environmental monitoring and recovery.

We must rigorously examine whether our policies, training, tactics, supervision and accountability systems are sufficient.

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