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Karen Bass is an American politician currently serving as the Mayor of Los Angeles, a position she has held since December 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served as the U.S. Representative for California's 37th congressional district from January 2011 to December 2022. Bass has focused on issues such as public safety, accessibility, and community engagement throughout her political career.
I just thought that it was tragic. It was tragic. And it was also insulting the idea that the charge they indicted him for is the bullet went through a building, not her life, losing her life was not indigestible. I think that they should…
This is why the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act needs to be passed. It needs to be voted on in the Senate. It's sitting on McConnell's desk.
You know, it's just so painful to see this over and over again. And it just adds to the reason why the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would actually provide tools to stop this from happening.
When they come to our community, there are warriors. When they go to white, more affluent communities, they are there to protect and to serve.
The fact -- I mean, he can be brazen in the statement that he made yesterday because he knows the odds are, nothing is going to happen to him because of the way the law is structured, the fact that officers are rarely prosecuted, because…
We do absolutely have systemic racism within law enforcement and our justice system, period.
At the end of the day you look at data, you look at data, how can you say that there's not two justice systems.
I would fully expect that though from Attorney General Barr because he is not the Attorney General for the United States. He is the personal attorney for the President.
Trump has been doing everything he can to stoke racial conflict. Absolutely. And that has had a negative impact.
I do think that we have a lot of work that we need to do in showing very specific solutions to least abuse.
When leaders in the community asked Trump whether or not he thought there was a problem with racism and police, and he said, no, you can imagine what that meant to the African-Americans and other people in that community.
I see despair. I see absolute despair, because I think people in the communities just ask themselves, how many times do we have to endure this?
the violence -- and now I'm talking about the violence in terms of looting or vandalism -- plays right into the hands. That's exactly what the Trump people want.
I think that that's ridiculous. I believe that Senator Harris is going to appeal to the rainbow.
She has devoted her life to fighting for the same reforms and transformations that I believe are required in our country right now.
This Commander-in-Chief really doesn't care about us. Otherwise, we wouldn't have 160,000 dead Americans.
What I believe is that Trump is going to resurrect the ghost of Joseph McCarthy and George Wallace.
I think after three and a half years of what we've been through, after 160,000 dead Americans and I know not everybody had to die, I just think the circumstances are so profoundly different that people will be motivated in a way that they…
I think that this is just exciting all the way around. And I think that their rollout today, when they walked across that stage, it was electric.
People know what's at stake. Joy, every day, I think about the fact that over 160,000 Americans are dead.
underscore the need to comply first and, if warranted, complain later. This will make everyone safe--the police, suspects, and the community at large--and those who resist must be prosecuted. I repeat, zero tolerance for resisting police…
The fact of the matter is 2.3 million people in the United States are incarcerated.
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