Brian O'Hara

The greatest risk to me is that there would be unrest or that there would be a tragedy, that somebody could get seriously hurt or killed.

Yes.

I mean, this was predictable.

And it's also entirely preventable.

I mean, I had been saying it for weeks.

I literally said it at a press conference the day before.

I mean, I'm having a hard time describing it.

I just thought, fuck, this is it.

You know, this is the potential here for 2020 all over again.

for the destruction of the city.

Yes, I've seen the videos that are available online.

My understanding is that there was a woman who was in her car and was blocking the street.

likely because immigration agents were present and she was likely protesting in some way immigration officials being present.

And ultimately some confrontation occurred where federal law enforcement shot into the vehicle, killing her.

Well, I can tell you as a police officer for 25 years, anytime you hear a situation where a cop gets into a shooting with an unarmed motorist, it gives you pause and it's very concerning because while policies and training try to do everything possible to prohibit those situations and to try and prevent them from occurring in the first place, there are times, unfortunately,

where law enforcement cannot avoid those situations from occurring.

The concern is, as a professional, to try and prevent our people from getting into that situation in the first place so that we're not unnecessarily creating the risk unjustifiably.

The number one is you don't place yourself in the path of the vehicle.

That's like traffic stop 101.

You don't do that.