J. B. Pritzker

And I'm talking about not just the people who are being pursued, but people in the neighborhoods who want to protect their neighbors.

Yeah.

And they did that.

And we were able to use that evidence before we even created the Accountability Commission.

That evidence came in handy when the ICE and CBP agents were taken to court here.

And we won.

Well, he federalized our National Guard but was not allowed to deploy them in our streets.

They were never deployed in the city of Chicago.

They had to stay on a federal base until it was determined by the court that indeed, including the Supreme Court, that indeed he doesn't have the ability to send his –

you know, federalized National Guard or my National Guard into our streets.

Is that what you're saying?

Well, it's certainly true that we've got to stand up and push back.

And I'm talking about peaceful protests and encouraging people to do as I've described to video everything to stand up.

And by the way, I know that, you know, protesters hold up signs and they say, you know, maybe the law enforcement agents feel like, oh, it's, you know, terrible things they're saying.

But that is what protest is about, right?

I mean, people showing up and making their voices heard.

And it's very important for us to protect that right.

Yeah.

So peaceful protest seems like the least you could do and what we should be encouraging people to do.

They've shot somebody here in Chicago five times for just observing from her car, Miramar Martinez.