James O'Keefe
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And then I then realized I can't actually lose these people.
I have to like leave the state of Minnesota.
Do we drive to Chicago?
Like, what are we going to do?
And my, my team was honestly pretty, pretty, pretty scared.
And that's when I went to the parking garage and posted a video of me reading the death threat as we then proceed to go to our third location and, and try to just extract my team out of there and,
Because they feel like their lives are in danger.
Yeah, I mean, there's no incentive.
The incentives are not aligned.
You can't hold them accountable.
You can't defend yourself.
You can't shoot back.
You can't fight back.
You can use mace or something or spray, but if you did that as you're being attacked, they'll use force against you.
They'll kill you.
And so the only thing that- The numbers are just too great.
The only thing that we could do, and I'm not a very fearful person, but I recognize when I'm in danger, there's a difference between fear and danger.
The only thing you can do is just walk away.
and not engage them.
That's what I had to do in that moment as they're throwing projectiles.