Karen Bass

is that we tend to be very ahistorical.

Even what's happening right now with this administration, we act like it's an anomaly and nothing like this has ever happened before.

In fact, it's very important to know history so you can learn from it.

And I felt like we had forgotten the history of the 90s.

I didn't wanna see that repeated.

And then of course, when we were attacked by this administration, that served as a unifying factor in our city and our city is standing together

Standing strong with one clear voice that what is happening in our city from the federal government is unacceptable.

Well, and to be honest, I could applaud you.

Thank you.

And to be honest with you, I think in moments like that, you you just act because it was such a gross injustice.

I mean, to see troops parading through a park like that.

And that's a park that has been troubled for a long time.

I mean, we went through a mass shooting there.

We went through drug dealing and trafficking and all of that.

And we were making serious headway in cleaning up.

And we had reduced violence in that area by a big percentage.

And so things were getting better.

Still having problems.

One side of the park, there's a lot of drug use that's going on.

But when they invaded the park, they invaded it.