Karen Bass

There was nothing to save here.

We were fine.

June 5th, the day before the raids happened, there was nothing happening here.

The city was calm.

Chaos started when they started it.

Right.

And that is very troubling.

You know, it's very important to get out, and I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today, is to tell the truth about what is happening.

And so I did spend a fair amount of time doing press conferences and getting in the media and saying this, Los Angeles is 500 square feet of

The protests happened in about one square foot, about four blocks, and they were relatively peaceful as happens often in big mass protests.

At the end, you will have some stragglers who will vandalize property in the form of graffiti and maybe even commit some violent acts like setting Waymos on fire.

It does not characterize the vast majority of protesters.

That typically happens at the end.

And the Los Angeles Police Department, the Sheriff Department, and the other surrounding cities were more than capable of addressing that.

I imposed a curfew because the protests went on for a few nights in a row.

And since then, there has been no problem at all.

Now, what the president did, the protests started on Saturday.

What the president did is that he said that he was able to bring calm to the city by bringing the National Guard here on Saturday.

The National Guard didn't even arrive until Sunday.

Their sole mission was to stand in front of two federal buildings.