Michael Cohen

I believe that they are.

And one of the things that you want to do is constantly, constantly just turn around and say to them, kindly, sir, or ma'am, kindly identify yourself by name and badge number.

Before I even speak to you, kindly identify your name, full name, and your badge number so I know who I'm speaking to.

And you have every right within which to do that.

Do it on videotape and so on.

You know, they're running around thinking that they have all the immunity that the president was granted stupidly by our Supreme Court of the United States.

They do not.

They do not.

And you know what?

But for the administration coming to the aid of John Ross, I believe that John Ross would ultimately be picked up by Minnesota, by the Minnesota police, for violating Renee Nicole Good's rights for murder.

So we're coming up kind of the west side of the burn scar now.

But you can also still see the difference between the mountains that are green and the mountains that are burned.

This is my colleague, Michael Cohen.

My name is Michael Bradley Cohen.

I am a deals writer at Wirecutter, for all those who follow along over Black Friday.

Michael goes by Mike, and he used to live in the neighborhood we're driving through right now, Altadena, just outside of L.A.,

Exactly a year ago, on January 7th, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted.

They would ultimately become among the most destructive in California's history, eventually burning down more than 16,000 structures, including nearly 6,000 homes in Altadena.

Mike's home was one of them.

I lived in Altadena.