ALL RIGHT, IN THE MEANTIME, A
STRING OF SMASH AND GRAB
ROBBERIES COMBINED WITH AN
UPTICK IN HOME INVASION ATTACKS
HAVE LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS ON
EDGE.
BENJAMIN: CRITICS SLAM
CALIFORNIA’S SOFT ON CRIME
POLICIES AND THE STATE’S ZERO
BAIL POLICY THAT ENSURE MOST
SUSPECTS WALK FREE.
HERE TO REACT IS L APD
DETECTIVE, JAMIE McBRIDE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
EARLY THIS MORNING.
I JUST SAW A STATISTIC.
THERE ARE 11 SMASH AND GRAB
ROBBERIES REPORTED OVER A MONTH
LONGED PERIOD, 14 PEOPLE
ARRESTED FROM THOSE, ALL BACK
OUT ON THE STREET AND YOU SAY
THEY’RE OUT ON THE STREET FASTER
THAN THE PAPERWORK CAN BE DONE.
EXPLAIN.
>> WELL, YEAH, FIRST WE HAVE TO
LOOK, HOW DO WE GET HERE?
THE ACLU ADVOCATED FOR
PROPOSITION 47 WHICH CHANGED THE
SENTENCING GUIDELINES SO RIGHT
NOW YOU CAN LITERALLY GO OUT, DO
WHATEVER YOU WANT COMMIT CRIMES
AND YOU’LL BE OUT FASTER THAN
OFFICERS CAN FINISH THE REPORT
AND THAT’S A FACT.
WE’RE WONDERING HOW MANY TIMES
DOES SOMEBODY HAVE TO BE
ARRESTED IN LA BEFORE THEY STAY
IN JAIL?
IT’S SAD TO SAY BUT IT’S ALMOST
SAFER TO HANG OUT WITH ALEC
BALDWIN ON A MOVIE SET THAN TO
GO SHOPPING IN LOS ANGELES RIGHT
NOW.
THAT’S HOW CRAZY IT IS.
IT IS SO VIOLENT.
WE’RE TELLING PEOPLE DON’T VISIT
BECAUSE WE DON’T THINK WE CAN
KEEP YOU SAFE RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S SAD TO SAY.
CARLEY: IN LOS ANGELES YOU HAVE
ZERO BAIL BECAUSE OF COVID.
YOU MENTIONED PROP 47.
YOU ALSO HAVE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
GEORGE CASS CONECONE WHO DID
SOMETHING LIKE HE’S TRYING TO
RELEASE A CONVICTED MURDERER SIX
YEARS INTO 50 YEAR JAIL
SENTENCE.
IF YOU COULD START ANYWHERE TO
MAKE LOS ANGELES SAFER, WHAT’S
THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO?
>> WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO START
WITH THE GOVERNOR.
GAVIN NEWSOM, HE’S ADVOCATED
WITH ACLU FOR PROPOSITION 47 AS
WELL AS GEORGE GASCONE WHO
AUTHORED THE BILL.
HERE’S AN INTERESTING TWIST.
THE CEO OF NETFLIX GAVE $3
MILLION TO FIGHT THE RECALL
CAMPAIGN ON GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM AND THAT’S THE SON-IN-LAW
OF JACQUELINE IVAN WHO WAS
MURDERED BY SOMEBODY WHO WAS SHO
HAVE BEEN IN JAIL.
WE NEED TO WORK ON CHANGING THE
LAWS BACK TO BE TOUGH ON CRIME.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE
ADVOCATING FOR THE CRIMINALS.
IT’S LIKE SHAME ON YOU IF YOU’RE
A VICTIM, IT’S LIKE IT’S YOUR
FAULT.
THAT’S THE WAY THEY SEE IT.
THERE’S A LOT OF CLEANING UP TO
DO.
WE NEED TO TAKE BACK THE
STREETS.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT
SHOULDN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
WE SHOULD ALL WANT TO FEEL SAFE
IN YOUR HOME AND WE SHOULD BE
TOUGH ON CRIME AND THAT’S WHERE
IT STARTS.
WE HAVE STARTED FROM THE TOP AND
CLEANED HOUSE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
BENJAMIN: JAMIE, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT AMAZES ME, IT’S NOT
JUST ABOUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH
CRIME THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A
DIFFERENT IDEA FOR, IT’S ALSO
WHETHER OR NOT THE CRIME IS
GOING ON AND CONGRESSWOMAN
OCASIO-CORTEZ HAS COME UNDER
HEAT FOR THESE COMMENTS, SHE
SAID, QUOTE, A LOT OF THESE
ALLEGATIONS OF ORGANIZED RETAIL
THEFT ARE NOT ACTUALLY PANNING
OUT.
I BELIEVE A WALGREENS IN
CALIFORNIA CITED IT BUT DATA
DIDN’T BACK IT UP.
WALGREENS SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST ISSUES THEY FACED.
TO SIMPLY DENY THAT THE CRIMES
ARE HAPPENING, WE HAVE
STATISTICS THAT SHOW THEY ARE,
THAT SEEMS TO BE AN INCREDIBLE
POSITION TO TAKE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, AOC, IS SHE
LIVING WITH HER HEAD BURIED IN
THE SAND?
IT’S RIDICULOUS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON
ANY NEWS CHANNEL.
EVEN THE MORE LIBERAL ONES ARE
SHOWING SOME OF THE STUFF, NOT
SHOWING ALL OF IT BUT THEY
ARE-IT’S LIKE AOC EXPERIMENT
WITH NICE, NOW IT’S TIME FOR HER
TO GO BACK TO BAR TENDING AND
DOING WHAT SHE DOES BEST.
SHE IS NOT A LAWMAKER AND
DOESN’T KEEP CITIZENS SAFE.
PEOPLE LIKE HER AND THE REST OF
THE SQUAD ARE CLUELESS OF WHAT’S
GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE’S RAMPANT CRIME
EVERYWHERE.
IN FACT, LOS ANGELES IS LIKE THE
MOVIE PURCHASING BUT INSTEAD OF
-- PURGE, IT’S LIKE THEY HAVE
365 DAYS TO COMMIT THEIR CRIMES.
THAT’S HOW IT IS IN LOS ANGELES
AND SAN FRANCISCO.
CARLEY: YOU SAY THAT AS WE’RE
SEEING THE SMASH AND GRAB
ROBBERIES ON THE SCREEN.
YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT DOES REALLY LOOK LIKE THE
MOVIE PURGE.
AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE
CELEBRITIES, DETECTIVE, LIKE
COLIN KAEPERNICK AND JOHN LEGEND
AND AOC, SHE’S A POLITICAL
CELEBRITY AMONG PROGRESSIVES AND
THEY SAY THINGS LIKE LOW BAIL
AND PROP 47 ARE COMPASSIONATE
POLICIES.
YOU SEE WHAT THE POLICIES DO WHEN THEY’RE IMPLEMENTED.
WHEN THEY’RE IMPLEMENTED.
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THEM AS COME
COMPASSIONATE.
>> THEY CALL IT RACIST.
DO YOU SEE PEOPLE STOPPING AT A
GROCERY STORE AND GRABBING MILK,
MEAT, CHEESE, NO, WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING IS THEY’RE GETTING ROLEX
WATCHES, GO TO LOUIS VUITTON
STORES AND THE SO-CALLED
CELEBRITIES AND OTHER
POLITICIANS, SO FAR ON THE LEFT,
THEY DON’T WANT TO ADMIT HAD
THEY WERE WRONG SO THEY KEEP
THEIR HEAD BURIED IN THE SAND.
HERE’S THE INTERESTING THING.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE LIBERAL
UNTIL THEY GET ROBBED AND SHOT
AND SEE HOW QUICKLY THEY CHANGE
THEIR TUNE.
THAT’S WHAT IT’S GOING TO COME
DOWN TO.
CARLEY: PEOPLE ARE FEELING SO
UNSAFE RIGHT NOW AND YOU’RE
DOING THE GOOD WORK, TRYING TO
GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND A
KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.
DETECTIVE JAMIE McED McED BRIDE
McBRIDE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
>> CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
CARLEY: GO AHEAD, JAMIE.
BENJAMIN: GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, ACLU,
THEY’RE THE ONES -- THEY’RE THE
PARTNER IN CRIME FOR THE
SUSPECTS.
WHAT WE DO, WE CREATED A
NATIONAL DATABASE,
ACLU-WATCH.GOV.
YOU GO THERE, CLICK ON YOUR
STATE, YOU’LL SEE EXACTLY HOW
THE ACLU IS HELPING THE
CRIMINALS SUCCEED AND STAY ON
THE STREETS AND COMMIT CRIME.
CARLEY: ONE OF THE WAYS WAS
PROMOTING PROP 47.
YOU’RE ALSO SPEAKING OUT ON THAT