>> THE UVALDE WOKE LEADERS
GROWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONE
MAKING PATHETIC EXCUSES ON WHY
HE WENT EASY ON A CRIMINAL GANG
MEMBER TURNED COP KILLER.
THE SUSPECT GOT PROBATION
INSTEAD OF JAIL FOR A 2021 DRUG
AND GUN ARREST, FREEING HIM UP
TO MURDER TWO POLICE OFFICERS
LAST WEEK.
>> THE HISTORY OF THE SUSPECT
DID NOT CONTAIN ANY EVIDENCE OF
VIOLENCE.
I URGE EVERYONE TO ENSURE THAT
WE DO NOT OVERREACT HERE, AND
THAT WE DO THE THINGS THAT WE
KNOW THAT WORK.
THE POSSESSION OF A GUN IS NOT
CONSIDERED A VIOLENT CRIME.
SIMPLE POSSESSION OF A GUN IS
NOT CONSIDERED A VIOLENT CRIME.
OKAY?
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION
OF DRUGS AND POSSESSION OF A
GUN.
NOT THE USE OF A GUN.
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WAS
AN APPROPRIATE OUTCOME.
THIS IS NOT EXPLAINING IT, BUT
SIMPLY CLEARING THE RECORD.
>> OVER IN PHILLY, CALLS ARE
GROWING TO IMPEACH THEIR RADICAL
DA, LARRY KRASNER, SAYING THEY
NEED TO GET RAID OF THE GUY.
DANA SPEAK WITH THE MOTHER.
>> I COME FROM A BIPARTISAN
APPROACH.
I WANT EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER
COLLECTIVELY.
WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE,
WHATEVER CHANGES NEED TO TAKE
PLACE, WE NEED THIS.
IF IT STARTS WITH IMPEACHMENT,
SAYGET HIM OUT OF THE OFFICE TO
EFFECTIVELY PROTECT THE PEOPLE,
THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA,
THEN BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY.
WE’RE TIRED OF LOSING OUR
CHILDREN, OUR LOVED ONES, IN THE
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA.
>> WAS THAT AN EMOTIONAL
INTERVIEW FOR YOU?
>> OF COURSE.
ONE THING ABOUT THAT STORY, HER
SON WAS AT THE MALL, AND HE WAS
THERE TO BUY A NEW PAIR OF
PANTS.
HE NEEDED THE NEW PAIR OF PANTS
BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO A JOB
INTERVIEW.
SO HE WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
THING, RIGHT?
>> THAT’S TERRIBLE.
>> HE HAD HIS LIFE TOGETHER.
HE WAS ON HIS WAY.
THERE IS A SUSPECT THAT WAS LET
GO.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
WHOLE THING IN PHILADELPHIA, AND
LET’S PUT CALIFORNIA IN THERE AS
WELL AS THE RECALL, THAT IN
PHILADELPHIA SOME OF THE
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THIS IS A
REPUBLICAN-LED EFFORT, AND
DISMISSING IT THAT WAY.
BUT I THINK EVEN THOUGH THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE HAD PUT IT FORWARD,
WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS TO ALLOW
THE VICTIMS AND THE VICTIMS’
FAMILIES TO BE THE ONES THAT DO
THE TALKING.
SO AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, IF
YOU WATCH ALL OF THAT, THERE’S
NO REPUBLICAN TALKING POINT THAT
YOU CAN FIND IN IT.
IT IS JUST THE RAW GRIEF OF
PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, AUNTS AND
UNCLES, GRANDPARENTS, WHO ARE
DESPERATE FOR SOME SORT OF
ANSWER.
AS YOU HEARD HER SAY, IT’S NOT
PARTISAN FOR HER.
I THINK IF WE’RE GOING TO GET
THIS SOLVED, SOMEBODY LIKE
GASCON, HE DOES A PRESS
CONFERENCE, BUT IGNORED
QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN’T DEFEND YOURSELF BY
GETTING UP THERE AND SAY, "I
THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE, THAT’S
THE END OF THAT," AND WALK OFF.
>> WERE YOU BUYING GASCON’S
DEFENSE UP THERE AT THE PODIUM?
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> TELL ME WHY, HE WAS SPLITTING
HAIRS --
>> HE WASN’T SPLITTING HAIRS. THE MAN IS AN IDIOT.
THE MAN IS AN IDIOT.
THIS GUY FLORES IS A CAREER
FELON.
HE’S ALREADY SERVED TWO PRISON
TERMS.
UNDERSTAND THERE’S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A PRISON TERM AND A JAIL
TERM.
WE’RE TALKING STATE TIME.
ALL RIGHT?
THIS GUY IS A I GANGBANGER, A
CAREER CRIMINAL, SPENT MOST OF
HIS LIFE COMMITTING CRIMES.
THE MOST AMAZING PART, HE’S NOT
ONLY ARRESTED WITH A GUN, BUT A
GUN AND AMMUNITION.
OKAY?
HE WASN’T USING THE GUN?
WHAT WAS THE AMMO FOR?
WAS HE GOING TO SELL IT ON THE
STREET CORNER.
THAT’S A DIRTBAG THAT BELONGS IN
JAIL.
IT’S GASCON’S FAULT THAT HE
BELONGS IN JAIL.
THESE PROGRESSIVES WILL LIE TO
YOUR FOUGHT AND SAY WE’VE GOT TO
START WITH THIS SOCIAL JUSTICE
NONSENSE.
WE’VE KNOWN THERE’S ONE WAY TO
KEEP US SAFE, AND THAT’S TO PUT
CRIMINALS IN JAIL WHO LOOK TO
HARM US.
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE THREE STRIKES
STRIKES.
THEY DON’T WANT COPS CHASING
CRIMINALS ON FOOT.
LORI LIGHTFOOT WANTS YOU TO
BELIEVE THAT SHE’S WORRIED ABOUT
THE COPS GETTING HOME SAFE SO
DON’T YOU DARE CHASE THESE
DIRTBAGS ON FOOT.
>> YOU CAN’T EVEN DO CAR
PURSUITS IN SOME PRECINCTS, AND
NOW DON’T WANT YOU TO CHASE ON
FOOT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO
HAPPEN?
>> I’M AS CONFUSED AS YOU ARE.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS
VOTERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WEIGH IN HERE.
I WAS SHOCKED AT MR. GASCON, WHO
I DON’T KNOW, WHO HOLD A PRESS
CONFERENCE, TO DEFEND, TO
JUSTIFY, GIVE AN EXPLANATION AS
TO WHY HE LET THIS MAN OUT.
IF YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT
PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY, YOU
SHOULD HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE
SAYING WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE
THIS LAW, HAVE A DIFFERENT
APPROACH IN THIS OFFICE, BECAUSE
HE EXPLAINS THAT THE LAW FORCED
HIM TO LET THIS GUY OUT.
>> THAT’S A LIE.
>> WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?
I’M WITH YOU.
>> NO.
YOU DON’T NEED TO CHANGE THE
LAW.
THE LAW IS THERE.
YOU NEED TO ENFORCE IT.
>> WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR
POSITION IN THIS OFFICE.
WHAT HE DID THERE WAS AN AFFRONT
TO THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE
KILLED AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE SAN FRANCISCO RECALL IS A
LESSON TO EVERY DA IN THIS
COUNTRY, EVEN OUR OWN DA HERE IN
NEW YORK.
VOTERS WANT SAFE AND SECURE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF YOU DON’T GIVE IT TO THEM,
YOU WILL LIKELY BE RECALLED.
>> BRIAN, IF YOU SAW THE MUGSHOT
THE GUY HAS, I COUNTED THREE TO
FOUR FACIAL TATTOOS.
>> RIGHT.
>> I MEAN, I’D THROW THE BOOK AT
HIM JUST FOR THAT.
>> HE’S A MEMBER OF THOSE
NONVIOLENT GANGS.
FULL.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT’S LIKE A BOOK CLUB, WHERE
THEY COMPARE TATTOOS AND READ
OUT LOUD TO EACH OTHER.
THIS GUY WAS -- THE GUY, WHO HIS
PROBATION OFFICER SAID, YOU
KNOW, I THINK HE VIOLATED
PROBATION BY THREATENING HIS
DOMESTIC PARTNER, SO WE SHOULD
START PULLING HIM IN.
NEXT THING THE POLICE GET CALLED
BECAUSE THE WOMAN HE’S WITH SAYS
HE PULLED A GUN ON HER, AND THEY SHOW UP AND HE KILLS HIMSELF.
SHOW UP AND HE KILLS HIMSELF.
WE DON’TIT JUST GETS TO SHOW YOU
YOU’RE NOT RUNNING FROM CHICAGO
RIGHT NOW, YOU’RE NOT KEEPING
YOUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND.
PACK UP YOUR FAMILY, GET THE
BUBBLE WRAP OUT, AND RUN FOR
YOUR LIVES, BECAUSE THE COPS
AREN’T HELPING YOU.
>> YOU DON’T NEED GOOD CARDIO TO