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STEVE: CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
APPROVED A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE
IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCON.
THE VOTE COMES AFTER MONTHS OF
BACKLASH AGAINST HIS
CONFIDENTIAL INITIATIVES
INCLUDING ENDING CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT EVEN AGAINST
SUSPECTED COP KILLERS LIKE THE
TWO GANG MEMBERS CHARGED IN THE
MURDER OF 24-YEAR-OLD LOS
ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICER JUAN DIAZ WHO NO LONGER
FACE THE DEATH PENALTY.
OFFICER DIAZ’S SISTER JOINS US
FROM CALIFORNIA.
SO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR
BROTHER.
IT WAS IN 2019 AND HE WAS
OFF-DUTY AT THE TIME.
>> THIS TOOK PLACE JULY 20
SEVENTH 2019 TWO BLOCKS DOWN THE
STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVED,
WHERE HE GREW UP.
HE WAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TACO
STAND, VERY POPULAR PLACE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, HIS BROTHERS WERE
HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS.
AS HE WITNESSED A GANG MEMBER ON
THE SIDEWALK MY BROTHER SINCE HE
WAS A BABY WANTED TO BE A POLICE
OFFICER, WAS IN HIS NATURE TO
PROTECT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HE
SAID I WANT TO BE A POLICE
OFFICER AND HE DID EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE HE LIVES
UP TO HIS DREAM THAT HE WAITED FOR.
ASKED THEM TO STOP.
IT WAS HIS NATURE.
HE WASN’T GOING TO STAND BY IT.
THEY CONFRONTED MY BROTHER,
SHOWED HIM THEY WERE ARMED.
HIM AND HIS FRIENDS AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND GOT INTO THEIR
VEHICLE WHICH WAS A TRUCK.
AS THEY WERE BACKING OUT OF THE
PARKING LOT TWO MEN FIRED A GUN
TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE CAR
WHERE MY BROTHER WAS SITTING AND
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
ONE WANTS TO BE WOKEN UP AT 4:30
THE MORNING BY A POLICE OFFICER
AT THEIR DOOR, SAYING YOUR LOVED ONE IS NO LONGER WITH US.
ONE IS NO LONGER WITH US.
WE COULD HEAR THE HELICOPTER
FROM WHERE WE WERE.
MY MOM WAS INCONSOLABLE, TOOK
HER LIFE AWAY, THEY TOOK MY
BROTHER’S AND OUR LIVES AWAY.
STEVE: THOSE MEN WERE CHARGED
WITH MURDER IN SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES AND ARE STILL
AWAITING THE TRIAL THAT SLOWED
COVID DOWN BUT THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, THIS CONTROVERSIAL MAN
GEORGE GASCON WHO WE JUST HEARD
FROM BEVERLY HILLS THEY VOTED TO
HAVE A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE.
WHAT HE HAS DONE TO YOUR FAMILY
IS ANNOUNCED HE WAS ENDING THE
DEATH PENALTY PROSECUTION, WITH
ENHANCEMENTS.
THESE TWO MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY
KILLED YOUR BROTHER FACE THE
DEATH PENALTY.
AND TALKING DURING THE
COMMERCIAL BREAK, THAT WAS AN
APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT, GEORGE
GASCON HAS TAKEN THAT FROM YOUR
FAMILY AND SO MANY OTHERS IN LA
COUNTY.
>> EVEN IF IT WASN’T A DEATH PENALTY CASE, HE WAS OFF-DUTY.
PENALTY CASE, HE WAS OFF-DUTY.
WE ARE STILL HOPING AT LEAST A LIGHT SENTENCE BEFORE GASCON
LIGHT SENTENCE BEFORE GASCON
IMPLEMENTED THESE POLICIES.
NOW THESE NEW POLICIES
IMPLEMENTED, WITH THE REMOVING
OF THE FIREARM ADJUSTMENT,
SIGNIFICANTLY A LOT OF TIME FROM
THEIR CONVICTION, WE COULD BE
LOOKING AT 20 OR 25 YEARS AND WE ARE HOPING IT IS NOT WITH THE
ARE HOPING IT IS NOT WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
LIKE WE ARE BEING VICTIMIZED
AGAIN BY THE PROSECUTOR WHO
SHOULD BE PROBE CRIMINAL -- PRO
VICTIM AND RIGHT NOW HE IS
PRO-CRIMINAL.
HE IS CHOOSING CRIMINAL SIDES
OVER THE VICTIM AND WE ARE BEING
VICTIMIZED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THIS IS JUST ONE CASE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS CASES RIGHT
THERE ARE NUMEROUS CASES RIGHT
NOW.
STEVE: ON THIS PROGRAM WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF VICTIMS FAMILIES SAY
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING THAT THIS GUY, WHAT IS HE DOING?
THIS GUY, WHAT IS HE DOING?
HE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THEM, THE
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, LISTEN
TO THE SOUNDBITES FROM SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE YOU WILL IDENTIFY
WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE.
>> LISTEN TO THESE LETTERS,
THESE FAMILIES SUFFERING WHAT
HE’S DOING TO US.
>> I DON’T FEEL JUSTICE GOING
FORWARD. FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
STEVE: PEOPLE LIKE YOUR BROTHER,
YOUR BROTHER IS NOT HERE BUT YOU
ARE YOUR BROTHER’S VOICE RIGHT
NOW.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
ABOUT WHAT THIS DA IN LA COUNTY
IS DOING TO FAMILIES LIKE YOURS. >> HE IS VICTIMIZING FAMILIES.
HE IS POTENTIALLY PUTTING MORE
HARM TO PEOPLE OF LA.
HE SHOULD BE PROTECTING THE
PEOPLE OF LA.
WITH THESE NEW LAWS AND POLICIES
THESE PUTTING IN THIS IS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO CRIMINALS.
THE GREEN LIGHT TO CRIMINALS.
WE CAN RUN LOOSE IN THE CITY AND
NOTHING WILL AFFECT THEM.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO A 7-MONTH
BACK WHO JUST GOT SHOT IN THE FACE?
I AM SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, HE’S
PLAYING WITH PEOPLES LIVES.
THE SAFETY THAT IS BEING THROWN
AWAY IN THE CITY OF LA, CRIME
HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF AND IT
IS SCARY TO BE LIVING IN THE
CITY.
STEVE: SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS,
THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT
YOUR BROTHER’S LIFE AND HIS
STORY.