Karen Bass: “Many of the same individuals were able to bring the smash…”

“And so what I want to be very clear about is that we're not going to sit back and allow this to continue. We are going to move forward. Just as happened before. I was in this position in 2021. Many of the same individuals were able to bring the smash and grabs as well as the home robberies to a halt in 2021. And we are going to do the same thing in 2023. Why do you think this is happening now? Do you think the folks involved with this think there aren't consequences?” (01:19–01:28)

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