Karen Bass: “The violence that has happened has required LAPD to ask for…”

“There was never an issue There because we were never thinking about calling upon the National Guard. So I do want you to know that The violence that has happened has required LAPD to ask for additional assistance, but not from the federal government. We are a county of 88 cities. There's a number of police departments in those cities, and we have the sheriff's department. And so we have received assistance from the California Highway Patrol.” (05:46–05:54)

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