L.A. Mayor Karen Bass: ‘You Don‘t Deploy the Armed Forces Because of People‘s Feelings’

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BASS: “Well, so, without knowing the specifics of what’s happening in D.C., you absolutely have a situation like we do in Los Angeles where crime is significantly down, 60-year low in terms of homicide rate. Homelessness is down for the first time two years in a row in many, many years. You could have an incident like that, but the question is what type of force is actually needed? And so, I don’t think that you just do that in ordinary circumstances. Again, I can’t speak to what is happening in Washington, D.C., but when the same threat, and he actually did make that threat at the press conference today, when he described L.A. as being completely out of control, you don’t deploy the armed forces because of people’s feelings. That is just inappropriate. If the statistics say that crime is down, then why would you do that because people feel afraid? Now, I deal with that all the time and I try to address people’s feelings. I don’t think you just shove statistics in folks, but you do do other things to make them feel safe. You don’t use the military to help people feel better.”