Thread by @LoriSaldanaSD

This. Is. Horrifying.

Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…

When I was Assembly presiding officer I worked closely w/our sergeant at arms. And when I introduced the bill to end Open Carry I had to travel with armed escorts to public events. There is no excuse for this type of breakdown of security in a professional law-enforcement body

This reminds me of an event in 2017 #ProudBoys began harassing attendees at an event in #SanDiego at the @SanDiegoCounty Admin Bldg. Deputies stood & watched so I called @SDSheriff Bill Gore on his cellphone & asked him: Why are your Deputies letting Proud Boys incite fights? 3/

I joined w/event organizers to meet w/@SDSheriff Gore in August re:this event. We also reported it to #CLERB.

A few days later: Heather Peyer was run over & killed by a violent white nationalist in Charlottesville & the #SanDiego #ProudBoys were arrested... in Berkeley 4/

It didn't stop them: They organized a "Pizza Party" at Chicano Park that required @sandiegoPD response. They put out invitations that used the @SDSheriff address as their own & called themselves "Border Patriots"

In other words: they've been hiding in plain sight for years 5/

They weren't done: a few months later they joined disgraced/pardoned Rep. #DuncanHunter at Otay Mesa & attacked counter-protesters as- once again- @SDSheriff Deputies stood back and watched the mayhem & violences 6/

These are increasingly violent white supremacists- threatening & engaging in confrontations w/people. @SDSheriff Deputies stood & watched them harass & attack people

Those of us in #SanDiego have been watching for 3.5 years & are tired of asking law enforcement to protect us 7/

It's time for elected officials to step up & stop the violence. The question is: will they stand up for people- or let @SanDiegoPD & @SDSheriff continue to ignore local, violent #ProudBoys?

@SupFletcher @SupNoraVargas @JoelAndersonCA @lawsonremer @CMJenCampbell @ToddGloria 8/

FYI local journalists- just in case you'd like to connect the dots btwn local #ProudBoys, lack of LEO response for years & what happened this week in DC 9/

@KenStoneMedia @SDuncovered @SDUTmcdonald @Presspasslc @LisaHalverstadt @KPBSnews @CarloNews8 @ArtieNBCSD @LaPrensaSD

Another impediment to change: campaign money

Police unions give money to #SanDiego candidates.
Once elected- they increase LEO salaries & budgets

Locally, @LorenaAD80 was the top recipient of #lapd money among California legislators: $30,000 in a few days in 2019. 10/