Back on the ground in the Rio Grande Valley. Within minutes of arriving on location in La Joya, TX, dozens of migrants emerging from the brush all along a road and giving themselves up to Border Patrol. Mostly teens and families.
The woman tells me she is from El Salvador. Several children with them.
We saw these women with an infant and child searching for Border Patrol early in the morning. They were safely apprehended.
Riding along with @TxDPS and we come across yet another group of migrants. This happens constantly here, every morning, on any given road in the area.
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NEW: "You're always gonna be a Mexican, you'll never be white, you know that?"
A Latino LASD deputy sent me his bodycam video of a woman claiming to be a teacher launching into a racist tirade against him when he pulled her over in San Dimas. She repeatedly calls him a murderer.
LASD tells me the woman called them after this traffic stop to file a harassment complaint against the deputy with internal affairs.
San Dimas station doesn't have official bodycams yet, the deputy tells me he invested in his own personal cam to protect himself on the job.
LASD also tells me the woman has a history of making false complaints against deputies.
I've learned what her name is, and she has been a professor at schools in the LA area, but at this time, I will not be identifying her because she has not returned any of my calls or emails.
BREAKING: LAPD in riot gear squaring off a with a group of about 100 BLM protesters in downtown LA in front of LAPD headquarters. There was a vigil for #DaunteWright earlier, and the protesters knocked over LAPD barricades. More LAPD resources responding now. @FOXLA
LAPD attempting to clear the protesters out of the area. @FOXLA
KKK has been spray painted onto the LAPD HQ. @FOXLA
BREAKING: The city of Pico Rivera just approved a vote of no confidence in L.A. County District Attorney #GeorgeGascon's special directives. The cities of Santa Clarita and Beverly Hills previously approved votes of no confidence in DA Gascon. La Mirada is considering one. @FOXLA
Pico Rivera city councilman Andrew Lara, who says he has no confidence in Gascon's policies, said this vote cannot be painted as the doing of "white Republicans" like Santa Clarita or Beverly Hills. He says he is a Democrat, and he has to put policy before party here. @FOXLA
A representative from Gascon's administration spoke live at the city council meeting and said that Gascon's policies are meant to "advance public safety, equity, victim's services, and strengthen police accountability." @LACoSheriff spoke and slammed Gascon's policies. @FOXLA
NEW: LAPD Chief Michel Moore, L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva , & other community leaders holding a press conference to call for non-violence in Los Angeles given the ongoing tensions in Minnesota w/ the #DerekChauvin trial & the deadly shooting of #DaunteWright. @FOXLA
LAPD Chief Michel Moore says #DerekChauvin showed callousness and a lack of humanity during the arrest of #GeorgeFloyd and that video of the shooting of #DaunteWright is only making tensions and a lack of trust even worse. @FOXLA
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he pledges to protect peaceful protesting, but says if people show up at 10pm at night looking like they’re ready to play “tackle football” with helmets & goggles, they’re looking for trouble.
Says looting & violence won’t be tolerated.
April 2020, I took these photos of Joe Tahanian, owner of The Wine Cave, a bar in Montrose. We did a story w/ him about how he planned to stay open during lockdowns. The day after it aired, authorities threatened him, & he complied.
NEW: A witness just gave me this video of the crash at the end of the murder suspect pursuit in Pomona. I haven’t been able to talk directly to the big rig driver yet, but I yelled to him and asked if he blocked the truck on purpose and he shook his head “no”. @FOXLA
BREAKING: Wildest moment of my 4 years in LA. @abc7leanne and I just interviewed the female in the pursuit vehicle who police let go. She says the driver is her friend from Bakersfield, says she didn’t know he’s wanted for murder. She was like a celebrity w/ the crowd. @FOXLA
Full story, all the crazy video, and this wild interview tonight at 10pm on @FOXLA. I’ll be live here in Pomona.