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-The Los Angeles Police
Department knows and understands

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the Fourth of July is
a very important holiday

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where we get to gather
and celebrate with

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family, friends, and neighbors.

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The LAPD wants all Angelenos
to be safe.

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Fireworks are not permitted

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anywhere in the city
of Los Angeles.

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Think about your neighbors,

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pets, and our veterans
with PTSD.

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-Ahead of the Fourth of July
festivities,

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city and county officials in
Los Angeles warning the public

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about illegal fireworks.

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-While many people may move
just outside our boundaries

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and see fireworks stands
that are open and selling

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what is considered
safe and sane fireworks,

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even those fireworks here
in Los Angeles are prohibited.

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-The fire department
demonstrating

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the damage they can cause.

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-Tonight is a clear
demonstration

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of the clear and present danger

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that fireworks
in this city pose

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when you have
underground operators,

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sellers that gather
this material, store it

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in an unsafe
and dangerous fashion,

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exposing entire neighborhoods

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to the real risks
of a loss of life.

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[ Fireworks popping ]

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-We just spoke with the captain
with LAPD's

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Major Crimes Division
who told us

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it's actually close to well over

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5,000 pounds
of illegal fireworks

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they found inside this home
in South Los Angeles.

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Then you take a look behind us
here, and you can see

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that right now they're using
one of these trucks here

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to get these big boxes of
those illegal fireworks.

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-Um, LAPD tells us this is
one of the largest busts

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that they have seen
so far of illegal fireworks

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just ahead of this holiday.

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-It's unclear what led
to this bust.

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If someone called in
something suspicious

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or what exactly happened.

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But you see LAPD out here.

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There's the big bomb squad truck
as well.

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Look at that thing on the back.

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It looks like it's almost like
a big pressure cooker

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or something where
they may be able to

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actually detonate some of
these explosives on site.

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-That's gonna be
quite a loud explosion

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and similar explosions
or consecutive explosions

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going on for several minutes.

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Nobody's been evacuated.

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The street value, the estimate
is probably north of $200,000,

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I am told.

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Again, one person in custody.

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Charges include
child endangerment

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because there were kids
in the house at the time.

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[ Police radio chatter ]

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-They're carrying out
the explosives now.

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-Yeah, thanks, Eric,
let me know when they got

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the hatch closed, okay?

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-Copy.

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HQC, explosives are secure
and they closed the hatch.

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-Fire in the hole!

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-Units, be advised --
-[ Explosion ]

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[ Car alarms blaring ]

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-Chief, I need you back
here immediately.

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This thing went way south.

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-Engine 14, meet me on 1.

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[ Blaring continues ]

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14 From Battalion 1 on 1.

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-Hey, Battalion 1,
go ahead for 14.

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What do you got there?

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[ Siren wails ]

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-So, basically this thing was
a way bigger explosion

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than they had anticipated.

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It had a pretty good blast
out of that container.

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[ Blaring continues ]

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Check those PD over there.

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[ Blaring stops, siren wails ]

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[ Police radio chatter ]

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-Everybody started running
and I --

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like, I couldn't find my mom.

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I was like,
"Mom, where are you?"

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You know? And my --

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Everybody was screaming,
going crazy.

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-Then I just heard something
like really strong hit.

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And then, like, the bed moved
and the TV.

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So I came out running -- I came
out running from the room,

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like, really worried,
like, scared.

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-Alright, good evening,
everyone.

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So I'm going to give you
a basic outline

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of what we know right now.

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I believe we have some of
the finest,

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if not the finest,
bomb techs in the world.

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They're constantly training,
honing their craft.

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They're leaders
and are referenced

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from across the world.

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The damage that we saw resulted
not only in the physical damage

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to some houses,
breaking largely of glass.

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The range of injuries with them

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I'm thankful and grateful
are non-life-threatening.

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But more concerning
was the injuries

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to the civilians
and officers that were there.

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Our total numbers at this point,
it's approximately 17 personnel.

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10 of those are first
responders, being police

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and an ATF agent.

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And the remaining seven are
civilians, community members.

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-We're told one of the people
injured was an ATF specialist

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who actually suffered
a traumatic brain injury,

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and it looks like it'll be
several days

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before any of these residents
are able to return home.

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-Those improvised explosives
were described

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as approximately 40 Coke can-,
Coca-Cola can-size devices

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that had fuses
simple fuses on them.

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In addition to those 40 devices
were an additional

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200 smaller devices
of a similar construction.

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This vessel should have
been able

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to safely dispose
of that material.

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-Prior to this explosion,
we had some really close-up

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video of a bomb technician
loading in several boxes

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into that spherical tank,
almost as many as she could fit,

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and she appeared
to be taking precautions,

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although I have to say,
it was not a situation

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where she was suited up.

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These were large, heavy boxes,
obviously,

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that she was loading in,

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but she was loading them in
with her bare hands

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in a short-sleeved shirt.

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And I'm told even after we left
that there were more devices

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loaded into the truck,
into that tank.

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Sometimes they'll even send
a robot to handle the device.

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It appeared that the urgency
wasn't really there

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in terms of -- in other words,
there was no immediate concern

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of a spontaneous explosion
such as this.

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-We're not going to speculate
at this time what happened,

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but I can tell you
fireworks are dangerous,

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and you're going to have
accidents

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when you're dealing with
fireworks if you're not careful.

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-In all, the ATF says there were
far more fireworks confiscated,

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not 5,000 pounds,
but get this -- 32,000 pounds.

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Meanwhile, the cleanup continues
in this neighborhood

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as many are still not allowed
back in their homes.

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-Andi Garcia doesn't even live
by the explosion.

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She's two blocks away, but not
only did she feel the blast,

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parts of it ended up
on her doorstep.

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-We've seen a lot of things,
but this is -- this is insane.

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-When LAPD's bomb containment
truck blew to pieces,

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the cover on the device
got launched nearly a mile away

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where it sliced through a tree
before smashing into this home.

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Seeing this damage reminds

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Andi this really
was a close call.

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-Oh, my God.

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What if this thing would've
landed on someone?

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What if it would've landed on
my aunt,

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on my daughter?
Something went wrong.

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Someone's at fault and someone
needs to be held responsible.

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Seriously.

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-They're on their way, dude.

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Check, check, check, one, two.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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-The fact that the door,

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the lid flew 2 1/2, 3 blocks,

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what does that say
about that blast?

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-Those are details of
this investigation

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that the department

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will certainly need to --
my apology -- to address.

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-I just want to be very clear
about this.

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The particular things that
they use inside this vehicle,

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that they feel that they are
not safe enough to travel with.

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That is why they explode them
in the neighborhoods

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in this very,
very expensive vehicle

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is because they determine
that it is safer to do it

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there than to travel
with them on the roadway.

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Can you imagine if this thing
would have exploded on the 405?

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[ Explosion ]

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[ Car alarms blaring ]

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-And you think about the 405.

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But let's go back
to this neighborhood

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where there are little kids.

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There are black and brown
communities,

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people who live in that area.

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It does not matter.
This should not happen.

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-Lieutenant, can you please
come over here real quick?

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I'm sorry.
I just want to --

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-No, no, we welcome this.
We welcome this.

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-I want to bring him over here

09:36.000 --> 09:38.500 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
because our anchors
are very concerned --

09:38.500 --> 09:40.366 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5%
I'm sorry,
We're live on TV right now --

09:40.366 --> 09:42.233 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
that they are thinking
that this was done

09:42.233 --> 09:43.733 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
just in this neighborhood.

09:43.733 --> 09:45.833 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
And I know that this is
something that you guys

09:45.833 --> 09:48.933 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
do basically
in every neighborhood

09:48.933 --> 09:50.733 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
when it comes to
this type of explosives.

09:50.733 --> 09:52.866 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
Can you explain to me
why the decision was made

09:52.866 --> 09:55.966 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
to try and explode them here
versus travel with them?

09:55.966 --> 09:58.700 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
-Sure. So, when the techs find
a substance

09:58.700 --> 10:01.900 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
that's really volatile
and very dangerous,

10:01.900 --> 10:03.500 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
they try to detonate it
in place

10:03.500 --> 10:06.400 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
because it's just too dangerous
to transport on a normal vehicle

10:06.400 --> 10:08.233 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
because of obviously
an explosion.

10:08.233 --> 10:10.933 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
So, after the explosion
we discovered that some folks

10:10.933 --> 10:15.333 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
were still within that vicinity
that didn't answer the door.

10:15.333 --> 10:17.566 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
And that's how we discovered
that some folks were injured.

10:17.566 --> 10:20.533 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
-So they were supposed to
evacuate, but they didn't answer

10:20.533 --> 10:22.333 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
their door when you guys
were doing the evacuation?

10:22.333 --> 10:25.433 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-Correct. So, you know,
obviously, certain limits --

10:25.433 --> 10:27.000 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-DeMarco, did you have
one more question?

10:27.000 --> 10:29.733 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
-No, no, he just answered
the question.

10:29.733 --> 10:32.800 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
I was going to ask about any
mandatory evacuation orders

10:32.800 --> 10:34.800 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
that were put in place.
He said he went door to door.

10:34.800 --> 10:36.266 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
But I also want to hear
from residents

10:36.266 --> 10:38.066 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
because we don't just want
to take his side

10:38.066 --> 10:40.066 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
and his word.
There is an investigation

10:40.066 --> 10:42.000 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
and there are two sides
to this story.

10:44.700 --> 10:46.166 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
[ Explosion ]

10:47.266 --> 10:50.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
[ Shouting indistinctly ]

10:50.500 --> 10:53.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
-The terrifying explosion
was captured on cellphone video

10:53.566 --> 10:56.200 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
Wednesday night
by the Martinez family

10:56.200 --> 10:58.266 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
who've been staying
at a Red Cross shelter

10:58.266 --> 11:01.333 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
set up at the
Fred Roberts Recreation Center.

11:01.333 --> 11:02.766 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
-Like, our house was destroyed

11:02.766 --> 11:05.933 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
and there's some
valuable things inside.

11:05.933 --> 11:09.733 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
That's hard to recover 'cause,
like...

11:09.733 --> 11:12.866 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
And it's gonna take a while
to get that back.

11:33.066 --> 11:37.133 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
-I don't hear very well.
I don't see very well.

11:37.133 --> 11:38.733 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
And my head hurts.

11:38.733 --> 11:41.066 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
-The truck was parked right
in front of their house.

11:41.066 --> 11:43.100 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
They're hurt.
They lost their home.

11:43.100 --> 11:45.833 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
Jose Becerra and his brother
also lost the cars

11:45.833 --> 11:47.000 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
they use for work.

11:47.000 --> 11:49.466 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
-Was everybody home?
-Yes.

11:49.466 --> 11:53.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
The police go there
in the morning and they say,

11:53.166 --> 11:56.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
"We found some fireworks
in the neighbor house.

11:56.500 --> 11:58.166 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
So you have two options.

11:58.166 --> 12:01.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
Leave the house or stay
inside of the house

12:01.233 --> 12:02.466 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
and you're going to be safe."

12:02.466 --> 12:05.233 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
-Becerra's daughter says
she's overwhelmed.

12:05.233 --> 12:07.900 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
-I have a few hundred dollars
in my bank account,

12:07.900 --> 12:10.600 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5%
a credit card,
and 10 people in a house,

12:10.600 --> 12:13.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and no resources,
no guidance.

12:13.266 --> 12:15.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
It's not just that
the house is gone.

12:15.166 --> 12:17.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
It's our entire life
has been obliterated.

12:17.900 --> 12:22.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
-So now we're going to hear from
Commander David Kowalski.

12:22.166 --> 12:23.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
[ Crowd booing ]

12:23.633 --> 12:25.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
-It's unfortunate that
some of you

12:25.933 --> 12:28.500 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
were uprooted from your homes,

12:28.500 --> 12:31.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
people were injured and
family members were injured.

12:31.666 --> 12:35.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
We had LAPD bomb tech officers
who suffered injuries.

12:35.266 --> 12:38.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
We had eight people that were
transported to a hospital

12:38.566 --> 12:40.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
along with all of our partners
in the community.

12:40.833 --> 12:44.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
So we feel -- we feel
that this accident,

12:44.900 --> 12:47.266 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
we wish it had been avoided.

12:47.266 --> 12:51.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
-So, Commander Kowalski,
can you first tell us

12:51.500 --> 12:54.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
who determined how many pounds
were deemed safe

12:54.633 --> 12:58.300 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
to put into
this containment vehicle?

12:58.300 --> 13:00.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
-It was -- Our Newton
commanding officer

13:00.800 --> 13:02.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
was one of the incident
commanders at that time.

13:02.900 --> 13:04.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
-What was his name?
-What's the name?

13:04.766 --> 13:06.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
What's the name?
What's the name?

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[ Crowd booing ]

13:13.066 --> 13:15.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
-Can that name be shared
at this time?

13:15.233 --> 13:23.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
[ Crowd chanting
"We want names" ]

13:23.133 --> 13:25.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
-If you cops want to talk about
rebuilding the community,

13:25.900 --> 13:27.233 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
get the out of your houses

13:27.233 --> 13:29.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and let these people
move into your homes.

13:29.366 --> 13:32.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
Give up your [bleep] paychecks
and give these people your money

13:32.666 --> 13:34.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
because it's your [bleep] people

13:34.500 --> 13:36.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
that have caused
all these issues.

13:36.133 --> 13:38.133 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
I lived in Compton for 30 years

13:38.133 --> 13:39.933 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
and I've dealt
with all your [bleep]

13:39.933 --> 13:41.600 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
and watching my black
and brown brothers

13:41.600 --> 13:43.100 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
being killed by you [bleep]

13:43.100 --> 13:44.200 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
So [bleep] you.

13:44.200 --> 13:45.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
-Thank you, Manuel.
-No, I'm not done.

13:45.366 --> 13:48.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
I want to say it in español.
-One minute.

13:48.266 --> 13:51.300 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-La chota, la policía,
esos cabrones están diciendo

13:51.300 --> 13:53.333 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
que les quieren ayudar
en su vida.

13:53.333 --> 13:55.400 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
Pues que les den sus cheques,

13:55.400 --> 13:57.466 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
que se salgan de sus casas

13:57.466 --> 14:00.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
y que los dejen a ustedes que se
metan a las casas de ellos

14:00.266 --> 14:04.000 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
porque los taxes de nosotros

14:04.000 --> 14:06.166 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
son los que le están pagando
a esos cabrones.

14:06.166 --> 14:08.266 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
Y se van a la casa en la noche
y se duermen

14:08.266 --> 14:09.600 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
como que no hicieron madre.

14:09.600 --> 14:11.666 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
Que se vayan a la chingada.

14:11.666 --> 14:13.866 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
-The aftereffects of
that fireworks explosion

14:13.866 --> 14:16.100 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
that rocked a South L.A.
neighborhood back in June

14:16.100 --> 14:17.766 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
continue to be felt.

14:17.766 --> 14:20.266 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
The families of two people
who recently died

14:20.266 --> 14:22.466 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
say that accident
was the cause

14:22.466 --> 14:24.533 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
and they want the city
to do right by them.

14:24.533 --> 14:26.700 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-Evacuee Lorna Hairston
recalls the blast,

14:26.700 --> 14:29.300 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
she says helped kill her
72-year-old partner,

14:29.300 --> 14:31.300 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
retired educator
Ozzie Hutchins.

14:31.300 --> 14:33.700 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
-Three windows full of glass
came down on me

14:33.700 --> 14:37.566 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
and Venetian blinds, and I
couldn't get them off of me.

14:37.566 --> 14:39.933 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
-Hairston says their home
right next to the blast

14:39.933 --> 14:41.800 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
is where Ozzie Hutchins
was born.

14:49.600 --> 14:51.333 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
-If the blast hadn't happened,

14:51.333 --> 14:53.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
do you think Ozzie
would still be alive?

14:53.066 --> 14:54.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
-Oh, yeah, of course.
There's no reason.

14:54.933 --> 14:56.533 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Why would he die?

14:56.533 --> 14:58.533 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
What would he die of?

14:58.533 --> 15:00.900 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
You know, it was just stress
and that.

15:00.900 --> 15:03.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
-The coroner says a heart attack
was partly to blame.

15:03.633 --> 15:05.766 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
-I come over here to check
and see about the windows,

15:05.766 --> 15:07.400 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
which they did not put up.

15:07.400 --> 15:10.833 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
And when I got back
to the motel, he had expired.

15:10.833 --> 15:12.800 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
-Activists say a man
in this house died

15:12.800 --> 15:14.800 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
when his roof
collapsed from the blast.

15:14.800 --> 15:18.000 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-If this was Westwood,
if this is Beverly Hills,

15:18.000 --> 15:20.633 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
if this was Santa Monica,
would we be here a month later

15:20.633 --> 15:22.766 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
with boarded-up windows?

15:22.766 --> 15:24.833 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
We don't think so.

15:24.833 --> 15:27.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
-I want to personally express
my apologies

15:27.766 --> 15:30.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
to every resident,
business operator and customer

15:30.466 --> 15:32.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
that was traumatically
impacted by this incident.

15:32.633 --> 15:35.166 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
[ Explosion ]

15:35.166 --> 15:38.366 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
-The LAPD comes clean about
its bomb technician's

15:38.366 --> 15:40.866 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
catastrophic mistake
that rocked a neighborhood

15:40.866 --> 15:43.166 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
and injured more
than a dozen people.

15:43.166 --> 15:44.600 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
-Yeah, let me make it
real simple.

15:44.600 --> 15:47.000 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
The LAPD bomb squad, it seems,

15:47.000 --> 15:49.700 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
thought they were
detonating explosives

15:49.700 --> 15:54.133 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
or fireworks with an
explosive capacity of 16 pounds,

15:54.133 --> 15:58.700 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
1-6, in a container that
could hold as much as 25 pounds.

15:58.700 --> 16:01.733 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
All is good, except that
the actual amount in there

16:01.733 --> 16:04.233 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
was close to <i>42 </i>pounds.

16:04.233 --> 16:06.633 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
So now you know why
it probably exploded.

16:06.633 --> 16:08.666 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
And people here are asking
themselves,

16:08.666 --> 16:09.900 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
how does that happen?

16:09.900 --> 16:14.233 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
Why would LAPD bomb squad
not weigh such volatile

16:14.233 --> 16:18.233 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
explosives with a scale
instead of estimating visually?

16:18.233 --> 16:22.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
-Our personnel did an estimation
based on a visual inspection

16:22.766 --> 16:26.766 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
based on the X-ray as well
as capturing that material

16:26.766 --> 16:28.366 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
for evidence in a bag.

16:28.366 --> 16:31.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And based on years of experience
that they have,

16:31.400 --> 16:33.833 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
many years of experience,
in gathering, dealing with

16:33.833 --> 16:38.133 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5%
an unstable
and a dangerous item,

16:38.133 --> 16:40.333 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
so your handling of this,
it's not like Play-Doh,

16:40.333 --> 16:44.500 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
and so to that end, when they
chose to physically estimate it,

16:44.500 --> 16:47.366 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
we, of course, are looking at
that standard and challenging

16:47.366 --> 16:49.233 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
that standard today.

16:49.233 --> 16:52.666 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-And now at this point,
Chief Moore is saying

16:52.666 --> 16:54.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that he has pulled off the field

16:54.366 --> 16:56.233 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5%
the supervisor
and the bomb technicians

16:56.233 --> 16:57.633 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
who were involved in
the incident

16:57.633 --> 16:59.300 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
pending an investigation,

16:59.300 --> 17:01.866 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
and he's ordering
a top-to-bottom review

17:01.866 --> 17:04.133 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
of the protocols
and how they do things.

17:04.133 --> 17:05.833 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
They may have worked
in the past,

17:05.833 --> 17:07.766 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
but they may not work anymore.

17:07.766 --> 17:09.333 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
We should be able to get

17:09.333 --> 17:12.066 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
the full investigation results
in a month.

17:12.066 --> 17:13.766 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
I'm Christina Gonzalez
in South Los Angeles.

17:13.766 --> 17:15.066 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
Back to you guys.

17:15.066 --> 17:17.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
-The 42, that includes
the counter charge, correct?

17:17.933 --> 17:19.933 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
-Yes.
-Okay.

17:19.933 --> 17:23.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
You talked about 15,
max capacity is 25.

17:23.100 --> 17:24.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Were they operating under
the assumption

17:24.933 --> 17:29.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
that 15 was the right number
or 25 was the right number?

17:29.200 --> 17:30.233 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
-I don't have their
specific sta--

17:30.233 --> 17:31.466 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
-You need to be fired,
Chief Moore!

17:31.466 --> 17:32.600 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
-I don't have the specific
statements on that.

17:32.600 --> 17:34.100 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
-[Bleep] you, Chief Moore!
-Okay.

17:34.100 --> 17:36.566 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
-He deserves to be fired
for his explosion

17:36.566 --> 17:39.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
in a South Central neighborhood!

17:39.700 --> 17:41.700 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
-Who was the manufacturer?
-You need to be fired!

17:41.700 --> 17:43.433 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
Chief Moore must go!
Chief Moore will go!

17:43.433 --> 17:45.600 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
-I don't have that information
for you right now.

17:45.600 --> 17:47.466 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
-How many people have been taken
out of the field?
-I'm here -- I'm here
for the press conference.

17:47.466 --> 17:48.766 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
-Is it the whole --
-Sorry?

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-How many people have been
taken out of the field?

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-[Bleep] you, Chief Moore!
-The individuals that

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were involved in this, five.
-You shouldn't be telling

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anybody numbers because
you don't know how to do math!

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-And is this the largest --
-You reported --

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-At 16.5, would this have been
the largest --

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-[Bleep] you, Chief Moore!
-I don't know.
-Okay.

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-[Bleep] you, Chief Moore!

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Chief Moore must resign now!

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You are responsible
for this!

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-Okay, anyone else?

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Thank you all.
Appreciate your patience.

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-Around 20 families
were displaced.

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The majority are still waiting
for affordable

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housing options or repairs.

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-The bomb squad repeatedly
ignored warnings

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from one of its most
experienced technicians.

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-We reached out to LAPD,

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but they say they do not
have a comment at this time.

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