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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 
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Major Crimes Division 
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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 
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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 
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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 -- 
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-Chief, I need you back 
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This thing went way south.

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-Engine 14, meet me on 1.

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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 
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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 
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like, I couldn't find my mom.

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I was like, 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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and an ATF agent.

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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 
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and it looks like it'll be 
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before any of these residents 
are able to return home.

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-Those improvised explosives 
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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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200 smaller devices 
of a similar construction.

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This vessel should have 
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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 
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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, 
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that she was loading in,

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but she was loading them in 
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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 
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but I can tell you 
fireworks are dangerous,

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and you're going to have 
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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 
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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 
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parts of it ended up 
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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 
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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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-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 
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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 
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in this very, 
very expensive vehicle

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is because they determine 
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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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-And you think about the 405.

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But let's go back 
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where there are little kids.

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There are black and brown 
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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

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because our anchors 
are very concerned --

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I'm sorry, 
We're live on TV right now --

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that they are thinking 
that this was done

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just in this neighborhood.

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And I know that this is 
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do basically 
in every neighborhood

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when it comes to 
this type of explosives.

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Can you explain to me 
why the decision was made

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to try and explode them here 
versus travel with them?

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-Sure. So, when the techs find 
a substance

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that's really volatile 
and very dangerous,

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they try to detonate it 
in place

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because it's just too dangerous 
to transport on a normal vehicle

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because of obviously 
an explosion.

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So, after the explosion 
we discovered that some folks

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were still within that vicinity 
that didn't answer the door.

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And that's how we discovered 
that some folks were injured.

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-So they were supposed to 
evacuate, but they didn't answer

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their door when you guys 
were doing the evacuation?

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-Correct. So, you know, 
obviously, certain limits --

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-DeMarco, did you have 
one more question?

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-No, no, he just answered 
the question.

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I was going to ask about any 
mandatory evacuation orders

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that were put in place. 
He said he went door to door.

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But I also want to hear 
from residents

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because we don't just want 
to take his side

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and his word. 
There is an investigation

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and there are two sides 
to this story.

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[ Explosion ]

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-The terrifying explosion 
was captured on cellphone video

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Wednesday night 
by the Martinez family

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who've been staying 
at a Red Cross shelter

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set up at the 
Fred Roberts Recreation Center.

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-Like, our house was destroyed

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and there's some 
valuable things inside.

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That's hard to recover 'cause, 
like...

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And it's gonna take a while 
to get that back.

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-I don't hear very well. 
I don't see very well.

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And my head hurts.

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-The truck was parked right 
in front of their house.

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They're hurt. 
They lost their home.

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Jose Becerra and his brother 
also lost the cars

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they use for work.

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-Was everybody home? 
-Yes.

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The police go there 
in the morning and they say,

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"We found some fireworks 
in the neighbor house.

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So you have two options.

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Leave the house or stay 
inside of the house

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and you're going to be safe."

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-Becerra's daughter says 
she's overwhelmed.

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-I have a few hundred dollars 
in my bank account,

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a credit card, 
and 10 people in a house,

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and no resources, 
no guidance.

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It's not just that 
the house is gone.

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It's our entire life 
has been obliterated.

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-So now we're going to hear from 
Commander David Kowalski.

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[ Crowd booing ]

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-It's unfortunate that 
some of you

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were uprooted from your homes,

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people were injured and 
family members were injured.

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We had LAPD bomb tech officers 
who suffered injuries.

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We had eight people that were 
transported to a hospital

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along with all of our partners 
in the community.

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So we feel -- we feel 
that this accident,

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we wish it had been avoided.

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-So, Commander Kowalski, 
can you first tell us

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who determined how many pounds 
were deemed safe

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to put into 
this containment vehicle?

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-It was -- Our Newton 
commanding officer

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was one of the incident 
commanders at that time.

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-What was his name? 
-What's the name?

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What's the name? 
What's the name?

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[ Crowd booing ]

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-Can that name be shared 
at this time?

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[ Crowd chanting 
"We want names" ]

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-If you cops want to talk about 
rebuilding the community,

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get the out of your houses

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and let these people 
move into your homes.

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Give up your [bleep] paychecks 
and give these people your money

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because it's your [bleep] people

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that have caused 
all these issues.

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I lived in Compton for 30 years

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and I've dealt 
with all your [bleep]

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and watching my black 
and brown brothers

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being killed by you [bleep]

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So [bleep] you.

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-Thank you, Manuel. 
-No, I'm not done.

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I want to say it in español. 
-One minute.

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-La chota, la policía, 
esos cabrones están diciendo

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que les quieren ayudar 
en su vida.

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Pues que les den sus cheques,

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que se salgan de sus casas

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y que los dejen a ustedes que se 
metan a las casas de ellos

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porque los taxes de nosotros

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son los que le están pagando 
a esos cabrones.

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Y se van a la casa en la noche 
y se duermen

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como que no hicieron madre.

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Que se vayan a la chingada.

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-The aftereffects of 
that fireworks explosion

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that rocked a South L.A. 
neighborhood back in June

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continue to be felt.

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The families of two people 
who recently died

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say that accident 
was the cause

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and they want the city 
to do right by them.

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-Evacuee Lorna Hairston 
recalls the blast,

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she says helped kill her 
72-year-old partner,

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retired educator 
Ozzie Hutchins.

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-Three windows full of glass 
came down on me

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and Venetian blinds, and I 
couldn't get them off of me.

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-Hairston says their home 
right next to the blast

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is where Ozzie Hutchins 
was born.

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-If the blast hadn't happened,

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do you think Ozzie 
would still be alive?

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-Oh, yeah, of course. 
There's no reason.

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Why would he die?

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What would he die of?

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You know, it was just stress 
and that.

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-The coroner says a heart attack 
was partly to blame.

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-I come over here to check 
and see about the windows,

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which they did not put up.

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And when I got back 
to the motel, he had expired.

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-Activists say a man 
in this house died

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when his roof 
collapsed from the blast.

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-If this was Westwood, 
if this is Beverly Hills,

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if this was Santa Monica, 
would we be here a month later

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with boarded-up windows?

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We don't think so.

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-I want to personally express 
my apologies

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to every resident, 
business operator and customer

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that was traumatically 
impacted by this incident.

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[ Explosion ]

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-The LAPD comes clean about 
its bomb technician's

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catastrophic mistake 
that rocked a neighborhood

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and injured more 
than a dozen people.

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-Yeah, let me make it 
real simple.

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The LAPD bomb squad, it seems,

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thought they were 
detonating explosives

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or fireworks with an 
explosive capacity of 16 pounds,

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1-6, in a container that 
could hold as much as 25 pounds.

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All is good, except that 
the actual amount in there

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was close to  42  pounds.

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So now you know why 
it probably exploded.

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And people here are asking 
themselves,

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how does that happen?

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Why would LAPD bomb squad 
not weigh such volatile

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explosives with a scale 
instead of estimating visually?

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-Our personnel did an estimation 
based on a visual inspection

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based on the X-ray as well 
as capturing that material

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for evidence in a bag.

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And based on years of experience 
that they have,

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many years of experience, 
in gathering, dealing with

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an unstable 
and a dangerous item,

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so your handling of this, 
it's not like Play-Doh,

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and so to that end, when they 
chose to physically estimate it,

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we, of course, are looking at 
that standard and challenging

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that standard today.

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-And now at this point, 
Chief Moore is saying

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that he has pulled off the field

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the supervisor 
and the bomb technicians

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who were involved in 
the incident

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pending an investigation,

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and he's ordering 
a top-to-bottom review

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of the protocols 
and how they do things.

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They may have worked 
in the past,

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but they may not work anymore.

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We should be able to get

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the full investigation results 
in a month.

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I'm Christina Gonzalez 
in South Los Angeles.

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Back to you guys.

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-The 42, that includes 
the counter charge, correct?

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-Yes. 
-Okay.

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You talked about 15, 
max capacity is 25.

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Were they operating under 
the assumption

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that 15 was the right number 
or 25 was the right number?

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-I don't have their 
specific sta--

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-You need to be fired, 
Chief Moore!

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-I don't have the specific 
statements on that.

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-[Bleep] you, Chief Moore! 
-Okay.

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-He deserves to be fired 
for his explosion

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in a South Central neighborhood!

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-Who was the manufacturer? 
-You need to be fired!

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Chief Moore must go! 
Chief Moore will go!

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-I don't have that information 
for you right now.

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-How many people have been taken 
out of the field? 
-I'm here -- I'm here 
for the press conference.

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-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!

387
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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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♪♪

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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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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪