WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.000 You're listening to KFI AM six on demand, Good Indian Friends. 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:09.400 Chris Merril, KFI AM six forty more stimulating talk on 3 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:14.439 demand anytime, and the iHeart Radio app Quicker Minder. Tomorrow 4 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:18.359 on the John Cobalt Shoe White House Borders are. Tom 5 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.280 Homan joins John at one o'clock at the latest on 6 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:24.960 the administration's take on what we've seen today, where it 7 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:31.280 looks like the protests largely stayed non violent. 8 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:33.079 And let me clarify this. 9 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.840 The protests began around Lame and in fact, Michael Monks 10 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:40.079 was there. Michael is with us right now. Michael Monks 11 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:42.920 was reporting live and Michael, you and I went on 12 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:45.880 the air about noon and we talked about how things were. 13 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:46.880 You know, the crowd was. 14 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.280 There, a lot of yelling, a lot of name calling, 15 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:51.920 some people showing some sign language with which were were 16 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:53.719 awfully familiar on the freeways. 17 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.280 But things were still pretty chill. 18 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.759 Then about one o'clock the National Guard formed a line 19 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.399 has started pushing people away, and we find out later 20 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:07.200 that was to try to get vehicles into the loading 21 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.239 dock area. And you're the Federal building off Alameda. 22 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:12.879 Yeah, but I got to tell you Chris. It looks 23 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:16.040 like things have deteriorated in the past thirty minutes to 24 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:19.799 an hour because some of those protesters who refused to 25 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:24.480 leave have now turned antagonistic toward the police. At least 26 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:28.680 three vehicles that appear to be way mos are on fire, 27 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:32.760 and the police have ordered everyone to leave the Civic 28 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:35.680 Center area of Los Angeles. They've urged people not to 29 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.959 come anywhere near this area because a little bit of 30 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.879 chaos is ensuing down here. So there are fires, the 31 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:48.560 LAPD deploying those less lethal arms and ordering people to leave. 32 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:52.079 There have been more arrest So if we thought things 33 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.519 were calm, and I certainly did at least relatively calm, 34 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:59.000 we were mistaken because it's starting to flare up pretty 35 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:00.640 well down here in town. LA. 36 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.480 Yeah, no, pun intended, because right there on Arcadia and 37 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:05.400 I think Los Angeles Street is where I think those 38 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.920 waymos are in that exactly. 39 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:12.120 It's that old era pueblos, you know, the historic site, 40 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.479 the old Los Angeles, the El Pueblo Olvera Street is 41 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.039 where a lot of this is centered right now. And 42 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.439 it really ramped up after the protesters took over the 43 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.120 one oh one freeway and the CHP managed to get 44 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:27.120 them off of there. This is the aftermath of that, 45 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.520 and I'm seeing a lot of you know, live feeds 46 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.120 from from some of the people who are participating. They're 47 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.080 on TikTok and they're on Twitter, they're posting their videos. 48 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.439 It's it's quite antagonistic. They want to see if they 49 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:40.960 can corral the police and that sort of thing. And 50 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:43.039 this has really taking a turn. And it's you and 51 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:45.280 I talked about this a little bit earlier about, you know, 52 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.560 the messaging that can get lost when protests take this turn, 53 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:51.039 because you don't win friends, you don't win people over 54 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.360 when it starts to look like this. Uh, these are 55 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:56.000 the folks who may not necessarily stand for the issue, 56 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.199 but they certainly stand for the chaos. 57 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:00.599 Yeah, I agree with you. 58 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:02.120 In fact, we were pointing out one guy who was 59 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.719 jumping on top of the weimo who was smashing the 60 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:08.159 car with his skateboard, and I don't think that he 61 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.919 is out there concerned necessarily with ice detaining people in 62 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:12.919 a home depot parking lot. He just looked like he 63 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:13.719 wanted to be Oh. 64 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.199 I mean, if this would have been for Black Lives Matter, 65 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.439 that this would have been for Palestine, whatever, it would 66 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:21.280 have been had taken this turn, you would have seen 67 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.039 a lot of the same folks, no doubt about it. 68 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:23.599 Yeah. 69 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.840 And so now I'm watching some of the aerial footage 70 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.840 from the TV stations and it looks like the police 71 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:31.759 are trying to set up a perimeter as you mentioned, 72 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:35.719 around that, you know, the Civic Center area, but still 73 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.560 thousands of people, not nearly as. 74 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.039 Concentrated as what we saw earlier today. 75 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:41.560 But I would say that there are still thousands of 76 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:44.919 people in that vicinity, many of whom are you know, 77 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:50.680 live streaming their TikTok. But does this run the risk 78 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.080 of turning violent? I'm seeing that we have some law 79 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.360 enforcement as saying it could be a rough night. 80 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:59.680 Yeah. I mean, this is where we start to figure 81 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.680 out what violent means and what peaceful means. Because the 82 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:06.159 march that took place a couple of hours ago, with 83 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:08.360 those thousands of people, that was just a lot of 84 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.039 people making their presence known. It was quite a big, 85 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.520 powerful scene there. And you know, while there were a 86 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.800 little bit of a skirmish, a skirmish with the police 87 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:22.240 on Alameda, it wasn't very severe at all, and then 88 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.519 it broke up. But then they took over the freeway, 89 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:28.480 some of those folks did. And now they're burning cars 90 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:31.600 and they're fighting back with police. They're throwing the tear 91 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:33.879 gas back at the police when it's deployed at them. 92 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:37.079 So at what point do we have to concede? Yeah, 93 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:41.319 this is certainly a level of violence, you know, and 94 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:44.120 a lot of defacing of property, a lot of graffiti, 95 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.199 a lot of vandalism is taking place now, so this 96 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:50.680 definitely could be shaping up to be a long night 97 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:53.920 that people were certainly hot over the deployment of the 98 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:58.399 National Guard, so that raised the stakes down here. But again, 99 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.319 when you start to see these types of scene that 100 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:04.279 we're seeing with the waimos on fire and the vandalism 101 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:08.120 that's going on, it's the message of the protests from 102 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.600 earlier today has certainly drifted away from it. 103 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.480 Yeah, we had a fellow leave a talk back as well, 104 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.120 and he said, you know, when when things get out 105 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:16.399 of hand like this, that's when you lose me. 106 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.920 And and I think I think a lot of people anyway, 107 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.519 I mean yes, which, by the way, speaking of which, 108 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:26.600 I saw some of the people who were stuck on 109 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.199 that freeway, the southbound side. 110 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.839 There were people at just wrong place, wrong time, and 111 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:32.480 the protesters start making their way out. 112 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.439 These people are stuck. They can't get to an exit. 113 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:36.879 They are literally stuck there for a couple of hours 114 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:41.120 watching these protesters shut things down, and as chp entered on, 115 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:42.959 I think they came on from Spring Street or maybe 116 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:45.480 a little bit further north than that. But then they 117 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:50.959 started walking, you know, southbound in between the traffic that 118 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:52.800 was stuck, and the people got out of their car 119 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:53.839 and started cheering them on. 120 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:55.360 Go get them, go get. 121 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:58.439 Them, go get them exactly. You know, these are folks 122 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.720 who could have theoretically been sympathetic to the cause here today. 123 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:05.199 But now, why have you turned towards them? You know, 124 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.240 the protesters turned on those drivers, you know, whether they 125 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.519 did so willingly or not. Have they turned on those 126 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:12.959 crowd They made those drives and that is not the 127 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.199 way to win people over. Nobody stuck in that traffic 128 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:16.560 is saying, you know what, I'm going to vote with 129 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:17.120 these guys. 130 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:18.040 No. 131 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.639 In fact, that happened to my wife presidential visit. She 132 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.079 was late to a meeting, had missed a meeting scheduled. Yeah, 133 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:26.920 because the president was in town and they had they 134 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.360 had to shut down the freeway, you know, as the president. 135 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.560 She was so miffed. She's like, he's not getting my vote. 136 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.600 Yeah, it was always taking a chance with that. 137 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:38.319 Yeah, who it is? 138 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.199 I mean the person shuts down the traffic and it's awful. 139 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:44.160 It's just completely irritating. And that's kind of where we 140 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.399 are now. I think we're into the riff raft stage 141 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:50.800 of the protest and some of the uh, I'm using 142 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:53.680 the term professional here as an insult, not to suggest 143 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:55.959 that these people are being paid, but the professional protesters, 144 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.480 the people who really dig into this sort of thing 145 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.720 and really just like warring with the police. 146 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:04.680 Michael Monks, who was reporting on all of this, is 147 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:09.639 that are KFI downtown headquarters and a lot of people 148 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:11.199 don't know the address of that place, and they won't. 149 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.399 I'm not going to share it, yeah, because otherwise you're 150 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:16.000 gonna have somebody showing up trying to pick up a 151 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.560 T shirt. So, Michael, as we talk about the protest 152 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.519 sort of taking on this next leg, whether it's these uh, 153 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.240 you know, let's let's call them, uh, you call them professionals, 154 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.319 I'll just call them run of the mill, you know, 155 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:30.160 caused the jure type people. 156 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:35.360 Is there any sort of a centralization to this movement. 157 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.279 When we were watching the protesters gather earlier, I remember 158 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.040 you remarking that now you've got the free Palestine people 159 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.680 are showing up. Now you've got the you know, no justice, 160 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.319 no peace of people showing up for this, and and 161 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.519 so there doesn't seem to be any sort of central theme. 162 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:53.720 And that mish mash, I feel like, allows for a 163 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.800 number of these protesters to have their identity set by 164 00:07:56.920 --> 00:07:57.560 the vandals. 165 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:02.959 That's exactly it. And you know, there are some leftist 166 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.560 groups here in Los Angeles, and regardless of what you 167 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.120 think of their politics, they are skilled organizers for this 168 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.120 sort of thing. I'm thinking about the Democratic Socialist Chapter 169 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:17.160 here in Los Angeles and groups like that, not necessarily 170 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.600 the immigrations groups that will put out a message say hey, 171 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:21.519 we're having a rally. We're going to talk about, you know, 172 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:23.720 what Trump has done and what's going on in the city. 173 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.959 It's not that these are folks who not only know 174 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:30.639 how to mobilize and get their people to wherever they 175 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:32.960 need them to be, but these are folks who know 176 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:37.679 how to protest in situations, specifically like what we're seeing 177 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.759 now when tear gas is thrown at you. Do you 178 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.759 have the right equipment, do you have the right mass? 179 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:44.919 Do you how to throw a backt There are videos 180 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:48.840 of people who have these large I don't know if 181 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.480 it's cardboard or some sorts of screens, but they are 182 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:55.879 able to wave the tear task back towards the police. 183 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.000 And they do this orchestrated. They know how to lock arms, 184 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:02.039 they know how to what they call the water when 185 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.240 police come towards them, so as not to help the 186 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.679 police even remove them from the scene. These are people 187 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:11.440 who know exactly what they're doing in moments like this, 188 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:13.720 and they get lots of practice here in LA. 189 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:14.600 Yeah. 190 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.360 And I should also point out though that that all 191 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:20.159 of the tactics they're using are we would call them 192 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:22.919 less than what the police are using. So it's not 193 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.960 like they're using shields or now we're talking about the 194 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.440 organized ones here, it's not like they're using the shields 195 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:30.360 or it's not like they're showing up with with their 196 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:34.320 own cannisters of tear gas. They are they're deflecting, right, 197 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:36.919 They're they're sort of they're sort of reacting in. 198 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:41.759 Their preparation exactly so they know exactly what to do. Uh, 199 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.159 they anticipate the type of weaponry that will be used 200 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.919 against them, and they have learned how to defend themselves 201 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:53.159 and then go on the offensive with the police own tools. 202 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:55.519 So we see them kicking those canisters of tear gas 203 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.919 back at the police, we see them fanning the smoke 204 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.399 back at them. And then you've got other groups stat 205 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:04.720 that may not be affiliated with those political activists who 206 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.519 are just there for the joy ride, just there to 207 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.840 burn some way moos. And I don't know what waymo 208 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.000 did to anybody, but there were three of them on 209 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:16.480 fire Elan Olvera Street just moments ago and burned to 210 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.000 an absolute crisp. 211 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:20.919 Yeah, yeah, and so tough to put those out too. Hey, Michael, 212 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:23.120 thank you so much, man, You a tremendous job. 213 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.759 My pleasure. Yeah, yeah, hey, thank you too, man. 214 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.799 All right, buddy, appreciation you. Michael Monks. Guy's gonna win 215 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:33.840 awards for today's work. Took tear gas. I was talking 216 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:34.639 to him earlier today. 217 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:35.039 We were on it. 218 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.480 We did a special from noon to two for those 219 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:40.279 that were here. You know, you may have heard us, and. 220 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.120 As I'm talking to him, you hear this chaos sort of. 221 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:45.960 Building and building and building and building and building, and 222 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.519 all of a sudden, signal goes dark, and I'm thinking, 223 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:51.519 oh my god, I hope he's okay. Right, but I'm 224 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:53.000 on the air and I have to be professional ish 225 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:56.639 at all this, so I'm really worried about the guy. 226 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.320 We go to a commercial break and all of a sudden, 227 00:10:58.320 --> 00:10:59.639 I get a text from him. This says, get me 228 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:03.159 back on the air. I thought, oh, thank god, he's okay, 229 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.960 and then I thought, oh, no, he's mad at me 230 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.799 because we're not on the air. And the reason, of course, 231 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.919 is that the things were going on, things were popping off. 232 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.159 As Kayla likes to say, I mean, listen, he may 233 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:16.159 have thrown himself in front of the tear gas for 234 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:16.799 those awards. 235 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.799 Let's just be real. 236 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.360 You think I think he took a hit by pitch 237 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.080 so he can get the free base. I think that's 238 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:22.440 what it was. 239 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.480 I think he's going he's got him for that pulletz er. No, 240 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.200 he stands the chance, he does. I go for him. 241 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.200 I know for him, Michael Monks, he is just the best, 242 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:32.840 the best of the best. 243 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.720 All right, So Brooker is standing by. We're gonna get 244 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:37.759 to a check on news and then more of your thoughts. 245 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:39.600 Those of you who've been listening, you've been hitting the 246 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:41.919 talk back hard today and we'll get some of your 247 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.720 feedback here in just a few moments. Remember, if you're 248 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.080 on the iHeartRadio app, you can always hit the talkback 249 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.559 button let us know what you think. Questions, comments, quips, quotes, 250 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:51.320 criticisms and compliments. Feel free hit that talkback button and 251 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:52.679 let me know. And if you want to call me 252 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.279 Bill or food guy, you wouldn't be the first today. 253 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:57.759 So we'll get your thoughts next. Chris Merril kf I 254 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.320 AM six forty. We're live everywhere and the iHeart what. 255 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.639 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 256 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:09.399 Chris Merrill, I AM six forty. More stimulating talking. 257 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:10.480 Here we go. 258 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:17.159 Immigration protests continuing downtown. Most people have dispersed. I'm gonna 259 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:19.360 say most people have dispersed, which means you have a 260 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:23.360 larger area of people, and awful lot of people were 261 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:28.639 in a very small concentrated part of town. Uh Alameda 262 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.039 and right there by the Federal building basically one on 263 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.480 one Alameda. Uh So we had a lot of people 264 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:39.879 right there earlier today and Temple Street kind of in 265 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:44.679 that vicinity. Then Basically, the police said, okay, enough of this, 266 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.279 and they started saying, you got to disperse everybody out. 267 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.440 An awful lot of people started sort of backing down, 268 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.159 and the police were slowly moving their their skirmish line 269 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.600 back and pushing people down Alameda Street to Temple and 270 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:59.679 sort of blocking that whole area off and protecting the 271 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.720 Federal building in the area around the Federal Building. Some 272 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.080 people then, however, made their way onto the freeway under 273 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.960 the one on one and they started blocking traffic, got 274 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.320 onto the freeway, block traffic because there's a protest in 275 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.360 southern California. Somebody's gonna step in front of the the 276 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.559 traffic on a freeway because that's what we do. The 277 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:20.399 other sort of lining the bridges that cross the one 278 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:25.759 to one downtown excuse me. At some point we had 279 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:29.159 a number of waymos that were dropping people off downtown 280 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:30.879 or I don't know, maybe coming to pick people up. 281 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:31.360 But the. 282 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:39.200 Shenanigans around the waymos began and people began blocking the waymos, 283 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:44.279 drawing graffiti on the weymos, showing off their spelling skills 284 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:48.279 of curse words, and then they somehow were able to 285 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:49.799 light the waymos on fire. It looks like we do 286 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:53.200 have Is this going on on Main Street right now? 287 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:56.480 Are you seeing what I'm seeing here? I'm watching the 288 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:01.720 streaming feed on ABC seven. Guys with the horses, Yeah, 289 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.320 they got the horses and now they're it looks like 290 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.159 they're firing non lethal weapons that people who were holed 291 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:10.200 up with chairs and they're kind of backing them down 292 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:10.639 the street. 293 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:11.360 Yea. 294 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:14.200 And yeah, the horses and pushing people down the street. 295 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:15.639 And they're using I don't know if those are pepper 296 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.080 balls that they're firing in the in the in the crowd. 297 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:19.000 Here kind of stick. 298 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.440 It's a non lethal like stick that they're sitting up, 299 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:23.639 but there it's there's Yeah, they're pushing people back, and 300 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:26.080 there were some people kind of hiding behind like parking 301 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.960 things and parking. 302 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:30.080 Blocks, and then some office chairs of some sort. 303 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:31.639 That yeah, they were just kind of in the streets, 304 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.200 but they're. 305 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.240 The ones you'd have a cheap waiting room right right. 306 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.799 But they're definitely pushing people back. They formed their line 307 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.440 and they are scooching people back back back with those 308 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.759 horses and they are firing something at them. 309 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:43.080 I'm trying to figure out what that is. 310 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:46.720 Okay, And now there's some dude who is rolling on 311 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:48.919 the ground and now the horses. Now they're beating the 312 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.919 guy that was on the ground with sticks and trying 313 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.720 not to walk on him with horses. And this again, 314 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.960 I don't know if this is on a Liso street. 315 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:00.600 I know it was on Main and then I think 316 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:02.960 it's yeah, it must be a lease. So because it 317 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.440 was Main between Maine and Spring, and it looks like 318 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.919 they just kind of pushed them all the way back. 319 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.399 What they're trying to do, I assume, is to take 320 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.480 anybody that's still lingering and say it's time to get out. 321 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.559 Most people have left. Most people are gone. We saw 322 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.159 thousands there earlier. Most people have dispersed, not in the 323 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.240 concentrated area. How many total people are left, it's hard 324 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:25.639 to say because there's just so many, so many people 325 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:29.279 in this in this area, but the area where people 326 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.720 are concentrated is spread, so it's not it does that 327 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.279 make sense, No, it doesn't. Uh, it's a wider area, 328 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.440 so we can't really account for as many people. When 329 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:40.679 they were all concentrated in about half a block, you 330 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.879 could see just how many people were there. Now that 331 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:46.200 you're covering three four blocks north and south and east 332 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.879 and west. It's much harder to to gauge how many 333 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.159 people are are there. So it looks like police are 334 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.799 engaging with some of these individuals on a limited basis. 335 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.159 Still a number of people on the bridges. Still, it 336 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:04.440 looks like we have some these overpasses that are uh. 337 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:06.559 Littered with individuals. 338 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.919 And as we heard from Michael Monks in the last segment, 339 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.440 things seem to be escalating a little bit. I'm gonna 340 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.879 say you had the kind of escalating, but it's also 341 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:19.919 very isolated incidents of escalation, so it doesn't feel like 342 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:22.720 a massive clash. It just feels like a bunch of 343 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.320 a bunch. 344 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:25.000 Of like pockets. 345 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.039 Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's Pey for saving me on that. 346 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.399 Sure. 347 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:31.279 There's pockets of people that are spread out now across 348 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:35.360 several streets in downtown. It looks to me like most 349 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:38.200 people are backing away. I saw some people like walking 350 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.399 towards you know, parking lots and. 351 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.080 Maybe a bus. 352 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:45.720 Nobody it seems, you know, is still actively engaging with 353 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:47.879 the police or with the authorities there. 354 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.039 They're all sort of back in your ways. 355 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.120 They're kind of like not in large group, they're kind 356 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.720 of just like meandering at this point, yes. 357 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.080 Yeah, and some And now we've got some traffic. 358 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:00.720 Some cars have gone on of those surface streets, some 359 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.799 cars with signs, and I don't know if the signs 360 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.319 are in support of the protesters are in support of 361 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:10.160 the law enforcement, but there is some very limited traffic. 362 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.799 If you have the intention of getting anywhere, I wouldn't 363 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.559 go down there. I mean, it's still a total mess downtown. 364 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.960 So unless you want to be a part of the problem, 365 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.240 don't go down there. And I would guess that the 366 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:22.240 people that are down there either live there and are 367 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:25.240 trying to go, you know, someplace else, maybe grab some sizzler, 368 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.839 or you've got people that are just trying to be 369 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:30.720 a part of the problem right now. So just avoid 370 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:32.359 the hell out of that. All right, let's check with Heather. 371 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.599 I'm gonna get my bearings, grab some more of your talkbacks, 372 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:37.400 because a lot of you have had thoughts on what 373 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.960 has gone on today and I want to hear from you. 374 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.359 So if you're on the iHeartRadio app, just click on 375 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.000 that microphone button, let us know what you think, and 376 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:47.119 we'll try to get as many of you on the 377 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:48.960 air as we can, especially if it's worth a crap. 378 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:50.920 If it's not, you'll probably get to put in the 379 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:53.119 trash man. It's all up to Kayla. If you don't 380 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:55.319 hear yourself on the air, it's Kala's full. If you do, 381 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:58.079 it's because I did it, because I like, Yeah, I'm 382 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.000 just letting you know how this hour works beyond the scene. 383 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.119 That's what it is, all. 384 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.039 Right, more of your thoughts next, Chris Meryl CAFI AM 385 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:08.039 six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 386 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.799 You're listening to kfi AM six forty on demand. 387 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:17.160 Chris Merril KFI AM six forty. Pleasure spending time with 388 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:22.000 you to day because washing was going on. There's still 389 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.160 still got some protesters who were just hanging out downtown. 390 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:29.480 I did get a note on Twitter. It said, reminder, 391 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.640 there's a Sparks game at Crypto tonight. You can take 392 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:34.240 five South as a workaround since one on one is 393 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:39.440 kind of a mess, still will continue to be a mess. Yeah, 394 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.839 it depends on WHI which way you're coming from. But yeah, yep, 395 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.759 I guess you're right. 396 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.200 Do that. 397 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:47.599 Sparks game starts at seven, so if you're not near 398 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:51.559 the the arena already, then you're you're gonna be host, 399 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.160 so just a heads up on that, but I want 400 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.839 to give you a shout out. Thanks for hitting me 401 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:58.920