Asian Rage Lunar Ball Hoax in Monterey Park CA - Language of a Psyop

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So our response to the scene was within minutes. That's how we've been trained and that's how we respond to situations like this. And I want to address the shelter in place. We have a very tight community here. They share information with us and our partnership with our community is very, very strong. We've put out information to them about their safety and we welcome their questions to us. I have dozens of officers here on the street today, not just from my agency, from agencies all over. They are both local, county, state and federal. I would like to thank Chief Wease and the Monterey Park Police Department, the federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms, the District Attorney's Office, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and the United States Department of Justice, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Corners Office, and all the various agencies that assisted us. Talking about the partnership, you've heard a lot of agencies listed today. There's no way that my police department could have worked through this without the help of everybody you see behind me. Not just the partnerships locally and county-wide and federal, but the partnerships amongst all of the law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County. I'm a relative in new chief. I've been in an acting role for a few months, but I was sworn in Thursday night, two days before this event. My focus now, as it has been from the beginning, is the safety of our community and Monterey Park. We have a lot of events that have come up in the next few weeks, one tonight. My officers are dedicated to make sure that everybody that comes to our city, all of the residents that want to come out and grieve our safe. We will be there. We will always be there, and our diligence and our commitment to the community will never stop. Thank you Chief Weas. I want to first thank Sheriff Luna, the FBI, the state emergency services, and all of the law enforcement agencies who have been working with us for past few hours. Investigating this very tragic event, it's difficult to believe that it happened here in Monterey Park. We want to express our condolences to the victims and their families, and moving forward, you know, it is important that we be there for them to provide services and support they need, and what will be a time of healing in next weeks, months, not years. Again, we are a small community in a single valley, but we're part of the larger Southern California region family, and we've been very confident to see the support, the output support that's been here for our community and our families. And again, thank you so much to our own police department who every day protects this community, and this is a diverse community. I want the community to be rest assured that our police department will continue every day to detect the safety of everyone who lives in Monterey Park. We have much more prayers to provide for our community. As you know, hate crime is nothing new for some in our community, especially the AAPI community, and that's why almost three years ago, the county board of supervisors took action right on the cusp of COVID, when we saw assaults against people of Asian descent. So we know this is a problem, and we have to confront it. But I hope today that we remain united and that when we see something, we say something, but also come up with some plans and see how we can better serve our community so that we can stop this hate, this hate that somehow has has taken a hold over our communities. So I pray for those families, and I know that this community is resilient. It has been, it's gone through a lot already, but they remain fierce. Hello, I'm Congressmember Judy Chu, and I represent this district, the 28th congressional district. My thoughts and condolences go to the victims of this horrific crime. I can only imagine the terror, pain, and anxiety that they feel, and how devastated the families of those who were killed must feel right now. And I can't even imagine that such a thing would happen in this community. My thanks go to the first responders who came so quickly, the paramedics and fire department who were able to take care of the injured, the sheriff's sheriff Luna, as well as Monari Park Police Chief Weas. And I appreciate the FBI coming immediately. President Biden has been apprised of this horrific shooting, and I hope that we can make a determination as to whether this was a hate crime. You know, this could have been so much worse. Only hours earlier, all of us were together, only one block away at the Lunar New Year festival. All of us standing right here were there, and there were thousands there. And it is horrible that such a thing could occur at a time of celebration for so many in the AAPI community and in the Asian community worldwide. This is a time to be with family, to celebrate, and yet this tour, a whole through all of our hearts. But let me say, I've lived in this city for 37 years. I was on the city council and I was its mayor. And I know how strong Monari Park is. Monari Park is resilient. And what I know about the people here is that we will get through this together. And in fact, I just had a phone call with President Biden and Vice President Kamla Harris, who expressed their condolences for what happened, and will be expressing their condolences to the victims. But we also have the honor of having Senator Alex Padilla here, who delayed his trip to Washington, D.C. Just so that he could be here with us. So Senator, if you could please say a few words. Thank you, Councilman Chu, for a thank you, please, the councilman to provide us a lease and frankly all the city community and regional leaders have responded so quickly after the tragedies of Saturday night. And I'm sure that the community is supporting us. It's important to be here today to walk through this resource center for families and friends of the victims and frankly the community at large because it's going to take a lot and it's going to take some time. But we know that the community is resilient and the community will rebound. We are committed to working together not just to support the families and support the community, but to once again use this reminder of the epidemic of gun violence. In America, while there's still a lot that we are learning about these particular cases, we won't jump to all the conclusions, we'll let the investigations and legal processes run their course. We do take it as a reminder of the urgency with which we need to strengthen our gun safety laws across the country. Many of my colleagues have pointed out, you know, this is California have some of the strictest laws and protections of any state in the nation. That is true. And they have worked and it is helpful. But when there's a patchwork of laws and protections to various degrees across states, then clearly there are vulnerabilities that can impact any community in the country. For the individuals in the community here in Monterey Park throughout the region and throughout the country that are living in sight in more fear today because of what's been witnessed. This is a reminder that more needs to be done. Two final things. One, another minute should go by with that. Once again expressing our condolences and our prayers to the families of the victims and the survivors and the community at large. They should take heart in seeing their community leadership response so quickly and work so well together. And last but not least, to call attention to some students. Earlier this year, or excuse me, last year Congress actually came together on a bipartisan basis representative from the House side, myself on the Senate side, will pass the safer communities act with the community. And the government, which does bring additional resources for mental health, does bring additional resources for crisis response for incidents like this. So it's part of our recognition that communities will need that support not just an immediate aftermath of a strategy, but for the long term. It's a great way to be done whether it's on reducing the types of weapons that are found in communities across the country. Access to those weapons, even when it's lawful, we cannot let mass shootings be the norm. Not here in Monterey Park, not in California, not anywhere in the United States of America. She's living what is to be based and bred in the U.S. Going and strictly in, walls out in the mountains to kill me, killing me and my dear friend, you're... All the world in a room. It is a night of high emotions here with this candlelight vigil all playing out right in front of City Hall. Hundreds show up to visual itself last four, almost two hours. saw some of the candles and flowers over there at the site of the ballroom, the site of the tragedy itself. This has really become with the cities calling the official memorial set up to the victims and their families. And then you have this vigil with the hugs, the tears and prayers. Watch. Before I sought the Lord and He answered and He delivered me from all my troubles. Prayers from Monterey Park, a community now brought the tears by a mass shooting. I'm very heartbroken because our community always gets together to dance in the park. We have a lot of dance studios and it was just it's sad because it could have been any of them. I just think about how a lot of people lost their grandparents or their aunts or and it's just it's just anybody. Candles light up the darkness at this vigil outside City Hall where flags fly low. Like much like the feelings of so many here hurting from a tragedy they all say hits way too close to home. Daddy, Mommy, are you okay? Are you in the party? It's very sad. Your kids have the wonder whether you're parent okay. She and her children once danced at the star ballroom studio, the site of the tragedy. While others think about those who narrowly escaped the gunfire. It's a heartwarming to see the community come together tonight and we're definitely all in this together. For many here it is a night to share the emotions of the tragedy, turning one of the happiest times the lunar new year into a nightmare. At times I have nightmares last you know 36 hours you know in and out. Statenest and joy is very difficult. But still they stand together united with a vow to help each other heal as it says on this cross to the victims see it. It says dance in heaven. It's going to take some time. Yes, but I'm sure that with all the community getting together you know we're all going to heal together. Now live there talk about standing together to heal together and they are really stressing a special go fund me page that they have set up here to help the victims and their families and I'll tell it to you it's a very easy one to remember. It is Monterey Park lunar new year victims fund. Congresswoman Judy Chu who served as mayor of this city three times urge the community to donate to the victims via go fund me. I know this community is resilient. I know that we can get through this if we work together and we are stronger when we work together. The tragedy bringing the whole community together not just the Asian Americans who make up a majority in the suburb of Flos Angeles. The Asian solidarity committee put on this event that brought dozens here to share and griefed and be loved by one another. Many of them talked with us and took the stage about standing together in solidarity but also striving for a safer world. How many against our communities of color all of it violence oppressive violence unity in community a candle light vigil a road to recovery. And this is a city that is hurting tonight that coming from one of the officials the speakers at this latest vigil tonight. I'll tie you this vigil bringing in a huge crowd much larger than what we saw at the first vigil here last night. This vigil also taking place right in front of city hall right in front of this emotional memorial that I'm thinking is really doubled in size and just the last day alone with all of its flowers, its candles and then the prayers written on the 11 crosses for the 11 victims nothing but raw emotions here. I cried in last two days. I was screaming in Monterey Park for a second night in a row a candle light vigil with all the emotions it brings. It was just really heartbreaking what happened and you know they were just they're just grandparents out having a good time. So our hearts are really broken. That is why she and so many others hundreds of others stand here in front of city hall needing to be a part of this vigil hosted by the city that's been rocked by a mass shooting and its 11 deaths to honor to commemorate and to heal together of the family. For now it looks as though 100% of the city is standing together in the darkness vowing to heal together. We are strong. We are resilient. We will heal and we'll ride again. Why was it so important to have this event? I know it is about looking forward. It is about looking for the new years of rebirth and renewal and so this is an opportunity to bring this community together in a time of real tragedy and come together and say we are a strong community, a resilient community. We can move forward but only if we work together if we come together and this provides that opportunity for people to come together. And I know you have extra security in place just in case. Right we've been working with our local Elhamber Police Department and other authorities to make sure that this is as safe as it can be. So people should come out here, join the celebration, join the moments of coming together as a community. The third vigil in three nights, an echo of the pain and the prayers of a community brought to its knees. The vice president came here to this now sacred spot in front of the star ballroom dance studio. More pictures of the victims were placed here today. She saw them. She reflected and she added a bouquet of lilies and white roses for the third night here in Monterrey Park. The police have gathered night after night this community is coming together, sharing pain. Vice president Kamala Harris, sharing in their grief, she paused in front of the pictures and names of each of the 11 people killed Saturday night in a mass shooting at the star ballroom dance studio. She placed flowers at the foot of the still growing memorial and then took a moment to push for more gun control before being asked if Congress could act on gun reform. They absolutely can't. They have the power to can they do something? Yes. Should they do something? Yes. Will they do something that is where we all must speak up and speak to our elected representatives about what we have a right to expect that they will do for the in the interest of the safety, the security and the well-being of people like those whose lives were ended here and people around our country. In a nation where there are more guns than people, a sense of exasperation and exhaustion has quickly set in. Why do we have so many guns in this country and even more on the horizon? It's not right. Other countries don't operate this way and we should not either. On January the 21st in Monterey Park, 11 dead. But sadly, the names of these cities, communities and numbers of victims are just the latest on a very long and tragic list that includes random attacks as well as specific targeting of communities and minorities, including of course, the Jewish community as we know all too well like in Monterey Park. By the way, what are you doing? I'm not sure if I'm nice or too late I'm not sure if I'm not sure if I'm not sure I'm not sure if I'm not sure I'm not sure if I'm not sure I'm not sure if I'm not sure I'm not sure if I'm not sure I'm not sure whether I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm not sure What has been done in the face of this violence? And what does the Jewish community have to say about gunshots of violence? have to say about gun control and other efforts to stop this phenomenon. Rabbi Jonah Dove Pesner is the director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. He has been named one of the most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine, and he is a tireless advocate for social justice, including efforts to end gun violent. Too many of our children are growing up as if it's normal to have active shooter drills and lockdowns, to have mass shootings in their schools. And of course, every day is a day of gun violence in our country. There are more guns than people in our country. And as you referenced, I would say this as a rabbi who has been not only to the funerals of people who have impacted, I was at the tree of life synagogue in the hours after that massacre. I was down at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas School in the hours after that massacre. And the violence of guns, though it targets Jews, is in the case of the violent antisemitic anti-Jewish attacks. This past week, the AAPI, the Asian, the American, Pacific Islander community, the celebration of their lunar New Year was devastated by this plague. It's the year of the rabbi, a symbol of peace. Absolutely. Let's talk about the specific calls for action that are noted on your website, urging Congress to enact legislation. Talk about some of those efforts and where things stand at the moment. Thanks so much for asking. And I would urge people to visit rac.org to click on the gun violence tab and see what you can do because there is real legislation. There's the gun show loophole, there's the waiting period loophole, and there's the so-called boyfriend loophole. And finally, the assault weapons ban. And this after Sandy Hook, the idea that the United States Congress couldn't restore what was the law of the land. Remember, for years we had an assault rifle ban, there is no reason that any human should have a weapon of mass destruction and bring it to a synagogue into a supermarket, into a school or any place. So we can close the background, check loopholes, we can just ban assault rifles, and many fewer people will die. You mentioned Sandy Hook. And I always remember somebody said, and it's something that's been thought of probably by most Americans in this country. If nothing happened after that, when children were murdered, then what will it take? Like that was, you know, not that each of these incidents is horrific, but that was just beyond and nothing changed. Yeah, you know, we're Jews. We're not going to just wait for Congress. Every state is a possible site of good gun violence reduction legislation. So people should call their state reps and representatives as well and try to affect change on the statewide level, not just on the federal level. The Jewish community is not alone in being afraid. Obviously, there's discussion among the African American community, the AAPI community, the LGBTQIA community. How do we keep ourselves safe? More guns will make us less safe. We have Jews with mental illness and other forms of disability. So Jewish people are impacted by the plague of gun violence in all of these ways. It happens to our people because they're the victims of anti-Asian hate, it happens because of the stigma against mental health. We have to take a collective and solidarity based approach to ending the plague with gun violence. This will be a generational fight, and young people are leading us. It's those young people, many Jewish, and I'm deeply proud of them, from Parkland, Florida, and in an intersectional way across lines of race and class and faith that are organizing together to raise a generation of activists who will reclaim our democracy and pass the laws that will protect ourselves and our children. This generation of young people, the march for our lives, folks, and beyond, they will not allow the world as it is, which is suffering from this plague of gun violence, to be the world that it should be or the world that they will hand their children. I'll support them as we all should and advocate and activate our networks and speak out, but we need to let them lead, and they will build a better world for their children and their children's children. I couldn't be more proud of our young people. As we introduce the assault weapons ban, overdue and necessary legislation to keep communities safe and help prevent the deadly massacres that are happening daily in our country. My name is David Sissilini. I represent the first congressional district of Rhode Island and delighted to be here with so many of my colleagues today. It's important that we recognize that gun violence is not an incurable disease or a natural disaster. It's preventable, and a ban on assault weapons will save lives. There's no good reason why we have not reinstated this policy that will reduce gun massacres in our communities using these weapons of war. These military cell weapons were designed for the battlefield, for maximum efficiency when a soldier is engaged in combat, and the military features banned by this bill are features that make these guns more deadly by increasing accuracy, enhancing control, and making them easier to conceal. All of these characteristics that are enabling killers to murder as many people as quickly as possible. They have turned our streets, our schools, our grocery stores, movie theaters, hospitals, nightclubs, festivals, and dance halls into bloody killing fields. And they're used to murder our children, our friends and our neighbors, and the police trying to protect them, which is why the Major Cities Police Chiefs Association has endorsed this legislation. It is unconscionable that anyone can walk into a store and legally purchase a weapon capable of inflicting the carnage we've seen in Monterey Park, Highland Park, Buffalo, Uvalde, Atlanta, Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, Orlando, Parkland, and the list sadly goes on and on and on. As we have learned all too well in recent years, the assault weapons, especially when combined with high capacity magazines, are the weapon of choice for mass shootings. These military style weapons are designed to kill the most people in the shortest amount of time. Quite simply, there is no place for them in our streets. In 1994, we banned these ruthlessly efficient killing machines, and countless lives were saved, but that ban was allowed to lapse ten years later. And since then, we have seen the predictable results. Mass shootings have increased exponentially in our public spaces, schools, movie theaters, supermarkets, houses of worship, parades, you name it, have all become vulnerable to attack. There is one fact of the ties together, the deadliest mass shootings in this country, and that is the use of a semi-automatic assault weapon. We must take these dangerous weapons off our streets and protect our communities. A week and a half ago, on the eve of Lunar New Year, a horrifying thing happened. A gunman entered the star while rooming. It was armed with a semi-automatic assault pistol that had an extended magazine attached to it, and in a spraying motion, shot 42 times at the innocent people inside, murdering 11 people and injuring nine others. We need action. We need elected officials across the country to hear the pleas from their constituents and law enforcement officials and pass additional legislation to protect our communities from future gun violence. That is why I stand in support today of the assault weapons ban act introduced by my friend representative, David Sissleaney. This bill would end the importation sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition devices. These deadly weapons are designed for military use and solely for inflicting maximum damage, and are the firearm of choice for mass shootings, such as the one that my community had just experienced. And as chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, I am proud to announce that K-PAC fully endorses this important bill as a critical measure in keeping our communities safe. Weapons of war have no place in our streets, schools, grocery stores, places, a worship, movie theaters, or dance studios. When I stood here 10 years ago, I couldn't imagine two things. One is that Congress had failed to take any action. We were optimistic that something was going to happen after Sandy Hook. Something so awful couldn't go without a response. These are weapons of war. They don't belong in our streets. They don't belong in our communities. And we have to take action to keep our kids and our community safe. Hello, my name is Jordan Gomes. And as mentioned, I am a survivor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that ripped 26 angels from the arms of their loved ones on December 14, 2012. So where does your hesitance to ban these weapons of war come from? Do you possess some sort of misguided belief that you, that your loved ones, are safe, that the fear that has reached so many across this country, the violence will strike at any time can never touch you? Let me correct this for you. You are no safer than any of us. We are not safe and bullets do not discriminate. I am here to urge members of Congress to protect our communities to do their part to end the senseless violence that is enacted on innocence with weapons that should have never made their way into the hands of those who wield them in the first place. This call to action goes after those who have taken oaths to protect their communities and to serve. I beg you, do not wait until tragedy rocks to your community. Do not wait until there are parents mourning their children, burying their children. Do not wait until your places of worship become war zones. Do not wait until simple acts such as going to school or work or the grocery store inspire fear. Don't wait. Preventative measures work. Red flag laws, bans on high capacity magazines, storage laws, and soon hopefully this assault weapons ban, they work, they can, I believe it, and I ask all of you to join me in that. Pass this measure and protect our communities. Thank you. In 2018, I survived the deadliest high school shooting in American history. A government attacked my high school, Marjory Stoeman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day. We will no longer accept the future where young people have to fear stepping into a classroom due to the risk of being gunned down by an assault weapon. Passing a ban on a assault weapon is an obvious step. That shouldn't even be a conversation right now because it's long overdue and evidently owed to the public because America has a gun issue. We will continue this fight and I also encourage everyone here to join us on February 14th as we take to the streets of Washington DC with other young leaders to demand action now because America has a gun issue. This time we do the same. Band assault weapons now. Band them now. I love the fight to do that in 1994. In 10 years, that band was law of mass shootings went down. After we let it expire in the Republican administration, mass shootings tripled. Let's finish the job and ban these assault weapons and let's also come together an immigration to make it a bought price when you're once again.