00:25:21.640Let's start with some news out of California, because every time you think that the state can't become any more of a godforsaken wasteland, it proves you wrong.
00:25:30.400So, in California this week, state lawmakers are going to begin debating a proposed change to state law, and this change would make it a felony to purchase a child for sex.
00:26:05.980In California, as of right now, and until this new law is passed, it is and has been only a misdemeanor to commit this heinous act.
00:26:14.480And if you think that that's some kind of egregious, terrible oversight, like some kind of mistake that they just forgot to, I don't know how that mistake could happen, but if you think that's what it was, well, you should know that liberal groups in the state are actively opposing this change.
00:26:31.760Here's the report from KCRA in California Watch.
00:26:35.980A lot of the survivors or lived-experienced experts were saying, you've got to go after the buyer, it's just a misdemeanor.
00:26:42.380And I thought, there is no way, if you buy, I thought they were mistaken.
00:26:49.320Opponents of this measure include several criminal justice reform groups, including the Californians for Safety and Justice, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and the California Public Defenders Association.
00:26:59.740That association, in its opposition, has said that current law already addresses the issue.
00:27:05.820It also said, in part, this bill punishes some defendants more harshly, felony punishment and sex offender registration, even when those persons do not have the intent to have sex with a minor.
00:27:16.780Similar proposals have been blocked at the state capitol since 2014, according to legislative documents.
00:27:23.500We'll see what happens with this version of the bill when it has its first hearing next week.
00:27:27.800Well, that's an exceedingly weak explanation for why they oppose it, but it isn't like there could be a strong explanation.
00:27:38.520And the reasoning is totally ridiculous.
00:27:44.280And by the way, if this story feels like a deja vu, it's because you may recall a similar controversy last year in California over a similar issue.
00:27:53.460And when I first heard this story, I had to go back and it's like, well, didn't we go through this already?
00:28:00.040Well, in that case, this same lawmaker, Groves, tried to change the law to have child sex trafficking classified as a serious felony.
00:28:48.060This was Democrats actively wanted it to be a misdemeanor.
00:28:51.600And it would still be a misdemeanor if not for public pressure and social media and everything, people outside of California becoming aware of this.
00:29:00.880And then they had to because it was indefensible.
00:30:13.300I mean, we have to understand how deep the spiritual sickness is with these people.
00:30:17.600Their souls are twisted, like deformed.
00:30:21.360Because for a spiritually healthy person, a normal person, when you hear about a child being preyed upon in this way, you are filled with rage at the predators.
00:30:33.640Because your compassion for the child and your desire for justice makes you furious.
00:30:39.660You have a furious, wrathful anger at the predator.
00:30:43.560And you want to see them punished severely.
00:31:35.220They endorse and quite passionately support things like Drag Queen Story Hour and teaching kids about all kinds of grotesque sexual things in elementary schools.
00:31:59.920This is a story from a few weeks ago, but it's worth mentioning because most people, I think, never heard about it.
00:32:04.540And I didn't hear about it myself until this morning.
00:32:06.780But it's especially relevant now in the wake of the Dexter Reed case with the BLM set trying to have the officers in that case thrown in prison
00:32:14.420for an obviously totally justified police shooting where the cops were being shot at by Dexter Reed.
00:32:21.680Well, on that note, here's the New York Times.
00:32:24.920A New York state trooper was acquitted of manslaughter charges on Wednesday in the killing of an unarmed man in downtown Buffalo after a high-speed highway chase.
00:32:33.100The trooper, Anthony Nigro IV, was found not guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter charges by Judge James Bargnessi of Erie County Court following a bench trial.
00:32:45.260New York's Attorney General, Letitia James, charged Trooper Nigro last June in the fatal shooting of the man James Huber, 38, of Northeast Pennsylvania.
00:32:53.800Trooper Nigro, 40, of Eden, New York, had faced up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
00:32:59.800Charles W. Murphy, the president of the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association, said in a statement that the union was pleased with the verdict.
00:33:10.160A spokeswoman for Ms. James, Letitia James, said in a statement that the office remains committed to conducting thorough and transparent investigations of every case following the facts of pursuing justice.
00:33:27.180The spokeswoman then continued, We offer our sincerest condolences to Mr. Huber's loved ones.
00:33:33.560Nicole Fry, Huber's sister, said my brother didn't deserve to die that way, so the family's upset, as you'd expect.
00:33:43.880So this state trooper, Anthony Nigro, was charged with first and second degree manslaughter, as you heard, facing 25 years in prison, just found not guilty in the shooting.
00:33:52.860The suspect, James Huber, was pulled over after driving erratically and going over 100 miles an hour on the highway.
00:34:00.740And in fact, he led the police on a high-speed chase.
00:34:04.220And he then got off on the local roads, and they called off the chase for some reason, I guess because for safety, they didn't want to, you know, whatever the policy is.
00:34:13.840But then he was pulled over anyway a short time after that, and that's when, you know, Nigro pulled him over, and the shooting occurred.
00:34:24.640So let's go back to the body cam footage, which was released back in 2022, and we can see how this unfolded.
00:34:32.120And so here's the footage, along with an explanation of what you're seeing from the YouTube channel Law & Crime Network.
00:34:38.240A New York State Trooper of the Year is now charged with manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed an unarmed man who refused to get out of his vehicle.
00:38:29.440Would you want to walk up to the car in that case with that suspect inside?
00:38:34.620Even with a gun, would you want to do that?
00:38:37.120How much would I have to pay you to walk up to that car in that situation with that guy inside there just involved in a high-speed chase,
00:38:46.220100 miles an hour, driving erratically, some lunatic behind the wheel, you know, anything else about him?
00:38:51.600Like, how much would I have to pay you to approach that car and try to, not even just approach it, but try to get that guy out of the car?
00:38:59.280Because, I mean, you could easily die in the process.
00:39:05.840The guy behind the wheel, the suspect, if he has a weapon, which he very easily could, it only takes him one second to pull it out and shoot you in the face, and you're dead.
00:39:14.340So, how much money would I have to pay you to approach the car under that circumstance?
00:39:24.020I'll tell you this, for me, it would take a lot.
00:42:45.760But if you recognize those two things, then it's like we need people to do this job,
00:42:51.900but then we've now created a scenario where it's just, it's a lose-lose every single day they're facing.
00:43:03.600And in fact, a cop approaching a vehicle like that, like that exact, and again, this is a relatively normal kind of situation for a cop to be in.
00:43:18.040So I'm not even taking some extreme scenario.
00:43:20.380This is just approaching a car where there's a guy that's been doing something erratic and dangerous.
00:43:25.340Happens all the time, cities all across the country.
00:43:27.340But a police officer approaching a vehicle like that in this environment
00:43:33.940is in a more difficult situation in that moment than you will ever be in your entire life.
00:43:41.660Like you will probably never in your entire life be in a situation where
00:43:44.920both your life and your freedom simultaneously are on the line to that extent.
00:43:50.500He's juggling more things with more at stake in that one single moment
00:43:55.660than you will probably ever have to in your whole entire life.
00:43:58.600And he's doing it for like $85,000 a year.
00:44:02.300He's getting paid what a Home Depot manager gets paid to do it.