𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗗-𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 — 𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗, 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗗
It is now 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 : California Democrats and Mayor Karen Bass’ administration 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 the official Pacific Palisades after-action report and 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 — all to shield themselves from liability.
This isn’t speculation.
This isn’t partisan spin.
This was confirmed by an 𝗟𝗔 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Rick Caruso didn’t mince words.
𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘶𝘱, 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘈 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝟩𝘵𝘩.
Caruso laid out exactly what was scrubbed.
• The 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟳
• 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮
• Those facts were 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
Not edited.
Not clarified.
𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 .
This wasn’t about public safety.
It was about 𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 .
It was about 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 .
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.
Mayor Bass.
Her administration.
Fire department leadership.
They should all be 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 .
Because when government starts 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 , people get hurt — and next time, it could be worse.
This isn’t mismanagement.
This is 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝘂𝗽 .