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[-] bulwark@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Has anyone seen the video footage preceding this? What caused him to be removed?

[-] jonathan7luke@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't know if there's video footage of Padilla specifically preceding this moment of the press conference, but I think this clip captures most of what happened. Here's a description from AP News:

Padilla interrupted the news conference after Noem delivered a particularly pointed line, saying federal authorities were not going away but planned to stay and increase operations to “liberate” the city from its "socialist" leadership.

- https://apnews.com/article/alex-padilla-noem-immigration-protest-california-f67d220a0254473c53c16aa96f554239

In terms of why he was removed, the article also says this:

In a statement, DHS said that Padilla “chose disrespectful political theater” and that Secret Service “thought he was an attacker.” The statement claimed erroneously that Padilla did not identify himself — he did, as he was being pushed from the room.

Which is obviously a retroactive justification. From what I can tell they did it because it was "disrespectful" to Noem (which is not illegal) and they knew they could get away with it.

EDIT: Found some slightly longer footage here which just shows him pressing towards the front of the group before getting pushed back.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure there's gotta be a law against the federal government officially attacking a state to remove democratically elected officials.

Because that's exactly what her statement says they are there to do. Nothing about immigration or protests.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There's lots of laws against the things Donald is doing.

The problem is that they are meaningless when unenforced.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Ya know.....my innitial instinct was to make a joke. But this actually needs to be treated as the serious situation that it is.

This.

The situation in LA.

It's all an attack on this country from within.

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