Mayor Sam Liccardo of San Jose, California, shares his response to residents accusing local police of escalating violence during the protests.
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Mayor Sam Liccardo of San Jose, California, shares his response to residents accusing local police of escalating violence during the protests.
#Pandemic #SanJose #RubberBullets
California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles. Its terrain includes cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the Mojave Desert. The city of Los Angeles is the seat of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Hilly San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and cable cars.
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.