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here with you until seven o'clock tonight. Sleepy, little boring Saturday.
Absolutely not. It's actually the opposite. What happened to having
quiet Saturdays, kind of nondescript Saturdays. Well, those days are
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obviously far behind us because every Saturday seems to bring
something new to discuss, and today is not without that
sort of information. If you've been following KFI, which I
know you have, then you are aware that the city
has erupted absolutely because of these ice raids, coordinated raids,
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coordinated efforts from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI,
and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles, In and
around Los Angeles. It's been in the Westlake district. There
was a home depot. There was a home depot yesterday,
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a breaking news. Absolutely. There was a clothing manufacturer in
downtown LA yesterday today, Linux also Inglewood. All of these
are said to be coordinated immigration raids by law enforcement
at the government level, and it is being said that
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these are military style operations. If you're watching any of
the local outlets, then you do, in fact see government
law enforcement FBI. Again, ICE is the common descriptor that
we're seeing here in their militarized outfitting and because of
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the level with which this has now grown with the
unrest stemming from what was initially a peaceful demonstration in
downtown LA yesterday, as this has continued to erupt, there
have been more, i would say, more information that's come
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out about the response to quell what has now become
unrest in the city of Los Angeles. And we are
hearing that Trump's borders are Tom Hammond is now sending
the National Guard to fight these anti ICE protests. As
these clashes continue into this now second day, so you
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will start to see a much more militarized presence in
the city of Los Angeles, in and around the Southland. Again,
the Westlake district seems to be where it started yesterday,
just east of MacArthur Park. It also then moved into
downtown LA part of these coordinated efforts to enforce immigration law,
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and then as well today LINUX which is out there
near Hawthorne and Inglewood, So right there in Inglewood, part
of these coordinated immigration raids were taking effect. Again, this
is the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and ICE.
It is being said that individuals suspected of immigration violations
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and the use of fraudulent documents were the people targeted
and arrested those being detained. Now, we do not have
an exact number of how many people were arrested and detained,
who is still being detained and specifically ware, but we
do know that a number of individuals were in fact
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arrested and potentially are still being detained. It is also
being said by the ACLU that the arrests were carried
out without judicial warrants. The arrests were carried out without
judicial warrants. Now, people of course are saying, how could
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this happen in Los Angeles, La, being a city where
we are thought to provide sanctuary to those who have
come here in an undocumented fashion. Well, the thing about
a sanctuary city is that that is a state or
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local city type of ordinance. It does not, in fact
trump no pun intended federal law. Federal law states that
these immigration and custom enforcement rules should be carried out,
that these laws have to be followed at every level,
and so that these federal agencies have come into Los
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Angeles might be a surprise. Visually, it might be a
surprise an actuality on its face. As we're watching this,
we can't people can't fathom how this could happen in
LA a sanctuary city. But the fact of the matter is,
at the government level, this sort of carrying out is
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absolutely at propos When it refers to federal law, it
trumps it completely oversees state and local law. So that
we are a sanctuary city is nice to say for some,
but in actuality it does not hold very much weight.
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LAPD Chief Jim McConnell did release a statement at excuse me,
Jim McDonald, he did say that the LAPD said this
yesterday in a statement released that the LAPD is not
participating in these raids, that the lap d D does
not have anything to do with these coordinated efforts, but
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the LAPD has been asked to provide crowd control, has
been asked to do what they can to quell these
ensuing protests. Mayor Bass also released a statement expressing her
shock and dismay at what's going on, and she says
that we the City of Los Angeles, will get to
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the bottom of what is happening so as I continue
getting more information, As we get more information here on
the air, we absolutely will share with you the updates.
As I'm watching k COW right now, they have a
live feed in Compton and there was a truck set
on fire right around a Landra boulevard. So people are
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out and people are very upset. If you are in
the city of Paramount, you are being advised to stay
off of I believe a Landra Boulevard as it is
closed to north and southbound traffic. There are lots of
places all around the Southland that do have these protests,
so you want to definitely keep it tuned right here
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on KFI for those traffic updates. I took forever to
come in from downtown LA. Who knows if that's related
to protests, but it is an interesting day here in
Los Angeles, and as that news continues to develop again,
we'll make sure that we bring it to you in
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom and right here on
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Saturdays with Tiffany. Aside from that, we have a lot
of show to cover, a lot to discuss. It's going
to be a wonderful show. At five point thirty, we'll
have Kalahari Lewis Campbell. She's a filmmaker, but she's not
your average filmmaker.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
She's fifteen, and.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
You know fifteen year olds, they have their interests, but
not all of them have a focus. At Kalahari Lewis
Campbell has, and we're going to learn more about her
directorial debut, which premieres this month in North Carolina. That
set five thirty, and we'll be talking to her at
six o'clock for our Deeper Dives segment. If you can
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tear yourself away from the news with these protests, then
you probably are watching the only other exciting thing in
the Southland, the Eagle Family, right everyone, yes, collective yes
in Big Bear Valley. Well, we're gonna look closely at
that Eagle family and the nonprofit organization that has brought
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that twenty four to seven live camera feet to all
of us. They're called Friends of Big Bear Valley and
we'll take a deeper dive into their history and why
they have become the viral sensation they are. At six thirty,
we'll be talking to Carlos Clemente. He's host of the
very popular podcast Happily Ever afters They cover all things
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romance and have a lot of personal love stories and someone,
someone right here near me is going to be a
part of this podcast. We'll let you find out more
about that at six thirty, and we'll cover some other
things going on in the news locally as well. But
make sure again you keep it right here on KFI
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and right here at Saturdays with Tiffany as we continue
to discuss the protests around Los Angeles and the Southland
against these ice raids.
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acknowledge and thank you for being in conversation with us
via that talkback button. Just to recap again, borders are
Tom Hammond is sending the National Guard to la in
response to the protests. We're now in the second day
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of these protests against immigration and customs enforcement.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
The raids that are now in their second day.
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The beginning of this happening yesterday in the Westlake district
of Los Angeles, and then fanning out to downtown La
Paramount today Linux and also Inglewood, and these protests continue
to erupt.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
That is the best way to describe them.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
It is a literal eruption of emotion and activity out
there in the Southland. I'm watching here on k CAL
a lot of police presence in the city of Compton
near Alandra Boulevard. Can't quite see a cross street there,
but Alandra Boulevard seems to be an epicenter of a
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lot of police activity, a burned car as well, lots
of flags, lots of people who are expressing themselves against
ice and what has been said to be coordinated immigration
raids by government law enforcement. You'll continue to hear about
this all night. Does not seem to be slowing down
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one bit, So make sure you keep it right here.
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Moving back into.
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Some other news, because there's a lot of other local
news that's going on, and one such story is one
that broke my heart. Broke my heart. We're at the
end of the school year. There's a lot of excitement
on campuses across the country, across the world, and in
the city of Los Angeles, we have a lot of traffic,
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and because we have a lot of traffic, a microcosm
of that traffic is often found on our school campuses,
especially at drop off in the morning and pick up
in the afternoon. And unfortunately, a couple of days ago,
this previous Wednesday, there was a major tragedy on one
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of our most popular school campuses, that school being Campbell Hall.
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You may have heard of it.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
I believe it is where Prince Harry's wife Megan Markle attended,
as well as other notable names. But we're not talking
about the celebrity connection as much as we are definitely
talking about this tragedy where a teenage boy was killed
and others were hurt in a crash inside of a
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parking lot at Campbell Hall.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
Hey, good evening to you, Pat. Just a horrific scene
here at Campbell Hall. As you said, one student is
dead and we've just learned that there are five other injuries.
But the good news is we're told those are not
life threatening. Let's get right to our Skycow video of
the scene here. As you said, this was in a
student lot. What we know is right now at about
three o'clock this afternoon, right around the time schools letting out,
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there was a teenage boy in the parking lot here
at Campbell Hall. He was struck by a car. He
was taken by ambulance with his father to the hospital
where he was treated, and we've learned that he did
not survive. We also learned immediately there was another teenage
teenager who has taken to the hospital, not serious injuries.
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And now we've learned that there are three adults who
also had non serious injuries but that are also being treated,
and then another minor so in total, six people but
one fatality. Obviously a really horrific situation. You know, folks
may have heard of Campbell Hall. It's a very exclusive
private school here in Studio City. Numbers celebrities of kids here,
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or there are celebrity parents here. In fact, while we
were here on the scene, Nia Long drove up a
very famous actress to tell us her son went here
and that this was such awful news for her to
see of the scene playing out here.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
And I misspoke.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
It actually wasn't Campbell Hall where Megan Markle attended.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
She went to Immaculate Heart.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
But as you heard there, this school, Campbell Hall is
a school very popular for celebrity children's attendants. It's a
place where a lot of celebrities in Los Angeles choose to.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Send their children.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
And even during that broadcast, they said that one such
actress happened to drive by and kind of give her comment.
But when I think about this story, and I think
about what happened to this young man at the end
of the year, not that there's any good time, because
there's not our more opportune time, but at the end
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of the year, when things are officially wrapping up and
winding down. For this to be the endpoint for that student,
all of these students, it is just an immense tragedy.
And I think about the again, the traffic that happens
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on these campuses. If you're a parent, then you've likely
seen near collisions. You might have seen kids darting in
and out between cars. I don't know what else can
be done to help make these school campuses safer, but
I do know that this seems to be These sorts
of near misses seem to be increasing. Just unfortunately it's
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a byproduct of having less space, and a lot of
that space on these campuses is shared with cars and
commuter foot traffic as well, and my heart goes out.
My heart goes out to everyone involved in this situation.
And an email sent to the parents of children at
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Campbell Hall, the head of school, Reverend Cannon Julian P. Bull,
said that he and school officials are heartbroken over the
tragic loss. He said that their collective hearts and thoughts
are with the family and that the Campbell Hall community
will be with all of them in the challenging days
and weeks ahead. Unfortunately, this is something that now is
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going to be a horrible marker for Campbell Hall. Something
else that, unfortunately is a horrible marker for Los Angeles bedbugs.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Bedbugs.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Right, you might have heard of these small invasive creatures,
and hopefully you've not had any personal dealings with bed bugs,
but all around Los Angeles, unfortunately, our hotels and other
sort of shared housing has fallen victim or prey to
these minuscule pests. So much so that two hotel guests
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were just awarded two million dollars in a bed bug
lawsuit due to being devoured at a hotel in then Toura.
The Shores in is paying out two million dollars in
what's said to be the largest bed bug related jury
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award on record. These two men stayed at the hotel
in February of twenty twenty, and over the course of
their stay say that they were gorged upon by these
bed bugs, and of course hotel management says that they
had nothing to do with it, that they were unaware
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of what was going on. But the proof is in
the pudding or the lawsuit, as you may, and they
have now been awarded two million dollars in an unprecedented
lawsuit and payout that will certainly go down in history
and be a cautionary tale for those of us looking
to participate in any sort of shared hotel accommodates.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Check your sheets, Check your sheets, make sure that you
are not staying.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Don't try and set yourself up to go stay at
some ceedy hotel so you can get a payout. Doesn't
work that way, But you definitely don't want to also
be victim to what happened to these men. But they
made out two million dollars richer. But it is California,
so that's one million after taxes split both ways, So
five hundred thousand dollars not bad for a few bites, right,
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I think I could buy plenty of itch cream in
that case, right, and burn all your clothes and just
get a whole new wardrobe. Five hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
All right.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
When we come back, we're going to talk about We're
going to talk to Kalahari. She's a young lady. Her
name is Kalahari Lewis Campbell. She's a filmmaker. Not your ordinary,
not your average fifteen year old by any means. She
is a fifteen year old who has created a groundbreaking
film that will be premiering this month in North Carolina.
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It's her directorial debut. You and we will have her
on the air to discuss this wonderful film and all
that she's doing as a fifteen year old filmmaker in
the cinema industry. I can't wait to talk to her
and see how she can hopefully inspire other fifteen year
olds to put down their phones and maybe pick up
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a camera or something like that. Right here on KFI
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Stay tuned for Michael Monks after that as we continue
to follow on my show and Michael's show. Of course,
everything related to these protests going around Los Angeles in
response to the coordinated ice raids around the Southland, from
Paramount to Linux, from Inglewood to the MacArthur Park, Westlake
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District and everywhere in between. It's a lot going on,
and the National Guard has been called in by Borders
are Tom Hammon. They're sending the National Guard to quell
these protests, to quell the rallies in any unrest that
has developed because of these protests. But now we're gonna
shift gears and we're going to talk to a very
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very special young lady. When the average fifteen year old
could be doing a lot of nothing, you know, fifteen
year olds. When the average fifteen year old could just
be kind of vegging or doom scrolling on social media,
this young lady, Kalahari Lewis Campbell, has used her time
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in other ways that are, in my opinion, a lot
more constructive and a lot more rewarding, not just for
Kalahari herself, but for all of those who become her audience,
let me tell you a bit about Kalahari Lewis camp
Kalahari Lewis Campbell is a fifteen year old San Diego
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native whose love of films and storytelling knows no bounds.
Inspired by the art of other creatives and the stories
of those in her community, Kalahari is a passionate hard
worker who hopes to use her love of film to
tell stories that matter and will make an impact. Most recently,
Kalahari was accepted into the Black Girl Film Camp as
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a as a teen director, where she wrote and directed
her directorial debut short film, Just As Poetic, which premieres
in Charlotte, North Carolina in a couple of weeks on
June twenty first, twenty twenty five. So Kalahari is doing
major things in the film industry already, and we are
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so excited to have her here to talk about Just
as Poetic, what inspired her, and what to look forward
to from this fifteen year old phenomenal filmmaker, Kalihari. Welcome
to Saturdays with Tiffany. Thanks for coming on with us.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
Hi, thank you so much for having hi.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Sweetie, So good to see you. I are to talk
to you. I've been looking forward to this conversation for
a while because, in reading your bio and reading about
this film, I am just greatly inspired by everything that
you've done and continue to do. Can you tell us
a bit about just as Poetic?
Speaker 3 (22:31):
What is it about?
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Oh, thank you so much? Well, Jess is poetic. It's
a short one that follows a young black team poet,
and basically it's about her battle between silencing her voice
or speaking out when she's chosen for a poetry competition
that has the power to change her life. And so Justice.
She's fifteen years old. She's a black girl who goes
to school and she loves poetry, and so she writes
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this poem, but her white teacher essentially tells her it's
trauma porn and tells her to rewrite it. And so
throughout the film we see Justice. We see Justice struggle
with deciding whether to continue to panic to her kind
of like her white teacher's racist ideologies in silencing her voice,
or whether to rewrite her poem and reclaim her culture
but ultimately risk losing out on winning the poetry competition.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Wow, WHOA did you draw from any personal anecdotes to
you know that informed the creation of this film. What
really drove you to have this kind of content?
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Well, when I applied to the Black Girl Film Camp,
we had to submit a pitch, and one thing they're
really big about is having a social impact, a social
impact factor with the film, and so I was thinking
about things that things happened to me, like you mentioned
things that personal experiences, and just thinking about how often
I was the sole black girl in classrooms and how
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often I kind of felt like I had to sigence
myself and not exactly say exactly what I want wanted
to say exactly how I wanted to say. And so
that was something I wanted to talk about in my
film and to you know, encourage other young little black
girls to be able to speak their minds and not
feel like they have to sign themselves or dilute themselves
in a non majority black environment.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
When you've shared this film with family and friends, what
has the feedback been like? Have people identified with the characters,
have they just really been taken with the material? What
kind of response have you gotten from the people you've
shared it with.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
Oh Man, everyone who's had a chance to either read
the script or see the first few cuts of the
film so far, even the actors on set, everyone was
so supportive of the film and everyone really identified with it.
Our lead actress, Jerny Woods, she brought such a rawness
to the character, and she was so amazing and was
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just so excited to be able to bring this character
to life because often as a black girls, and also
black girls because she went to a predominant white school,
we often are usually the soul so black girl in
the classrooms and whatnot, and so she definitely felt seen
and was able to bring her own personal experience to characters.
So yeah, everyone's been able to kind of identify with
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Justice in her journey, which is something I'm so incredibly
proud of. I'm so incredibly happy about.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
And I'm so incredibly proud of you that you would
use your voice to have this sort of impact. And
of course there's different things for everyone, but that you
chose such a topic that really speaks to not being silenced,
that really speaks to empowerment. It's just something that I
really want to give you accolades and kudos for Kalahari.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
That's amazing, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Thank you so much. I feel it's something definitely we
all need to be better about and realizing the power
that our words have and the the power of intention,
especially when we're just maybe even just going about our
day to day lives and stuff, and just making sure
that we're doing things with intention and just reminding ourselves
that what we do and how we show up hast
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power and is important.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
You're fifteen now, at one point you were ten, you
were eight seven. Have you always always enjoyed telling stories?
Have you always been kind of an innate storyteller?
Speaker 5 (26:24):
I have always loved telling stories when I was little,
and even still now. One of my favorite books, musicals
and movies was Matilda, which is about which is about
a little girl, and you know her love of books,
and I just I love Matilda, says this day. And
when I was younger, I thought I was going to
be an actress. But as I've gotten over and around COVID,
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I realized how much I really loved writing. But I
still didn't want to lose like that visual component that
like plays and that plays had because I was always
a big avid theater lover, and so then you knowlmaking
and show running kind of came to mind, and yeah,
I've just loved it ever since.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Have you considered taking Just As Poetic and turning it
into a series, multi episodic series of any kind.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
Not really, no, because I'm just still trying to, you know,
finish up the film and make it to the premiere
and whatnot. But yeah, I'm definitely not opposed to it,
because again, I think there are so many stories like
this that do need to be told. But I also
feel that I don't know if I'm not sure to
share if it's necessary. Because with the Black Girls Films Camp,
they take ten girls each year, so I'm one of
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the ten, and there are nine other incredible.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Congratulations, thank you.
Speaker 5 (27:44):
Yeah, they take ten girls from across the nation, and
there are other nine incredible films that I'm so excited
to see my cohort sisters put out. And yeah, let
me just say, everyone's gonna have their socks knocked off
when they see all of our films. But yeah, I
definitely do want to continue to tell stories about black girlhood.
That's definitely going to be something that I want to
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continue to do for the entirety of my career. But
specifically continuing to starve Just as Poetic, I'm not exactly
sure because I feel like when like, I feel the
way we ended this self was very it's not even
to be very finalizing, but I feel it's very fitting
for justice.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
So a little cliffhanger there, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Now, for those of us wanting to find out about
the end of this film and everything preceding it, where
can we watch Just as Poetic? Where can we follow
you Kalahari Lewis Campbell for more information about what you're
doing to follow your career?
Speaker 5 (28:41):
Oh well, Just as Political will be premiering in Charlotte,
North Carolina on June twenty first. Black Girl's Film Camp
will also be filming it and live streaming it on
their YouTube channel called the Black Girls somelm Camp and
you can watch the live feed there and then after
the premiere it'll live on YouTube and again this almost
tell jes as Poetic. And to find me, I usually
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just on Instagram, not a big social media person.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
All that's why you get so much done, Kalahari, That's
how you get a lot done, not being on social media.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Sorry, go ahead, no, you're good, but.
Speaker 5 (29:15):
Yeah, definitely, yeah, but you can find me on Instagram
at who is Kalahari? My name cal Harry Spield Ka.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
La h a ri I wonderful, wonderful, So again, everyone listening.
Kalahari Lewis Campbell an amazing filmmaker fifteen, just doing just
incredible things at fifteen that many of us in our
old big ages would only wish to do. And you
can see her directorial debut, her short film Just As Poetic,
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when it premieres on the Black Girls' Film Camp YouTube
after June twenty first, where it will then live in
perpetuity and you can watch it right there. You can
also follow Kalahari on Instagram at who is Kalahari spelled?
Speaker 3 (30:08):
Who is Ka laha r I?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
Kalahari. We are proud of you. You're welcome back anytime.
We wish you the utmost success, with utmost success, with
Just As Poetic and everything you do in the future.
We're rooting for you, we're clapping for you, and we're
just thrilled to have you on this show.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Thank you so much, Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 5 (30:32):
You guys have a great one.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
You do the same, you do the same.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Before we take a break, I just want to let
everyone know that an advisory has been issued currently a
Blackhawk helicopter has landed on a street and weapons are
being unloaded from the Department of Homeland Security office in Paramount.
This street is in Paramount, near where the standoff with
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protesters in Compton is currently accurring. Now, while that standoff
seems to be thinning while the crowd seems to be
dispersing at Atlantic an Alandri Boulevards, you do have this
black Hawk helicopter that has landed on the street and
they are deploying weapons from it to I imagine station
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officers around to make sure that that crowd continues to
be controlled. So we'll continue following this story and other
stories related to the ongoing ice raids around southern California
and the Los Angeles area and the protests and civil
disobedience in some cases that are ensuing because of these protests.
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Will continue to keep you up to speed on everything
related to that right here on KFI AM six forty
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AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio at Tiffany
Hobbs here with you. Oh man, we just had a
wonderful conversation with a young filmmaker, Kalihari Lewis Campbell. She's
fifteen and she is not on social media, she said,
not very much. She is, but she's spending her time
elsewhere making movies. And one of her movies, Just As Poetic,
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is about to make its directorial debut online and at
the Black Girls Film School circuit. And she's just incredible, incredible.
Something else that's incredible is what we've been following because
of how disruptive it's been in the city of Los Angeles.
And by now you know I'm talking about these coordinated
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ice raids and then these subsequent protests and pockets of
unrest around Los Angeles. I know that it is commonplace
to paint all involved as quote unquote rioters, but that
is not the case. There are pockets of unrest, and
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for the most part, others are out there using their voice,
which is their right, and they are assembling to be
in opposition to these pros excuse me, to these ice
raids that have occurred throughout Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
These ice raids started yesterday. We're now in our second day.
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The beginning in the Westlake District, just west of downtown
LA near MacArthur Park, at a home depot that then
fanned out into downtown LA at a clothing manufacturer called
Ambiance or Ambiance, and then also in Paramount, Linux and
Inglewood today and these are thought to be militarized style operations.
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You see the optics and these law enforcement officials, these
government law enforcement officials, they look like soldiers. They're out
there with the heavy equipment and the shields and all
of those things to quell what has now become a
widespread demonstration around the Southland as well because of the
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pockets of those who are unruly. There have been cars
that have been burned, there have been people who have
been assaulted. The National Guard has been called in by
President Donald Trump's borders are Tom Hammond, who said in
a statement that he does plan to send the National
Guard to Los Angeles to combat the protests against ICE.
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So if you have not started to see signs of
the National Guard, you certainly will as well. A black
Hawk helicopter has landed in Paramount to respond to the
standoff between protesters and the Share Priff's Department. Sheriff's deputies
out there in Paramount and Compton at a Landra and
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Atlantic Boulevards. The crowds were at one point really large.
There was a car that was seen burning. And while
the car the crowds have started to disperse, they're still
a need I suppose to make sure that that crowd
control is maintained. And a black Hawk helicopter has landed
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out there on the street and they're taking weapons off
from this black Hawk helicopter right there in Paramount. So
I imagine seeing that is upsetting for a lot of people
who are out there protesting what's going on.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
I was yesterday nearby what was.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Happening in downtown LA and curious and wanted to be
able to give a first hand account from the ground
of what was going on so that I could share
it with you. Drove down into downtown LA around six
pm or so five six pm and got caught in
quite a bit of traffic as people were trying to
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maneuver around protests outside of the Federal Building and Twin
Towers correctional facility. People were kind of going off of
assumption presumption some facts, many of which weren't necessarily shared
at the time. We do know now that yesterday, forty
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four people, at least forty four people were arrested on
immigration violations.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
That was just the first part.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
Don't know what that number is now or if those
same forty four people are still detained. But downtown in
front of Twin Towers, downtown, in front of the Federal building,
where I happened to be driving through, definitely got a
good look at what was initially a highly peaceful protest. Yes,
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a lot of emotion, a lot of anger. There were people,
you know, asking for different things. There were people on
competing bullhorns, but the collective sentiment was that Ice has
no place in Los Angeles. That's what people were saying,
and they were demanding that Ice leave. That then brought
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up questions, of course, about sanctuary cities. Yes, Los Angeles
is a sanctuary city. Yes, Governor Gavin Newsom has declared
California as a sanctuary state, but that does not eclipse
federal law. At this point, calling a city a sanctuary
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state can kind of be thought of as performative. It
sounds good, it feels protective, but in the face of
federal law and federal law enforcement, there are no grounds
federal law trumps Ironically, no pun intended state and local law.
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So yes, we are technically a sanctuary city here in
the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles,
the state of California. But when it comes to federal law,
federal immigration law, they the federal government, have carte blanche.
They can come in and enforce that law however they feel,
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and that is what they're doing around the city of
Los Angeles today, and there are no certain signs that
this will slow down anytime soon.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
Again.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
Currently at Atlantic and a Landri Boulevards, black Hawk helicopter
landed right out there to quell the protesters who were
protesting in opposition to Ice. The National Guard has been
called in by the borders are there's a lot of
militarized operations on the way that will undoubtedly affect how
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we navigate Los Angeles in the coming day. So stay
right here on KFI AM six forty for more updates
throughout the evening and the weekend about everything that's going on.
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here with you until seven o'clock tonight. Sleepy, little boring Saturday.
Absolutely not. It's actually the opposite. What happened to having
quiet Saturdays, kind of nondescript Saturdays. Well, those days are
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obviously far behind us because every Saturday seems to bring
something new to discuss, and today is not without that
sort of information. If you've been following KFI, which I
know you have, then you are aware that the city
has erupted absolutely because of these ice raids, coordinated raids,
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coordinated efforts from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI,
and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles, In and
around Los Angeles. It's been in the Westlake district. There
was a home depot. There was a home depot yesterday,
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a breaking news. Absolutely. There was a clothing manufacturer in
downtown LA yesterday today, Linux also Inglewood. All of these
are said to be coordinated immigration raids by law enforcement
at the government level, and it is being said that
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these are military style operations. If you're watching any of
the local outlets, then you do, in fact see government
law enforcement FBI. Again, ICE is the common descriptor that
we're seeing here in their militarized outfitting and because of
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the level with which this has now grown with the
unrest stemming from what was initially a peaceful demonstration in
downtown LA yesterday, as this has continued to erupt, there
have been more, i would say, more information that's come
(02:17):
out about the response to quell what has now become
unrest in the city of Los Angeles. And we are
hearing that Trump's borders are Tom Hammond is now sending
the National Guard to fight these anti ICE protests. As
these clashes continue into this now second day, so you
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will start to see a much more militarized presence in
the city of Los Angeles, in and around the Southland. Again,
the Westlake district seems to be where it started yesterday,
just east of MacArthur Park. It also then moved into
downtown LA part of these coordinated efforts to enforce immigration law,
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and then as well today LINUX which is out there
near Hawthorne and Inglewood, So right there in Inglewood, part
of these coordinated immigration raids were taking effect. Again, this
is the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and ICE.
It is being said that individuals suspected of immigration violations
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and the use of fraudulent documents were the people targeted
and arrested those being detained. Now, we do not have
an exact number of how many people were arrested and detained,
who is still being detained and specifically ware, but we
do know that a number of individuals were in fact
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arrested and potentially are still being detained. It is also
being said by the ACLU that the arrests were carried
out without judicial warrants. The arrests were carried out without
judicial warrants. Now, people of course are saying, how could
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this happen in Los Angeles, La, being a city where
we are thought to provide sanctuary to those who have
come here in an undocumented fashion. Well, the thing about
a sanctuary city is that that is a state or
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local city type of ordinance. It does not, in fact
trump no pun intended federal law. Federal law states that
these immigration and custom enforcement rules should be carried out,
that these laws have to be followed at every level,
and so that these federal agencies have come into Los
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Angeles might be a surprise. Visually, it might be a
surprise an actuality on its face. As we're watching this,
we can't people can't fathom how this could happen in
LA a sanctuary city. But the fact of the matter is,
at the government level, this sort of carrying out is
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absolutely at propos When it refers to federal law, it
trumps it completely oversees state and local law. So that
we are a sanctuary city is nice to say for some,
but in actuality it does not hold very much weight.
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LAPD Chief Jim McConnell did release a statement at excuse me,
Jim McDonald, he did say that the LAPD said this
yesterday in a statement released that the LAPD is not
participating in these raids, that the lap d D does
not have anything to do with these coordinated efforts, but
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the LAPD has been asked to provide crowd control, has
been asked to do what they can to quell these
ensuing protests. Mayor Bass also released a statement expressing her
shock and dismay at what's going on, and she says
that we the City of Los Angeles, will get to
(06:26):
the bottom of what is happening so as I continue
getting more information, As we get more information here on
the air, we absolutely will share with you the updates.
As I'm watching k COW right now, they have a
live feed in Compton and there was a truck set
on fire right around a Landra boulevard. So people are
(06:49):
out and people are very upset. If you are in
the city of Paramount, you are being advised to stay
off of I believe a Landra Boulevard as it is
closed to north and southbound traffic. There are lots of
places all around the Southland that do have these protests,
so you want to definitely keep it tuned right here
(07:11):
on KFI for those traffic updates. I took forever to
come in from downtown LA. Who knows if that's related
to protests, but it is an interesting day here in
Los Angeles, and as that news continues to develop again,
we'll make sure that we bring it to you in
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom and right here on
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Saturdays with Tiffany. Aside from that, we have a lot
of show to cover, a lot to discuss. It's going
to be a wonderful show. At five point thirty, we'll
have Kalahari Lewis Campbell. She's a filmmaker, but she's not
your average filmmaker.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
She's fifteen, and.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
You know fifteen year olds, they have their interests, but
not all of them have a focus. At Kalahari Lewis
Campbell has, and we're going to learn more about her
directorial debut, which premieres this month in North Carolina. That
set five thirty, and we'll be talking to her at
six o'clock for our Deeper Dives segment. If you can
(08:15):
tear yourself away from the news with these protests, then
you probably are watching the only other exciting thing in
the Southland, the Eagle Family, right everyone, yes, collective yes
in Big Bear Valley. Well, we're gonna look closely at
that Eagle family and the nonprofit organization that has brought
(08:35):
that twenty four to seven live camera feet to all
of us. They're called Friends of Big Bear Valley and
we'll take a deeper dive into their history and why
they have become the viral sensation they are. At six thirty,
we'll be talking to Carlos Clemente. He's host of the
very popular podcast Happily Ever afters They cover all things
(08:59):
romance and have a lot of personal love stories and someone,
someone right here near me is going to be a
part of this podcast. We'll let you find out more
about that at six thirty, and we'll cover some other
things going on in the news locally as well. But
make sure again you keep it right here on KFI
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and right here at Saturdays with Tiffany as we continue
to discuss the protests around Los Angeles and the Southland
against these ice raids.
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Definitely hearing your talkbacks. Thank you for that. Keep it coming.
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You know your views are absolutely respected here on this show,
and if we don't play them, we definitely want to
acknowledge and thank you for being in conversation with us
via that talkback button. Just to recap again, borders are
Tom Hammond is sending the National Guard to la in
response to the protests. We're now in the second day
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of these protests against immigration and customs enforcement.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
The raids that are now in their second day.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
The beginning of this happening yesterday in the Westlake district
of Los Angeles, and then fanning out to downtown La
Paramount today Linux and also Inglewood, and these protests continue
to erupt.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
That is the best way to describe them.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
It is a literal eruption of emotion and activity out
there in the Southland. I'm watching here on k CAL
a lot of police presence in the city of Compton
near Alandra Boulevard. Can't quite see a cross street there,
but Alandra Boulevard seems to be an epicenter of a
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lot of police activity, a burned car as well, lots
of flags, lots of people who are expressing themselves against
ice and what has been said to be coordinated immigration
raids by government law enforcement. You'll continue to hear about
this all night. Does not seem to be slowing down
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one bit, So make sure you keep it right here.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Moving back into.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Some other news, because there's a lot of other local
news that's going on, and one such story is one
that broke my heart. Broke my heart. We're at the
end of the school year. There's a lot of excitement
on campuses across the country, across the world, and in
the city of Los Angeles, we have a lot of traffic,
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and because we have a lot of traffic, a microcosm
of that traffic is often found on our school campuses,
especially at drop off in the morning and pick up
in the afternoon. And unfortunately, a couple of days ago,
this previous Wednesday, there was a major tragedy on one
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of our most popular school campuses, that school being Campbell Hall.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
You may have heard of it.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
I believe it is where Prince Harry's wife Megan Markle attended,
as well as other notable names. But we're not talking
about the celebrity connection as much as we are definitely
talking about this tragedy where a teenage boy was killed
and others were hurt in a crash inside of a
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parking lot at Campbell Hall.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
Hey, good evening to you, Pat. Just a horrific scene
here at Campbell Hall. As you said, one student is
dead and we've just learned that there are five other injuries.
But the good news is we're told those are not
life threatening. Let's get right to our Skycow video of
the scene here. As you said, this was in a
student lot. What we know is right now at about
three o'clock this afternoon, right around the time schools letting out,
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there was a teenage boy in the parking lot here
at Campbell Hall. He was struck by a car. He
was taken by ambulance with his father to the hospital
where he was treated, and we've learned that he did
not survive. We also learned immediately there was another teenage
teenager who has taken to the hospital, not serious injuries.
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And now we've learned that there are three adults who
also had non serious injuries but that are also being treated,
and then another minor so in total, six people but
one fatality. Obviously a really horrific situation. You know, folks
may have heard of Campbell Hall. It's a very exclusive
private school here in Studio City. Numbers celebrities of kids here,
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or there are celebrity parents here. In fact, while we
were here on the scene, Nia Long drove up a
very famous actress to tell us her son went here
and that this was such awful news for her to
see of the scene playing out here.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
And I misspoke.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
It actually wasn't Campbell Hall where Megan Markle attended.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
She went to Immaculate Heart.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
But as you heard there, this school, Campbell Hall is
a school very popular for celebrity children's attendants. It's a
place where a lot of celebrities in Los Angeles choose to.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Send their children.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
And even during that broadcast, they said that one such
actress happened to drive by and kind of give her comment.
But when I think about this story, and I think
about what happened to this young man at the end
of the year, not that there's any good time, because
there's not our more opportune time, but at the end
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of the year, when things are officially wrapping up and
winding down. For this to be the endpoint for that student,
all of these students, it is just an immense tragedy.
And I think about the again, the traffic that happens
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on these campuses. If you're a parent, then you've likely
seen near collisions. You might have seen kids darting in
and out between cars. I don't know what else can
be done to help make these school campuses safer, but
I do know that this seems to be These sorts
of near misses seem to be increasing. Just unfortunately it's
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a byproduct of having less space, and a lot of
that space on these campuses is shared with cars and
commuter foot traffic as well, and my heart goes out.
My heart goes out to everyone involved in this situation.
And an email sent to the parents of children at
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Campbell Hall, the head of school, Reverend Cannon Julian P. Bull,
said that he and school officials are heartbroken over the
tragic loss. He said that their collective hearts and thoughts
are with the family and that the Campbell Hall community
will be with all of them in the challenging days
and weeks ahead. Unfortunately, this is something that now is
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going to be a horrible marker for Campbell Hall. Something
else that, unfortunately is a horrible marker for Los Angeles bedbugs.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Bedbugs.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Right, you might have heard of these small invasive creatures,
and hopefully you've not had any personal dealings with bed bugs,
but all around Los Angeles, unfortunately, our hotels and other
sort of shared housing has fallen victim or prey to
these minuscule pests. So much so that two hotel guests
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were just awarded two million dollars in a bed bug
lawsuit due to being devoured at a hotel in then Toura.
The Shores in is paying out two million dollars in
what's said to be the largest bed bug related jury
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award on record. These two men stayed at the hotel
in February of twenty twenty, and over the course of
their stay say that they were gorged upon by these
bed bugs, and of course hotel management says that they
had nothing to do with it, that they were unaware
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of what was going on. But the proof is in
the pudding or the lawsuit, as you may, and they
have now been awarded two million dollars in an unprecedented
lawsuit and payout that will certainly go down in history
and be a cautionary tale for those of us looking
to participate in any sort of shared hotel accommodates.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Check your sheets, Check your sheets, make sure that you
are not staying.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Don't try and set yourself up to go stay at
some ceedy hotel so you can get a payout. Doesn't
work that way, But you definitely don't want to also
be victim to what happened to these men. But they
made out two million dollars richer. But it is California,
so that's one million after taxes split both ways, So
five hundred thousand dollars not bad for a few bites, right,
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I think I could buy plenty of itch cream in
that case, right, and burn all your clothes and just
get a whole new wardrobe. Five hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
All right.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
When we come back, we're going to talk about We're
going to talk to Kalahari. She's a young lady. Her
name is Kalahari Lewis Campbell. She's a filmmaker. Not your ordinary,
not your average fifteen year old by any means. She
is a fifteen year old who has created a groundbreaking
film that will be premiering this month in North Carolina.
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It's her directorial debut. You and we will have her
on the air to discuss this wonderful film and all
that she's doing as a fifteen year old filmmaker in
the cinema industry. I can't wait to talk to her
and see how she can hopefully inspire other fifteen year
olds to put down their phones and maybe pick up
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a camera or something like that. Right here on KFI
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Tiffany Hobbs here with you until seven.
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Stay tuned for Michael Monks after that as we continue
to follow on my show and Michael's show. Of course,
everything related to these protests going around Los Angeles in
response to the coordinated ice raids around the Southland, from
Paramount to Linux, from Inglewood to the MacArthur Park, Westlake
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District and everywhere in between. It's a lot going on,
and the National Guard has been called in by Borders
are Tom Hammon. They're sending the National Guard to quell
these protests, to quell the rallies in any unrest that
has developed because of these protests. But now we're gonna
shift gears and we're going to talk to a very
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very special young lady. When the average fifteen year old
could be doing a lot of nothing, you know, fifteen
year olds. When the average fifteen year old could just
be kind of vegging or doom scrolling on social media,
this young lady, Kalahari Lewis Campbell, has used her time
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in other ways that are, in my opinion, a lot
more constructive and a lot more rewarding, not just for
Kalahari herself, but for all of those who become her audience,
let me tell you a bit about Kalahari Lewis camp
Kalahari Lewis Campbell is a fifteen year old San Diego
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native whose love of films and storytelling knows no bounds.
Inspired by the art of other creatives and the stories
of those in her community, Kalahari is a passionate hard
worker who hopes to use her love of film to
tell stories that matter and will make an impact. Most recently,
Kalahari was accepted into the Black Girl Film Camp as
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a as a teen director, where she wrote and directed
her directorial debut short film, Just As Poetic, which premieres
in Charlotte, North Carolina in a couple of weeks on
June twenty first, twenty twenty five. So Kalahari is doing
major things in the film industry already, and we are
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so excited to have her here to talk about Just
as Poetic, what inspired her, and what to look forward
to from this fifteen year old phenomenal filmmaker, Kalihari. Welcome
to Saturdays with Tiffany. Thanks for coming on with us.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
Hi, thank you so much for having hi.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Sweetie, So good to see you. I are to talk
to you. I've been looking forward to this conversation for
a while because, in reading your bio and reading about
this film, I am just greatly inspired by everything that
you've done and continue to do. Can you tell us
a bit about just as Poetic?
Speaker 3 (22:31):
What is it about?
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Oh, thank you so much? Well, Jess is poetic. It's
a short one that follows a young black team poet,
and basically it's about her battle between silencing her voice
or speaking out when she's chosen for a poetry competition
that has the power to change her life. And so Justice.
She's fifteen years old. She's a black girl who goes
to school and she loves poetry, and so she writes
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this poem, but her white teacher essentially tells her it's
trauma porn and tells her to rewrite it. And so
throughout the film we see Justice. We see Justice struggle
with deciding whether to continue to panic to her kind
of like her white teacher's racist ideologies in silencing her voice,
or whether to rewrite her poem and reclaim her culture
but ultimately risk losing out on winning the poetry competition.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Wow, WHOA did you draw from any personal anecdotes to
you know that informed the creation of this film. What
really drove you to have this kind of content?
Speaker 5 (23:33):
Well, when I applied to the Black Girl Film Camp,
we had to submit a pitch, and one thing they're
really big about is having a social impact, a social
impact factor with the film, and so I was thinking
about things that things happened to me, like you mentioned
things that personal experiences, and just thinking about how often
I was the sole black girl in classrooms and how
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often I kind of felt like I had to sigence
myself and not exactly say exactly what I want wanted
to say exactly how I wanted to say. And so
that was something I wanted to talk about in my
film and to you know, encourage other young little black
girls to be able to speak their minds and not
feel like they have to sign themselves or dilute themselves
in a non majority black environment.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
When you've shared this film with family and friends, what
has the feedback been like? Have people identified with the characters,
have they just really been taken with the material? What
kind of response have you gotten from the people you've
shared it with.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
Oh Man, everyone who's had a chance to either read
the script or see the first few cuts of the
film so far, even the actors on set, everyone was
so supportive of the film and everyone really identified with it.
Our lead actress, Jerny Woods, she brought such a rawness
to the character, and she was so amazing and was
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just so excited to be able to bring this character
to life because often as a black girls, and also
black girls because she went to a predominant white school,
we often are usually the soul so black girl in
the classrooms and whatnot, and so she definitely felt seen
and was able to bring her own personal experience to characters.
So yeah, everyone's been able to kind of identify with
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Justice in her journey, which is something I'm so incredibly
proud of. I'm so incredibly happy about.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
And I'm so incredibly proud of you that you would
use your voice to have this sort of impact. And
of course there's different things for everyone, but that you
chose such a topic that really speaks to not being silenced,
that really speaks to empowerment. It's just something that I
really want to give you accolades and kudos for Kalahari.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
That's amazing, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (25:49):
Thank you so much. I feel it's something definitely we
all need to be better about and realizing the power
that our words have and the the power of intention,
especially when we're just maybe even just going about our
day to day lives and stuff, and just making sure
that we're doing things with intention and just reminding ourselves
that what we do and how we show up hast
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power and is important.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
You're fifteen now, at one point you were ten, you
were eight seven. Have you always always enjoyed telling stories?
Have you always been kind of an innate storyteller?
Speaker 5 (26:24):
I have always loved telling stories when I was little,
and even still now. One of my favorite books, musicals
and movies was Matilda, which is about which is about
a little girl, and you know her love of books,
and I just I love Matilda, says this day. And
when I was younger, I thought I was going to
be an actress. But as I've gotten over and around COVID,
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I realized how much I really loved writing. But I
still didn't want to lose like that visual component that
like plays and that plays had because I was always
a big avid theater lover, and so then you knowlmaking
and show running kind of came to mind, and yeah,
I've just loved it ever since.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Have you considered taking Just As Poetic and turning it
into a series, multi episodic series of any kind.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
Not really, no, because I'm just still trying to, you know,
finish up the film and make it to the premiere
and whatnot. But yeah, I'm definitely not opposed to it,
because again, I think there are so many stories like
this that do need to be told. But I also
feel that I don't know if I'm not sure to
share if it's necessary. Because with the Black Girls Films Camp,
they take ten girls each year, so I'm one of
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the ten, and there are nine other incredible.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Congratulations, thank you.
Speaker 5 (27:44):
Yeah, they take ten girls from across the nation, and
there are other nine incredible films that I'm so excited
to see my cohort sisters put out. And yeah, let
me just say, everyone's gonna have their socks knocked off
when they see all of our films. But yeah, I
definitely do want to continue to tell stories about black girlhood.
That's definitely going to be something that I want to
(28:05):
continue to do for the entirety of my career. But
specifically continuing to starve Just as Poetic, I'm not exactly
sure because I feel like when like, I feel the
way we ended this self was very it's not even
to be very finalizing, but I feel it's very fitting
for justice.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
So a little cliffhanger there, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Now, for those of us wanting to find out about
the end of this film and everything preceding it, where
can we watch Just as Poetic? Where can we follow
you Kalahari Lewis Campbell for more information about what you're
doing to follow your career?
Speaker 5 (28:41):
Oh well, Just as Political will be premiering in Charlotte,
North Carolina on June twenty first. Black Girl's Film Camp
will also be filming it and live streaming it on
their YouTube channel called the Black Girls somelm Camp and
you can watch the live feed there and then after
the premiere it'll live on YouTube and again this almost
tell jes as Poetic. And to find me, I usually
(29:04):
just on Instagram, not a big social media person.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
All that's why you get so much done, Kalahari, That's
how you get a lot done, not being on social media.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Sorry, go ahead, no, you're good, but.
Speaker 5 (29:15):
Yeah, definitely, yeah, but you can find me on Instagram
at who is Kalahari? My name cal Harry Spield Ka.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
La h a ri I wonderful, wonderful, So again, everyone listening.
Kalahari Lewis Campbell an amazing filmmaker fifteen, just doing just
incredible things at fifteen that many of us in our
old big ages would only wish to do. And you
can see her directorial debut, her short film Just As Poetic,
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when it premieres on the Black Girls' Film Camp YouTube
after June twenty first, where it will then live in
perpetuity and you can watch it right there. You can
also follow Kalahari on Instagram at who is Kalahari spelled?
Speaker 3 (30:08):
Who is Ka laha r I?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
Kalahari. We are proud of you. You're welcome back anytime.
We wish you the utmost success, with utmost success, with
Just As Poetic and everything you do in the future.
We're rooting for you, we're clapping for you, and we're
just thrilled to have you on this show.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
Thank you so much, Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 5 (30:32):
You guys have a great one.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
You do the same, you do the same.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Before we take a break, I just want to let
everyone know that an advisory has been issued currently a
Blackhawk helicopter has landed on a street and weapons are
being unloaded from the Department of Homeland Security office in Paramount.
This street is in Paramount, near where the standoff with
(30:56):
protesters in Compton is currently accurring. Now, while that standoff
seems to be thinning while the crowd seems to be
dispersing at Atlantic an Alandri Boulevards, you do have this
black Hawk helicopter that has landed on the street and
they are deploying weapons from it to I imagine station
(31:19):
officers around to make sure that that crowd continues to
be controlled. So we'll continue following this story and other
stories related to the ongoing ice raids around southern California
and the Los Angeles area and the protests and civil
disobedience in some cases that are ensuing because of these protests.
(31:43):
Will continue to keep you up to speed on everything
related to that right here on KFI AM six forty
Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand kf I.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio at Tiffany
Hobbs here with you. Oh man, we just had a
wonderful conversation with a young filmmaker, Kalihari Lewis Campbell. She's
fifteen and she is not on social media, she said,
not very much. She is, but she's spending her time
elsewhere making movies. And one of her movies, Just As Poetic,
(32:21):
is about to make its directorial debut online and at
the Black Girls Film School circuit. And she's just incredible, incredible.
Something else that's incredible is what we've been following because
of how disruptive it's been in the city of Los Angeles.
And by now you know I'm talking about these coordinated
(32:44):
ice raids and then these subsequent protests and pockets of
unrest around Los Angeles. I know that it is commonplace
to paint all involved as quote unquote rioters, but that
is not the case. There are pockets of unrest, and
(33:04):
for the most part, others are out there using their voice,
which is their right, and they are assembling to be
in opposition to these pros excuse me, to these ice
raids that have occurred throughout Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.
These ice raids started yesterday. We're now in our second day.
(33:28):
The beginning in the Westlake District, just west of downtown
LA near MacArthur Park, at a home depot that then
fanned out into downtown LA at a clothing manufacturer called
Ambiance or Ambiance, and then also in Paramount, Linux and
Inglewood today and these are thought to be militarized style operations.
(33:53):
You see the optics and these law enforcement officials, these
government law enforcement officials, they look like soldiers. They're out
there with the heavy equipment and the shields and all
of those things to quell what has now become a
widespread demonstration around the Southland as well because of the
(34:17):
pockets of those who are unruly. There have been cars
that have been burned, there have been people who have
been assaulted. The National Guard has been called in by
President Donald Trump's borders are Tom Hammond, who said in
a statement that he does plan to send the National
Guard to Los Angeles to combat the protests against ICE.
(34:43):
So if you have not started to see signs of
the National Guard, you certainly will as well. A black
Hawk helicopter has landed in Paramount to respond to the
standoff between protesters and the Share Priff's Department. Sheriff's deputies
out there in Paramount and Compton at a Landra and
(35:07):
Atlantic Boulevards. The crowds were at one point really large.
There was a car that was seen burning. And while
the car the crowds have started to disperse, they're still
a need I suppose to make sure that that crowd
control is maintained. And a black Hawk helicopter has landed
(35:31):
out there on the street and they're taking weapons off
from this black Hawk helicopter right there in Paramount. So
I imagine seeing that is upsetting for a lot of people
who are out there protesting what's going on.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
I was yesterday nearby what was.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Happening in downtown LA and curious and wanted to be
able to give a first hand account from the ground
of what was going on so that I could share
it with you. Drove down into downtown LA around six
pm or so five six pm and got caught in
quite a bit of traffic as people were trying to
(36:15):
maneuver around protests outside of the Federal Building and Twin
Towers correctional facility. People were kind of going off of
assumption presumption some facts, many of which weren't necessarily shared
at the time. We do know now that yesterday, forty
(36:37):
four people, at least forty four people were arrested on
immigration violations.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
That was just the first part.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
Don't know what that number is now or if those
same forty four people are still detained. But downtown in
front of Twin Towers, downtown, in front of the Federal building,
where I happened to be driving through, definitely got a
good look at what was initially a highly peaceful protest. Yes,
(37:08):
a lot of emotion, a lot of anger. There were people,
you know, asking for different things. There were people on
competing bullhorns, but the collective sentiment was that Ice has
no place in Los Angeles. That's what people were saying,
and they were demanding that Ice leave. That then brought
(37:31):
up questions, of course, about sanctuary cities. Yes, Los Angeles
is a sanctuary city. Yes, Governor Gavin Newsom has declared
California as a sanctuary state, but that does not eclipse
federal law. At this point, calling a city a sanctuary
(37:53):
state can kind of be thought of as performative. It
sounds good, it feels protective, but in the face of
federal law and federal law enforcement, there are no grounds
federal law trumps Ironically, no pun intended state and local law.
(38:18):
So yes, we are technically a sanctuary city here in
the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles,
the state of California. But when it comes to federal law,
federal immigration law, they the federal government, have carte blanche.
They can come in and enforce that law however they feel,
(38:39):
and that is what they're doing around the city of
Los Angeles today, and there are no certain signs that
this will slow down anytime soon.
Speaker 3 (38:48):
Again.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
Currently at Atlantic and a Landri Boulevards, black Hawk helicopter
landed right out there to quell the protesters who were
protesting in opposition to Ice. The National Guard has been
called in by the borders are there's a lot of
militarized operations on the way that will undoubtedly affect how
(39:10):
we navigate Los Angeles in the coming day. So stay
right here on KFI AM six forty for more updates
throughout the evening and the weekend about everything that's going on.
It's Saturdays with Tiffany kf I AM six forty live
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