Nithya Raman says safety comes first. Her record tells a troubling story

Nithya Raman cannot seem to decide what she is doing about the LAPD and its chief, Jim McDonnell.During her press conference last week, she dodged questions about his future.Helpfully, she declared that “public safety is the most important service that the city is delivering to its people … hands down.” But Raman clearly has some odd ideas about how to achieve public safety.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story She infamously called on the city to “defund the police” during the riots of 2020.Then she backtracked — before appearing in a video that called the police, and McDonnell, “fascist.”The platform of her political organization, the Democratic Socialists of America, calls for the city to “[r]eplace armed law enforcement officers responding to traffic enforcement and mental health crises with unarmed alternatives.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!And, of course, Raman has supported calls to “abolish ICE” — the federal government’s interior immigration law enforcement agency.Like it or not, ICE has been a huge benefit to big cities like LA.

Under President Donald Trump, ICE has deported criminals and gangsters who were in the country illegally.That has reduced crime and freed local police to focus on local troublemakers.You can disagree with ICE’s tactics, but it provides a necessary function.After Raman suggested firing McDonnell — for the supposed crime of protecting ICE agents who were being assaulted by rioters — a parade of law enforcement leaders spoke o...