"You guys tag everything up, claiming hood, and now that your hood is being invaded by the biggest gang there is, there ain't a peep out of you. It's everyone else that's not about the gang life and out there protesting and speaking up," Gonzalez says in a portion of the since-deleted video.
"The comments made by the Vice Mayor of Cudahy, CA, Cynthia Gonzalez, are despicable," their statement said. "She calls for criminal gangs — including the vicious 18th Street Gang —to commit violence against our brave ICE law enforcement. This kind of garbage has led to a more than 500 percent increase in assaults against our ICE law enforcement officers."
On June 11th, Gonzalez was one of many local mayors and leaders who appeared with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to oppose the Trump Administration's immigration enforcement, which was met with protests and scattered violence across parts of downtown Los Angeles.
"She's just talking insane. Especially with everything that's going on right now, with the raids and ICE and her's trying to start something else," said Nancy Delgado, who grew up in Cudahy.
Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores spoke to CBS Los Angeles in support of Gonzalez's character, saying, "The statements she made were really taken out of context."
Flores claimed the vice mayor has a track record of being a public servant who has helped steer youth away from gangs, encouraging them to pursue higher education.
"What Ms. Gonzalez urged and taunted these specific gangs to do in her social media post puts police officers and other law enforcement professionals at greater risk," their statement said. "Her actions are deplorable and potentially illegal."
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