their hearing. one of those men is our next guest, l.a.p.d. officer anthony deas. last summer he and his partners responded when the george floyd protest got out of control. he and other officers arrived, and even as they attempted to secure the area. officer diaz was suddenly struck through the car window. after being knocked out, diaz says he returned to consciousness to see blood everywhere, his fellow officers were able to break away from the rioters and find a metro police car that helped lead them to safety. diaz was stitched up from his wound but later learned the projectile had cracked his skull, resulting in bleeding in his brain. officer diaz is miraculously back on the job and is running
the boston marathon to raise money for injured officers. we are so pleased to have officer anthony deas with us now. thank you for being here, were you afraid for your life that night? yes, lucky to be alive. many officers were hurt and injured, officers died, and i think very little attention has been given to us. how this had been presented, we went out there and felt like everybody had our backs. i know chief morris started safe l.a. task force and he directed the robbery homicide division to conduct criminal investigations on serious crimes that happened in the civil unrest. i m very confident that rhd will