The chaos at the LA police commission hearings is part of the “progressive” movement’s attempt to destroy police — which is why I left the Democratic Party. On Jan. 22, Newsweek published an opinion piece by LA Mayor Karen Bass. The headline was catchy — and amusing: “Democrats must stand strong and lead on public safety.”  Karen Bass has spent her career bashing law enforcement, defunding it, and then claiming ignorance about why young men and women have no desire to join the ranks of the LAPD.