MSNBC: Seeing Sen. Padilla Manhandled ‘Like a Common, Everyday Protester’ Will Be Jarring for Many in California

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RUBIN: “You know, one of the things I was looking for is whether or not Senator Padilla himself put his hands back on those who were involved in that altercation with him, as LaMonica McIver is alleged to have done. And you can see from the video you’re showing right now, somewhat, that Senator Padilla is pushing back or has his hands on the officer. From the video that I have seen, it’s much clearer. At some point, he then stops resisting, puts his hands up, and nonetheless they push him down the hallway, put him face down, his hands behind his back, he’s arrested. I don’t know yet what is going to come of this and where Senator Padilla has been taken, but this is a big escalation of what has been happening in California. Senator Padilla, as David was mentioning earlier, is a son of California. He grew up in Pacoima, in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, where I’m also from. Pacoima, is a heavily Latino community. Senator Padilla, born to immigrants. He himself is the pride of much of the Latino community in the Los Angeles area. To see him manhandled in this way, like a common, everyday protester, is going to be particularly jarring for many who are watching from California, where he is the senior senator."