thank you all so very much for being here today I'm here to help Sound the Alarm because that violent pre-dawn raid on chairman omali asha's home and the Draconian prosecution being conducted here today are a frontal assault on our democracy everyone who cares about democracy about free speech about the censorship silencing the genocide in Gaza everyone concerned about the endless war machine now costing the average American household $122,000 this year alone anyone who cares about the militarization of local police the rise of cop cities the role of the Israeli Defense Forces in training local police in the latest violent tactics [Music]