Just for perspective, today’s House minority leader, Republican Kevin McCarthy is from Bakersfield, in Kern County, California. The 2 links below will give folks a good look at the history of this city and county.
The County: the story of America's deadliest police
Police in Kern County, California, have killed more people per capita than in any other American county in 2015.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/01/the-county-kern-county-deadliest-police-killings
A Town's Terror, A Prosecutor's Power, A Betrayal of Innocence
