Escaping The Blade: Documentary About Sex Trafficking In Sacramento

We have seen some pretty wild videos here, but this is definitely one of the more amazing ones. Just to set the table a little bit, we are about to watch a video starring California State Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman. End Wokeness misidentifies her as Senator Talamantes, but her actual name is Susan Eggman and she was speaking in favor of a law that would target people who hire child prostitutes. (And before you ask, that is her real name. We checked the California state senate homepage. Honestly, given that is also one of the names a Sonic the Hedgehog villain goes by, we had our doubts.)

We wanted to be extra careful because some of what she was saying in this video shared by End Wokeness was straight fire, including serious accusations against her own party: End Wokeness @EndWokeness: “Wow. California Senator Talamantes leaves the Democrat Party after 12 years over their complicity in chiId trafficking & abuse.” -- What is extra horrifying is that she indicates how blasé her party is about this. She claims her party was protecting people who abused children—meaning the ‘Johns’ in this case—and the ‘Democrat Party of California says it's okay’ that children are being abused.

You might also notice that she is referencing a documentary that Senator Grove was in. That would appear to be the documentary ‘Escaping the Blade’ which was aired by the local Sacramento station, KCRA. It is about child prostitution, so naturally it is sad and infuriating at the same time. It really seems like KCRA is engaged in what we call journalistic activism. The documentary discusses how Senator Grove was trying to pass a bill to increase sentences for the pimps of child prostitutes and it ran into a brick wall, until a KCRA reporter asked Gavin Newsom a question about it. And then the logjam broke, because it got the public’s attention (and to Newsom’s credit, his support also seemed to be important in breaking the logjam). And then much of the rest of the documentary focused on how they need to pass a new law going after the ‘Johns’ which Ms. Eggman was advocating for.

It's a story that plays out night after night. Women and girls are being sold for sex on the streets of Sacramento. Drivers might not know it while passing by, but many of the victims are being watched by traffickers who will later take their money and threaten them with violence. It's a problem everyone wants to fix, but not everyone agrees on how.

• More at: Twitchy - A Progressive Cal. Senator Absolutely Torches Her Party on its Tolerance of Child Prostitution
https://twitchy.com/aaronwalker/2024/05/30/watch-a-cal-senator-absolutely-torches-her-party-on-its-tolerance-of-child-sex-slavery-n2396778
KCRA NBC 3 News: California bill that would make it a felony to purchase a child for sex passes state Senate
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-bill-felony-purchase-child-for-sex-passes-state-senate/60889389
Rumble: A Progressive California Senator Absolutely Torches Her Party On Its Tolerance Of Child Prostitution
https://rumble.com/v4yg95t-a-progressive-california-senator-absolutely-torches-her-party-on-its-tolera.html
Rumble: California Bill That Would Make It A Felony To Purchase A Child For Sex Passes State Senate
https://rumble.com/v4ygfrb-california-bill-that-would-make-it-a-felony-to-purchase-a-child-for-sex-pas.html