Looters ransacked stores across downtown Los Angeles last night as the protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown entered its third day.
Businesses in the area of 6th Street and Broadway were targeted amid the demonstrations, which saw cars torched and security forces firing tear gas at rioters.
A manhunt is also underway for rioters seen hurling objects at police and ICE agents cars during on a freeway.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the rioter.
The protests in LA broke out on Friday, triggered by immigration raids that resulted in dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members.
Police ordered the public to disperse from downtown overnight an intense day of demonstrations in the region. Around 300 National Guard troops were deployed to the region, spurring anger and fear among many residents.
Trump demanded on Sunday that both Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass apologize for the LA riots, insisting those involved are not ‘peaceful protesters’ as the duo had claimed, but instead ‘troublemakers and insurrectionists.’
Protesters assault federal agents during LA riots
The FBI is searching for rioters accused of assaulting federal officers and damaging government property during the LA immigration protests on Saturday.
The suspect injured an officer when he allegedly threw rocks at law enforcement vehicles on Alondra Boulevard in Paramount, California.
Officials are offering an award of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the rioter.
Police attacked during unrest in LA over immigration raids
Newsom blames Trump for protest conditions
California Governor Newsom said he requested the Trump administration to withdraw its order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles County, calling it unlawful.
Newsom said in a Sunday interview with MSNBC he planned to sue the administration over the deployment, adding that President Donald Trump ‘has created the conditions’ around the protests.
He accused the president of trying to manufacture a crisis and of violating California’s state sovereignty.
Asked if the National Guard was needed, LA police chief Jim McDonnell said police would not ‘go to that right away,’ but added, ‘Looking at the violence tonight, I think we’ve got to make a reassessment’.
In a social media post, Trump called on McDonnell to do so.
‘He should, right now!!!’ Trump added. ‘Don’t let these thugs get away with this. Make America great again!!!’
The White House disputed Newsom’s characterization, saying: ‘Everyone saw the chaos, violence and lawlessness.’
Choas erupts in downtown LA as protesters turn to destruction and violence
Looters raid LA businesses amid ‘peaceful protests’
Businesses reported looting in Downtown Los Angeles overnight, sending officers scrambling to investigate.
Looters targeted businesses in the area of 6th Street and Broadway.
The LAPD has encouraged all residents and businesses to report all cases of looting as it prepares an official report.
National Guard deployed as ‘troublemakers and insurrectionists’ wreck havoc on LA
The National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday after days of civil unrest following pro-migrant riots across the city.
On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the National Guard would ‘keep peace and allow people to be able to protest but also to keep law and order.’
Congresswoman denied access to check on ICE detainee
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was met with a door shut in her face after she demanded to check on an ICE detainee.
Waters was seen trying to enter the Los Angeles Federal Building to exercise her ‘congressional authority’ to check on SEIU California President David Huerta.
Huerta was injured and detained by federal agents during an ICE raid in downtown LA on Friday.
Footage shared on X shows how Waters pleaded with law enforcement to check on Huerta, but was not permitted to enter the building.
Waters later hit out at police over the incident, saying in a tweet: ‘I pled with the National Guard, which was heavily armed, not to use their weapons against peaceful demonstrators who were simply exercising their rights to freedom of speech and protest.
‘All people deserve to be treated with dignity and due process under the law. Peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations are critical to protecting our constitutional rights!’
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