President Trump officially ordered deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles after violent protests broke out in the city over the weekend following a series of high-profile US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that swept through commercial areas of the city on June 6.
ICE agents arrested 121 individuals during operations targeting locations such as a Home Depot in the Westlake District, a fashion retailer in the Downtown Fashion District, and a clothing warehouse in South LA.
The agency said the arrests included immigrants with prior criminal convictions, including charges related to drug trafficking and assault. However, the enforcement actions provoked a wave of unrest, with demonstrators gathering in major intersections by Friday evening and continuing through Saturday.
Protests intensified in areas like downtown Los Angeles and the Paramount area, where crowds threw concrete chunks, eggs, and fireworks at law enforcement. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, and pepper spray. The Los Angeles Police Department declared multiple unlawful assemblies, and the County Sheriff’s Department deployed less-lethal munitions to disperse demonstrators.
At one flashpoint, more than 1,000 protesters surrounded a federal building, violently clashing with ICE officers and damaging property.
A statement from the White House characterized the deployment of he National Guard as a response to “violent mobs threatening federal officers and facilities.”
“The President will not tolerate insurrection in our streets,” said White House senior advisor Stephen Miller in a press briefing. “We are restoring law and order.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who would normally be in charge of the California National Guard unless the president takes over that role, criticized the move as “purposefully inflammatory,” asserting that the National Guard presence would escalate tensions rather than quell them. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the raids.
“These actions sow terror in our neighborhoods,” Bass posted on social media. “They do not make us safer. We will not stand for this.” She added that her office was working with immigrant rights nonprofits to respond. Importantly, she did not say she would work with law enforcement to stop the riots.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security and Trump administration officials have defended the crackdown. Border Enforcement Czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blamed Democratic leadership for “emboldening resistance to lawful enforcement” and insisted the operations would continue. In an appearance on Fox News, Homan confirmed that the National Guard would “support ICE and federal authorities in maintaining public order and conducting future operations.”
While the national spotlight is fixed on Los Angeles, sources say ICE has also increased its presence in Anchorage. Over the past two weeks, agents have reportedly conducted spot checks at local construction sites and plant nurseries — industries where the use of illegal immigrant labor is common.
“America is a nation of laws,” the White House said in a statement on Saturday. “We will enforce our immigration laws and protect our communities—regardless of political grandstanding.”
Everyone knows that throwing a Molotov cocktail is an expression of your first amendment rights.
It would be hard to fault a lethal response to the rock throwers in the video.
From a short study of the 1965 and 1992 LA riots, the deployment of National Guard and federal troops can vary depending on whether it’s the governor or POTUS who does it. In 1992, Governor Wilson requested federal assistance after the city government procrastinated. He activated the Guard, but then President Bush invoked the Insurrection Act and deployed 2000 Army and 1500 Marine troops. All (Guard, Army, and Marines) had deadly force authorized rules of engagement, and all three organizations shot and killed civilians. In this case, President Trump usurped both LA local government and Governor Newsom’s authories because federal personnel and facilities were targeted by the rioters. This should have happened in the Portland riots at the federal courthouse during the first Trump Administration. Moreover, at least one LA city councilwoman was videoed addressing the crowds and encouraging resistance. I would hope that she is arrested and will face federal charges. Director Homan has been warning city officials of this very thing for months now. It is now coming to pass…………
“Director Homan has been warning city officials of this very thing for months now. It is now coming to pass…………”Homan and all the other insultingly unqualified Deep State actors have been planning with glee for something like this.
Oh? I thought all your radical leftist, pro-establishment lemmings did not believe in the deep state? Under Usurper AutoPen, you all hysterically shouted down any mention of the deep state as just a “conspiracy theory”.
My, how the worm has turned.
Aren’t you supposed to be on a boat with St. Greta of the Climate Scam heading to Gaza to feed the terrorists?
They have been planning for this?
Are they the ones that have purchased the face shields with the air filtration (about $60 per) and the riot shields (about $25 per)? Are they the ones handing them out?
I drove some of those guys to LA
Thanks for being such a fine upstanding immigrant as well as a wonderful father and husband to your beautiful wife.
Lisa Murkowski will be buying a round of margaritas to celebrate and thank you for helping us all out.
This is the result of a Joe Biden presidency. Letting in 11 million illegals has severely damaged our country. I hope Trump calls in 10,000 NG troops from other states to help out. And if necessary, deploys the regular Army and Marines to assist. This REAL insurrection must not stand.
How exactly have those 11 million illegals severely damaged our country?
How many US citizens have been raped robbed assaulted and killed by THEM is the answer but many like Joe just dont have the ability to comprehend those facts.
Not to mention the drain on the economy subsidizing their food, medical, and housing. Can you say Saul Alinsky Plan, Rules for Radicals?
Each illegal alien in the country is costing the average US taxpayer over $1,000 a year.
That is how they have damaged the country. I have to expend my finite amount of time alive at work so that I can provide for my family, shelter, food, and yes… entertainment.
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And, illegal aliens are taking the fruits of my labor away from me. They are, in fact, stealing part of my life.
What part of “illegal” do you not understand? Being in the country illegally is harm enough. They don’t pay taxes. If they do work, its under the table. If they commit a crime, they are not accountable as they are not citizens.
Tell me how being here illegally helps anyone in any way?
Does the Mayor of Los Angeles swear to uphold the US Constitution when they take their oath? I’m pretty certain that the Governor of CA does, if Gavin wants to be the President when he becomes a grown up he needs to start acting like it.
Come on all you radical leftists — Whidbey, cman, Sebastian, jjalaska — here is your chance to virtue-signal your outrage over a REAL, honest-to-God insurrection! Police-guided Capitol tours do not count.
Jefferson, have you noticed Forkner has not been posting? Curious what happened to him. I would have thought he’d have plenty to say about this.
I know that at some point a number of months ago Suzanne apparently had to give Greg a “time out” for either incessant and/or inflammatory posts. Maybe she ended up banning him permanently? If not, I would have to guess that his 25 clot shot boosters finally caught up with him via turbo cancer, a common reaction to the unsafe and ineffective mRNA so-called “vaccines”.
Suzanne said Forkner got a time out because he was flying off the handle too often, calling people nazis, etc…
I am guessing he gave up and never returned after he got his wrist slapped.
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I hope Suzanne did not give our other dedicated leftists the heave ho as well. While I do not want this website overrun by radical leftists running amok, I also do not want it to turn into a conservative echo chamber.
Manny showed up to cover for the leftists.
Not a day too soon if you ask me.
“……..Call in the National Guard, make thousands of arrests, and hold them all with no bail until the next election. The January 6th detainees set the precedent………”
I like it! Put them in wooden barracks out in the Nevada desert. They’ll be believers by January of 2029.
Send all of the invaders home – even those here for decades. It is in violation of our laws to be here – and they are all felons.
.22 long rifle to feet and lower legs, old but effective riot breaking tactic.
Any NOS vagina hats still around? Asking for Mr. Newsom.
A vagina hat would take focus away from his favorite sign language hand signals when speaking.
The protestors are weak and numbers appear to be very low. For Sullivan and Begich, they should be asking for investigation into who is conspiring and sponsoring. It appears to me that there is promotional help by MSM certain politicians and other radical subversives quietly conspiring to cause violence.
FAFO
Summertime, a Republican is president. Time to roll out the rent-a-mobs. And they appear right on schedule. Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. (/sarc) Cheers –
The abundance of Mexican flags suggest the rioters know they are going to be snatched up next.
So this is an insurrection Suzanne? From a MAGA perspective/viewpoint, it looks like a peaceful tourist visit.
That is a pathetically weak and lame response to an actual violent insurrection, cman, even for you. Nice attempt at false equivalency, anyway.
Radical leftism: the mental disease that masquerades as a political philosophy.
Really?
From what I can tell, this is much more of an insurrection than anything MAGA ever participated in. Perhaps you are referring to the Capitol Police guided tours of the Capitol on Jan 6th, 2021? I did not see any burning vehicles, or foreign flags waving on that date.
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On the other hand, when foreign nationals waving the flag of their origin country attack police, and destroy property with political purpose, that is rightfully described as an insurrection.
Confirmation bias abounds in the comments section.
Correct. And, not a single person commenting here is immune from it.
As does the mindless parroting of radical leftist extremist talking points.
You radical leftists almost invariably have no opinions and no thoughts of your own — you simply repeat what you are told to believe by the corporate regime media.
At what point does protest become insurrection? And, how many illegals flooding across our border makes an invasion? When these become so dangerous that the military gets involved? Disturbing!
Pretty sure that happens when foreign nationals start waving the flags of countries that are not the US, while attacking US Federal law enforcement officers performing their duty.
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Or, maybe that is not an insurrection. It is likely an act of war.
Disturbing & very Third World ….. exactly what antifa/progs want.
Tomster. The Fertilization President loves attention and cruelty and white people. Can anyone imagine that the US military could be called out to quell sign holders and rock throwers. JFC.
“…quell sign holders and rock throwers”
Spoken like someone who has never been hit by a thrown rock. As if getting struck by a thrown rock is just a minor annoyance. No worse than a skeeter bite in manny’s world.
Manny; stand out in the Anchorage Park strip, start throwing rocks at random people and see how they react.
And, look at those poor reporters who are getting struck by rubber bullets. Weird how that seems to be a HUGE problem, because they might get a serious injury. But, someone throwing a rock off an overpass at a police officer… well… what is the problem. Why call out the military to restore order?
I have watched several of the videos coming out of these “mostly peaceful” riots…. errr…. I mean protests.
Not a single US Flag to be seen. Plenty of Mexico flags. Not a single US.
Maybe CB, they flag waivers are originally from Mexico, here legally and don’t want a race-based, cruel and lawless dictatorship to illegally detain them and strip them of their rights.
I doubt it.
And, if you are here, in the United States of America, and you choose to support a foreign nation above your adopted one, maybe this is not the right place for you. This is not a Hispanic Heritage parade, it is a violent attacking of Federal Law Enforcement agents carrying out their legal duty.
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As to “…cruel and lawless dictatorship to illegally detain them and strip them of their rights.” Never happened.
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To date, this administration has not deported a single person who was in the country legally, and was a law abiding individual. No US Permanent Residents have been deported illegally, nor have they been detained. No visa holders who were in compliance with the terms of their visa have been detained and deported. None.
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Additionally, the US holds no requirement to protect the rights of foreign invaders. They will, however, protect those that are in the country legally, and abide by our laws.
If you’re standing out on the street, shouting: “I hate America!” waving the flag of Mexico, why do you want to be here?
That is because they have already publicly burned the US flags back in February when they were told if they break the law they will get a boot in the A55.
So they went out by the hundreds and blocked Interstate 101 into LA to keep the working class from going to work while they set the flags on fire waving their home country flags.
I made the same observation. Good share!
The rabble want Southwest US to become part of Mexico
The have been ‘claiming’ it by illegal immigration for decades and their efforts are bearing fruit.
On January 6, 2021 far less violence was described as tourists being invited into the US Capitol Building. lol
Yes, indeed, “frank”. Far LESS violence during the 1/6/21 Capitol police-guided tour.
And your point was, what?
I have read your specious comments, and even interacted with you, for over 10 years now, going back to the days when the ADN website actually had a comment section. And I have yet to see you make a single intelligent comment.
Frank must have forgotten to take his meds…
Get a life, I have no interest in troll interaction with a pseudonym
Truth slipped out and you seem to not like it there, Frank.
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And, if you have no interest in troll interaction, why do you post comments on MRAK? You know you will get responses.
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And, how exactly do we know that Frank Rast is not a pseudonym again? Oh… that’s right. We don’t. I really do not know why you insist on bringing up that same old tripe as if it actually means anything.
I’ve asked him repeatedly to prove he is the real Frank Rast.
Oddly he never acknowledges the request. It would seem someone so motivated by calling out trolls would happily lead by example.
Yet he doesn’t
Small intellect.
Not capable of preparing for a challenge to their well thought (in their mind) argument.
Reagan gave 15 million of them amnesty and lost California to La Raza (the race).
Since White nationalism is the ultimate evil of all time and illegal in America (and all other formerly white nations) we better just get used to the joys of diversity and forced integration at gun point (it worked on the south).
Republicans say it’s about being here “legally”. So when you wake up surrounded by “legal” Somalians, “legal”Arabs, “legal” Mexicans, “legal” Haitians you can celebrate that the way republicans celebrate Reagan.
White peoples of the world are less than 7% of the population and we better help those poor “minorities”.
Rocks and firebombs thrown at police and national guard, cars set on fire. Is that what a peaceful protest looks like cman? Think cman, focus like a laser beam. You can do it cman, you cant be that stupid. Well, perhaps you can.
The nice thing about all this is being able to watch it from a distance and not have to drive through it everyday… ***
I can’t imagine walking my dog or driving to work and then just walking into something like this. I would move.
MAGA, remember when the US Capitol was attacked led by your God and King? Remember he sat there watching on TV for 187 minutes and did nothing? Remember all the confederate flags that day? Now he’s acting like a cares? Also remember he is a convicted sex offender? I do not defend violence from either side. Just wanted to put the hypocrisy out there.
No. I do not remember anything of the sort.
Who is a convicted sex offender? Convicted when? Where? I think I know who you are referring to, but there was never any conviction for any sexually related offense.
If your TDS lasts for four or more hours, call a psychiatric doctor or avail yourself of Canadian MAID.
All your covid shots have gone to your brain. You are “remembering” things that never happened.
I’m willing to bet good money that “True” “Alaskan” is neither.
THIS IS AN INSURRECTION AND REVOLUTION AND IT NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS SUCH. We fought a Civil War over this kind of crap in the 1860’s. What makes the world think it can suck off the U S tit forever. Let’s get to it!