LA Mayor Bass statement on LA ICE roundup of Illegals…

[riclag]

The riots in LA all started because the far left want to protect the oppressed criminal illegal immigrants ,as Ice agents round them up .

This is what Dem democracy  looks like!

 

Law & Order or you have no country!

[riclag]

Americans for law & order, expect to see the NG holding the city for a while longer.

Where have Americans seen this before?

Stand down orders from Mayor Bass !

 

 

 

[riclag]

Smash & Grab Time, Whose streets, they/ thems streets. This is what Dem Democracy looks like! Featuring the Bass Brats! Insurgents be like don’t let a crisis go to waste.

 

 

[Evil Penevil]

16 minutes ago, riclag said:

Smash & Grab Time, Whose streets, they/ thems streets. This is what Dem Democracy looks like! Featuring the Bass Brats! Insurgents be like don’t let a crisis go to waste.

 

Looting has been a common feature of U.S. riots since the 1960s.  The rioters protest social injustice by stealing big-screen TVs and designer handbags.  The looting was particularly bad during the 2020 BLM riots.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

After a flood above of rubbish, non-credible right-wing nonsense reports.... how about some actual real news:

 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sue Trump over National Guard deployment

Jun 9, 2025

 

"LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he planned to file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump in response to the administration’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets in Los Angeles.

 

“Commandeering a state’s National Guard without consulting the Governor of that state is illegal and immoral,” Newsom, a Democrat, told MSNBC on Sunday.

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The governor, who was was in Los Angeles meeting with local law enforcement and officials, also told protesters that they were playing into Trump’s plans and would face arrest for violence or property destruction.  “Trump wants chaos and he’s instigated violence,” he said. “Stay peaceful. Stay focused. Don’t give him the excuse he’s looking for.”

 

(more)

 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/california-gov-gavin-newsom-to-sue-trump-over-national-guard-deployment

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

As for what Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass really said about the confrontations:

 

“Let’s be real about this. This is about another agenda [by the feds]. It’s not about public safety,’ Bass said at the press conference. “There is clearly no plan, and I want the people of Los Angeles to know that we stand with all Angelenos no matter where you were born.”  

 

The mayor noted that the First Amendment allows residents to protest peacefully but does not grant demonstrators the right to violence and to vandalize property, and that those types of actions will not be tolerated.  [emphasis added]

 

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/this-is-another-agenda-l-a-mayor-bass-says-of-national-guard-involvement-protests/

 

 

Posted on 06/07/2025

 

Statement from Mayor Karen Bass Regarding Recent Clashes

"This is a difficult time for our city. As we recover from an unprecedented natural disaster, many in our community are feeling fear following recent federal immigration enforcement actions across Los Angeles County. 

 

Reports of unrest outside the city, including in Paramount, are deeply concerning. We’ve been in direct contact with officials in Washington, D.C., and are working closely with law enforcement to find the best path forward. 

 

Everyone has the right to peacefully protest, but let me be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable." [emphasis added]

 

https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/statement-mayor-karen-bass-regarding-recent-clashes

 

 

As for the notion floated above that the LAPD was somehow prevented from responding to illegal activity by protesters:

 

"CNN witnessed police using flash-bangs and tear gas to disperse crowds, with some hitting protesters, as well as protesters setting self-driving cars on fire. Police have declared all of Downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly area after arresting dozens over the weekend" [emphasis added]

 

AND

 

"The weekend protests resulted in vandalism, cars set ablaze and dozens of arrests by the LAPD, but the mayor emphasized the lawlessness was isolated to a small area of Los Angeles. [emphasis added]

 

“This is not citywide civil unrest taking place in Los Angeles. A few streets downtown – it looks horrible. People committed crimes,” Bass said. “It is absolutely unacceptable, and those people that set cars on fire or did other forms of vandalism will be sought to be arrested and prosecuted.”

 

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-09-25

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Sounds like the Los Angeles police chief is perfectly capable of addressing the LAPD's actual response to the demonstrations and violence:

 

LAPD chief denies ICE director's claim of 2-hour response time during protest

 

 

AND

 

The city's top cop said Sunday night that federal authorities did not brief the Los Angeles Police Department on the clandestine raids that have descended the city into chaos

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"McDonnell made it clear that the LAPD does not make immigration arrests, but the department does not prevent federal officials from doing their job either. 

"They have their mission...they have every right to do that," McDonnell said of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who have fanned out across L.A., ripping people out of their workplaces and descending on Home Depot parking lots. But, McDonnell said, federal officials did not brief his department, which made it difficult to respond to the mobs of people who began to protest. [emphasis added]

 

https://lamag.com/news/lapd-chief-jim-mcdonnell-says-violence-i-have-seen-is-disgusting-recounting-attacks-on-cops

 

 

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Newsom plans lawsuit against Trump administration over deployment of National Guard

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"This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard. The order he signed doesn't just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We're suing him," Newsom posted on X.

 

The governor has also asked that the National Guard be removed.

 

The deployment is the first time in decades that a state's National Guard has been activated without a request from its governor. [emphasis added]

 

https://abc7.com/live-updates/tensions-flare-downtown-la-anti-ice-protesters-clash-agents-live-updates/16692645/entry/16705492

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

There's no excuse for violence... But there's plenty of good reasons why people ARE protesting against the Trump Admin's often legally questionable enforcement actions:

 

Such as the following regarding the Trump Admin's deportation of Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. to a prison in El Salvador:

 

"On March 15, a day later than Rubio’s message anticipated, the U.S. sent more than 260 migrants, including 23 Salvadorans, to El Salvador. Many had no deportation orders. President Donald Trump invoked the wartime powers of the Alien Enemies Act against the Venezuela-based gang known as Tren de Aragua to remove over 100 of the migrants without giving them a chance to contest their removals. [emphasis added]
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The Post examined immigration and court records, and conducted interviews with attorneys, friends and family members, to piece together information about more than 50 of the men believed to be imprisoned at the Terrorism Confinement Center, the megaprison often referred to by its Spanish acronym, CECOT. The review shows that despite the administration’s claims, many of the immigrants sent to El Salvador had entered the United States legally and were actively complying with U.S. immigration rules. [emphasis added]

 

At least two of the men imprisoned in El Salvador had been approved by the State Department to resettle as refugees in the U.S. after extensive vetting by federal law enforcement authorities, documents show. At least four had protections against removal through temporary protected status, often called TPS, granted to those fleeing Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis, according to attorneys for the men or records shared with The Post. Others had been active members of Venezuela’s opposition and had open asylum claims."

 

Washington Post

https://archive.ph/j2FQs

 

 

"The administration has repeatedly flouted and possibly defied court orders.

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To recap: The Trump administration has acknowledged in court that it wrongly deported Abrego García to a brutal El Salvador prison, saying it was due to an “administrative error.” (Abrego García is an undocumented immigrant, but the government wasn’t legally allowed to deport him to El Salvador, specifically.)

 

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The American people, though, do want Abrego García returned. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll two weeks ago showed Americans said by 16 points that Abrego García should be returned. A YouGov poll, meanwhile, showed they said 53-21 that the administration should comply with the Supreme Court’s order to facilitate his return."

 

Washington Post

https://archive.ph/B5RWO

 

 

Trump’ immigration crackdown is leaving children terrified and ‘truly alone’

Advocates say unaccompanied minors are being detained longer and used as bait to arrest those who care for them

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"In the past few months, the administration has enacted a series of punitive policies to expedite the removal of unaccompanied minors and strip them of legal representation. It has attempted to tear down the basic rights and protections for children under the government’s care, while simultaneously issuing new restrictions on who can take custody of them – leaving children to languish in detention. In several troubling cases across the US, advocates say the children are being used as “bait” to arrest and deport the adults around them. [emphasis added]

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Taken together, advocates and lawyers say the changes represent a terrifying new strategy in the government’s crackdown on immigrants, designed to instill fear and chaos in families.

 

“The level and intensity of the attacks on children that we’re seeing currently is unprecedented in my legal career, which has spanned over 10 years,” said Marion Donovan-Kaloust, director of legal services at the Immigrant Defenders law center (ImmDef). “It’s not just one thing – it’s a concentrated attack on children from so many different angles. And it’s really shocking to the conscience.”

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/05/trumps-immigration-children-unaccompanied-minors

 

etc etc etc....