Anti-Trump Los Angeles protests

UPDATE: In Los Angeles, mass street protests have broken out in response to immigration raids. Local police and Border Patrol are cracking down on peaceful demonstrators and ardent protesters, while the Trump administration has called in the California National Guard without consulting California's governor yet lying about doing so. “They shot thousands of rounds of tear gas, flashbang grenades, all kinds of repressive instruments,” says Ron Gochez, community organizer with Unión del Barrio ["Union of the Neighborhood" or "Neighborhood Unity"] who helped organize some of the protests.

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He notes many of the protests have also been successful at turning back immigration agents, preventing ICE arrests and detention. “If we organize ourselves, if we resist, we can defend our communities from ICE terror, from the Border Patrol, or from any federal agency that wishes to separate our families.” L.A. Under Siege: Trump Sends in National Guard as Protests Continue over Militarized ICE Raids (Democracy Now!)

• “Absolutely unprecedented”: Trump deploys National Guard to L.A. and Hegseth threatens to send in Marines

• (10 News First) Los Angeles engulfed in police protests

Protests Unrest Inconvenience in LA: Protesters take over downtown freeways, Waymo cars set on fire

(NBCLA) Sunday, June 8, 2025: There’s still no timeline of how long federal paramilitary stormtroopers deployed by Trump (aka National Guard troops) will stay in Los Angeles.

Clashes erupt near LA Federal Detention Center amid Immigration Raids

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TROUBLEMAKING TRUMP: As protests against ICE raids spread across the city, would-be king Pres. Trump has deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles, the first time in decades that a president has deployed the National Guard without a governor’s request. Trump’s border “Czar” Tom Homan [architect of Project 2025] threatened to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, while Gov. Newsom says he plans to sue Trump. “This is absolutely unprecedented. It’s extremely dangerous,” says legal expert Elizabeth Goitein. “It’s going to escalate tensions rather than deescalating them.” “Absolutely unprecedented” | Democracy Now!

• Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, democracynow.org, June 9, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly