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Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.
Videos and photographs of Wednesday raids across the country show people clashing with, running from, and being arrested by immigration agents.
ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes claimed on a post on BlueSky that there was a mischaracterization about the anti-ICE riots as parts of Los Angeles have seen burning vehicles and chaos.
A protest against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles has fueled similar demonstrations across the U.S. in recent days, with protesters arrested in New York, Philadelphia and other cities as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would deploy the National Guard to several locations in the state.
Police and elected officials say the troops and Marines sent by the Trump administration are not properly trained to interact with civilians. A judge will decide whether to limit their duties.
The Jewish owner of Manny’s Cafe, which also serves as a civic space, Manny Yekutiel, found that the windows of his establishment had been defaced with graffiti reading “Death to Israel is a promise,” “Fuck Zionism,” “die Zio” and “The only good settler is a dead 1” during a protest Monday night.
The U.S. government has deployed National Guard and Marines in the city where police have used rubber bullets and tear gas — a repeat of June 2013 scenes that flared in Rio de Janeiro three years before the Brazilian city hosted the Olympics.
As protests continue in Los Angeles, hundreds of U.S. Marines have been deployed to the city as President Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom spar over law enforcement response.