Los Angeles has experienced severe riots following immigration raids, resulting in looting, freeway takeovers, and clashed with federal law enforcement. President Trump has deployed 2000 National Guard members to quell the violence. State leaders have criticized the raids as a catalyst for the unrest.
The riots have gripped Los Angeles since June 6, as agitators took to the streets to burn American flags, set cars ablaze, and hurl heavy objects at federal law enforcement in a violent display of rejection of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The protests on Saturday were planned for the same day as Trump’s birthday and when the president held a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., honoring the Army’s 250th anniversary. The