Riots over immigrations raids wreak havoc in LA for second day on Saturday, as ICE pledged to call in National Guard
Protests over federal immigration raids continued to wreak havoc on Los Angeles Saturday with agents wearing riot gear reportedly using flash-bang grenades to clear crowds — as the federal government moves to mobilize the National Guard after claiming the LAPD didn’t respond for two hours.“We’re going to bring the National Guard in tonight.We’re going to continue doing out job.
We’re going to push back on these people and we’re going to enforce the law,” Tom Homan, Acting Director of US Immigration and Custom Enforcement, said on Fox News, Saturday.Images and video showed a chaotic scene on Saturday as hundreds of protestors filled the streets and clashed with federal agents in riot gear attempting to impede apprehensions by Border Patrol in Paramount, California, near a Home Depot.The dystopian scene showed the heavily armored agents firing teargas cannisters in order to disperse demonstrators who raged for hours on Saturday in a messy and tumultuous street takeover.One violent protestor in a face-covering helmet hurled rocks at the windows of cars right outside the super store — cracking some Border Patrol pick-up trucks in the windshield, according to viral video.Video circulating online showed an American flag on a fire in the middle of the street across from the home improvement store which was mired by demonstrators, Saturday.Other protestors during the day stood in front of a federal bus to stop in from carrying off alleged illegal immigrants, video on social media showed.Violent protests began on Friday with federal agents have raided multiple workplaces in LA’s fashion district and other locations, with the conflagrations continuing at the Paramount Home Depot Saturday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.The Trump Administration ripped lefty Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after a violent mob swarmed U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducting immigration raids in the city — while the...