Exclusive | Nithya Raman drank margaritas as ICE protests ignited LA now she wants LAPD chief fired over his response

Nithya Raman has declared she’ll fire LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell if she’s elected mayor for not stopping ICE from arresting illegal immigrants last June – despite spending the afternoon sipping cocktails as mass protests first rocked Los Angeles.Photos leaked to the California Post show the Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate sipping cocktails from 4 to 7pm on June 6th, 2025 — as thousands besieged the Downtown LA, spray painting anti-ICE slogans and confronting officers in riot gear.The photos came to light as Raman marked a 100-day event for her campaign saying the chief would go because ”I don’t believe that his response to the ICE raids on our streets have met the moment.” She said he should be replaced by someone who ”respects and honors” that immigrants are ”under attack.”The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents rank-and-file LAPD officers and has endorsed Bass, slammed Raman over the happy-hour photos.“On the same day Mayor Bass was on the ground in MacArthur Park deescalating what could have been an explosive situation, Nithya Raman was in Margaritaville looking like she didn’t have a care in the world,” the union’s Board of Directors told The Post.Raman’s 100-day launch also outlined her radical anti-cop agenda, including making resisting ICE a centerpiece of her campaign.She also promised an audit of officers to determine if they were following the city’s sanctuary ordinance, which restricts city resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement.And rather than hiring more cops, she claimed she would increase the number of ”unarmed crisis response teams” respond to call outs.Her demand to fire Chief McDonnell comes despite his near two-reign leading to a significant drop in crime as the LAPD deals with a force that’s short 4,000 officers.They also directly challenged Raman’s suggestion that LAPD helped federal immigration authorities.LAPD statistics show homicides have dr...