Issues

Los Angeles Riots

We are presenting a compilation of videos showing clips and stories reported by the media and bloggers covering the riots in Los Angeles. The Mayor of LA and the Governor of California have been promoting the idea that these are peaceful people who are outraged by the ICE raids and that the federal response, including Marines and National Guard are “inflaming” the situation. The videos show that these are not peaceful protests. Please note one of the CBS News broadcasts that attempts to gas light us with minimal coverage of the violence.

The protests started with attacks on ICE officers who were conducting missions in the city to pick up criminal illegal aliens. The protesters began assaulting federal officers who had no back-up from LAPD. With no backup from local law enforcement the outnumbered Federal agents rolled armored vehicles in to help protect their colleagues. Media and other biased observers were quick to call this “militarizing” the response.

We have also included a link to a video covering the Minneapolis incident that occurred when protesters thought they were disrupting an ICE operation but instead obstructed an FBI raid on a non-immigration criminal investigation. The FBI agents were assaulted and hopefully any of the protesters caught doing this anywhere will face Federal charges. The chaos and confusion resulting from all of this is a warning to those of us who support law enforcement and the rule of law to not count on one election. The famous Revolutionary era quote: “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”, resonates today as we watch anarchists reign over the streets of many American cities.