The rattles of Los Angeles – this has happened
Friday 6 June: Several immigration raids are carried out in central Los Angeles. People gather around 15 o’clock after Ice agents showed up there. About 20 federal agents in riot equipment come to the site to clear the way for buses. Later in the afternoon, hundreds of protesters gather outside Federal Building, an office building where federal authorities are located, and requires an end to the raids. Officials from the Ministry of Domestic Security fire gingerbread at the protesters before the Los Angeles police disperse the crowd. Over 100 people are arrested.
Saturday June 7: On Saturday morning, clashes between protesters and police in Paramount, a small town south of Los Angeles. The clashes arise after rumors that immigration agents are planning a scare against a home depot in the area. Protesters kick on cars and throw objects. The police respond with tear gas.
In the evening, Trump orders 2,000 members of the National Guard to Los Angeles to protect federal officials carrying out immigration operations. Protesters and police ties together in Compton. The police shoot rubber bullets at the protesters, who threw stones, glass bottles and shoot fireworks. At the same time, protesters have gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, the federal detention. The police order the protesters to disperse.
Sunday June 8: About 20 national guardians arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center early Sunday morning. At 10.30 local time, close to 300 members of the guard took positions in three different locations around the city. More than a dozen agents from the Ministry of Domestic Security, in riot equipment, join Nationalgardet’s troops at the detention center.
Early in the afternoon, hundreds of protesters have gathered there. They try to clear away protesters from the site with, among other things, gingerbread and tear gas. Later in the afternoon protesters flow out onto the nearby motorway 101, and short -term traffic blocks. In the evening they gather again around the federal building.
Source: New York Times
