Anti-ICE rioters, according to the latest reports from the Los Angeles Police Department, have been coordinating their efforts in part by communicating via two-way radios to share the locations of and actions taken by law enforcement, military, and federal agents. Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin shared the latest details he’d received from the LAPD in an X post on Monday, reporting that dozens had already been arrested on a number of different charges and that at least five officers and police department horses had been injured while attempting to quell the unrest. “NEW: LAPD announces that they made 50 arrests during the riots over the weekend, including charges for attempted murder w/ a Molotov cocktail, & assault w/ a deadly weapon on an officer. Five officers and five LAPD horses have sustained minor injuries, and crowds were using hand held radios to communicate law enforcement movements to eachother, LAPD says,” Melugin posted. NEW: LAPD announces that they made 50 arrests during the riots over the weekend, including charges for attempted murder w/ a Molotov cocktail, & assault w/ a deadly weapon on an officer. Five officers and five LAPD horses have sustained minor injuries, and crowds were using hand… — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 9, 2025 The LAPD’s confirmation of coordinated action among the protesters lent credence to multiple reports claiming that the riots only look chaotic on the surface — and that underneath, they are well-organized and well-funded and being executed by people who have been well-trained. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! “LAPD firing rubber bullets at rioters who have removed the pink park benches to use as shields. If you just spend 2 minutes watching these ppl you can see they are trained and organized. They know what they’re doing,” Kira Davis posted. LAPD firing rubber bullets at rioters who have removed the pink park benches to use as shields. If you just spend 2 minutes watching these ppl you can see they are trained and organized. They know what they’re doing. pic.twitter.com/VVqI8k1DzN — Kira (@RealKiraDavis) June 9, 2025 Retired Army Colonel Kurt Schlicter assessed the situation in a Townhall column published Monday, where he said that the chaos was all just “an illusion” meant to scare and intimidate people into compliance. “This is not a battle of cops versus rioters; it is a battle between narratives. Most people see regime media video of Third World savages waving the tacky banners of their garbage homelands, lighting fires, hassling cops, and doing other things consistent with being barbarians, and think that Los Angeles is in chaos and therefore get scared,” Schlicter wrote. “The idea behind this color revolution – it is organized and planned, not spontaneous or genuine – is to intimidate normal people into submitting and embracing the politicians associated with its goals in the hopes that it will stop. This is the work of the Democrat Party; the rioters are its useful idiots, acting to support the party’s goals while it’s maintaining deniability.” A thread from @wokal_distance laid out the strategies employed by coordinated protests — strategies designed first to ultimately ensure that law enforcement has no reasonable alternative to using force, and then to ensure that when they do use force, they are on camera and the protesters on the front lines put the most sympathetic faces possible (babies, the elderly) on the movement. “The riots happening in LA are not organic or spontaneous. They’re designed to look chaotic to cover up the fact that they’re well funded, exceptionally organized, and carried out by well trained activists using intelligent, highly developed tactics,” the thread began. 1/ The riots happening in LA are not organic or spontaneous. They’re designed to look chaotic to cover up the fact that they’re well funded, exceptionally organized, and carried out by well trained activists using intelligent, highly developed tactics. Here’s a primer: pic.twitter.com/ZxZ7x71R65 — Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) June 9, 2025 Another thread from @datarepublican explored who was the funding the riots, naming the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights or CHIRLA, and PSLWEB / Party for Socialism and Liberation, among others. A number of NGOs have been implicated in this. Foremost is Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights or CHIRLA, and the photos of signs show they were printed by PSLWEB / Party for Socialism and Liberation. pic.twitter.com/yS7jXkHGJ8 — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) June 8, 2025

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On Monday morning’s broadcast of CNN News Central, predictably lazy excuses were made for the violent anti-deportation riots that ravaged Los Angeles this weekend. While these protests have been labeled "demonstrations" by California Governor, Gavin Newsom and the media, peaceful would be fake news. CNN would have you believe that these protests are peaceful demonstrations, and that President Trump's decision to call in the National Guard is government overreach and authoritarian, like Newsom stated on his X account yesterday. Over the weekend, social media was flooded with videos taken by onlookers of protesters throwing concrete chunks at cop cars and officers, as well as setting structures and vehicles on fire.    In the first minutes of the broadcast, correspondent Julie Vargas Jones stated the protests were generally peaceful, citing an LAPD press conference from Sunday night (Click “expand”): VARGAS JONES: You know, we know these protesters started because of the immigration operations that took place starting on Friday and then Saturday and escalating. You know, that's what initially sparked the will from so many people to come out and protest initially peacefully, but then some then took to those acts of violence. I want to play a sound bite from the Los Angeles Police Department chief on just how bad that was. [CUTS TO VIDEO] LAPD CHIEF JIM MCDONNELL: When I look at the people who are out there doing the violence, that's not the people that we see during the day who are legitimately out there exercising their First Amendment rights to be able to express their feelings about the immigration enforcement issue. However, in the same press conference, LAPD’s Chief Jim McDonnell highlighted the need for the National Guard to assist the LAPD in their efforts to keep the violence under control, contrary to what Newsom assured. “We are overwhelmed as far as the number of people out there engaged in this type of activity,” McDonnell reported, referring to the acts of violence aimed at police officers. A quick look at the official LAPD X account from over the weekend reflect how frantic and stretched thin the department was in responding to the violence-- post after post declaring unlawful assembly orders, major roadway closures, begging citizens to alert the department of any violence across the city-- a result of the absolute chaos. Shortly after Vargas Jones's statements downplaying the obvious reality, co-host of CNN's News Central, John Berman interviewed Hilda Solis, the pro tem chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, who stated it is up to the Sheriff and LAPD to decide if the violence necessitated federal intervention. If so, they should utilize the National Guard to ensure protection: HILDA SOLIS: But if we do need more people– I think more law enforcement– I think our sheriff has already let our local PD’s in the surrounding cities come in to help to provide additional support. If that doesn't work, then obviously they're going to look to– trying to get the National Guard to work under the purview of the state and the county. And I think that's really where we want to go, because right now, the National Guard is just protecting federal property. That's what they're assigned to do. Calling in surrounding police departments was not sufficient to quell the violence. The most interesting part was the response from Newsom, the media, and other leftists-- calling Trump's actions "unprecedented" and "authoritarian", despite the historical precedent to do so and that the local law enforcement could not control the violence themselves. Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which gives the Commander in Chief the authority and right to deploy U.S. military or the National Guard domestically in specific circumstances, such as the suppression of civil disorder, of insurrection, and of armed rebellion against the federal government of the U.S. Presidents have invoked this Act before without the consent or request of a state's Governor, like Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. More recently, the act was invoked during the 1992 Los Angeles race riots to assist with extreme violence that the police could not handle, which sounds familiar.  CNN's framing of the violence was misleading, and implications that local police had the situation under control was misleading. McDonnell acknowledged the presence of peaceful protesters, but he also highlighted the overwhelming nature of the violence, thus the necessity of the National Guard to enforce peace. His statements showed just how desperate the situation was, contradicting the narrative that these were largely peaceful demonstrations presented by CNN.  The entire transcript is below. Click "expand" to read. CNN News Central June 9, 2025 9:02:34 AM EST   (...) MCDONELL [AT LAPD PRESS CONFERENCE]: When I look at the people who are out there doing the violence, that's not the people that we see during the day who are legitimately out there exercising their First Amendment rights to be able to express their feelings about the immigration enforcement issue.   (BACK TO LIVE)   JULIE VARGAS JONES: And that distinction is important, John, because we have seen peaceful protests and we have seen these stunning images of violence happening overnight, and that goes to show how quickly things escalated here from– from Friday into Saturday and Sunday overnight. It was a response not just to these immigration raids, but also to the announcement that the National Guard was coming to California and to their arrival. We were here when that announcement came out, and we saw the reaction from protesters. They have been saying no to these immigration raids and also asking the National Guard to leave. And so is the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, saying that this is an intentional– intentionally chaotic situation. She is blaming the president for the escalation of these tensions here, and so is the governor. As we've mentioned before, governor Gavin Newsom saying that this is not necessary, and now saying that he will sue the federal government over the legality of bringing the National Guard to Los Angeles.   (...)   9:28:22 AM EST   JOHN BERMAN: All right, the sun is now up over downtown Los Angeles after a night of protests and some clashes between protesters and law enforcement. President Trump has deployed the National Guard there amid these protests over sweeping ICE raids. Now, the National Guard is something neither the city's mayor nor California's governor asked for. With us now is Hilda Solis, the chair pro tem of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. What is the current situation on the ground in downtown Los Angeles, and what have been the reports you have heard about the damage overnight?   HILDA SOLIS: Well, I know that last night was probably one of the most volatile nights that we had in the city of Los Angeles, but now things have calmed down. There was a– kind of a– emergency situation where people needed to be removed, or told to leave the city of Los Angeles because so much destruction and chaos was going on. That has since been lifted. There are still major freeway on-ramps, off-ramps and road closures. People are coming back into the city to work, but it's very– it's very measured. I will say that I heard, on our own reports, that there were about 50 people that may have been arrested. There could be more. And yes, you're correct in saying that the governor and the– our local law enforcement did not ask for the National Guard to be deployed.    So that is a point of contention. However, I do know that our sheriff, Sheriff Luna, is really taking command over all of this. And if there is necessary, more legal assistance that we need, law enforcement, he is able to call on our local police departments that surround our cities– our city of Los Angeles. So those can also be made available. And I think he's already working on that. And that may not rule out the possibility that, if appropriate, if there are more disruptions, as we saw last evening, that they may have to make a formal request for National Guard, but that should come through our protocols that the sheriff understands, and so does LAPD. And they have worked through, they use that method during the fires here in Palisade and in Altadena.    So that's what we're trying to do, kind of quell it, get people to understand: please do not be violent. We understand people need to express their– their concern and their emotions, we know that. But– but control them, and don't be don't be disruptive. Don't feed into this narrative that we don't care, that we are going to hurt each other, and hurt our city. We don't want that to happen. Definitely, we want to have calm.    So there will be several different press conferences today. One even at L.A. Unified School District, because we have a lot of families and children that are very much impacted and scared and frightened that somehow they're going to have ICE agents coming into the school. We know that that happened almost a month ago. We want to allow for– for our students and our parents to be able to speak, but we think they should demonstrate in a peaceful manner and do that in accordance with our laws, a rule of law, and obviously to take note that we still have a ways to go here. BERMAN:  I will note you said that it may come to the need to call in the National Guard, although they're already there– the president put them there. I will say the Los Angeles Police Chief and I understand that the city and the county are separate. But the police chief did say overnight there may be a need to reassess. Let's listen to Jim Mcdonnell.   [SCREEN WIPE]   MCDONELL [AT LAPD PRESS CONFERENCE]: We have tremendous capability here to say that we– we would go to that right away. I'd say we're not– we wouldn't have been there yet. Looking at the violence tonight, I think we got to make a reassessment.   [BACK TO STUDIO]   BERMAN: We got to make a reassessment, he says, based on what he saw overnight. So maybe you think the National Guard should be there after all?   SOLIS: I– at this point, I would defer to our sheriff and to Jim McDonnell, the chief of police for Los Angeles. They know how to– how to carry this out. And I do think that if we can kind of make sure that there is more peaceful– if there are demonstration– demonstrations, peaceful and that they can– they can be secured, and knowing that people won't be hurt and there won't be more vandalism, I think I think we can move that route. But if we do need more people– I think more law enforcement– I think our sheriff has already let our local PD’s in the surrounding cities come in to help to provide additional support. If that doesn't work, then obviously they're going to look to– trying to get the National Guard to work under the purview of the state and the county. And I think that's really where we want to go, because right now, the National Guard is just protecting federal property. That's what they're assigned to do.   (...)

Video from the fourth day of the anti-ICE rioting captured protesters verbally abusing and making obscene gestures at law enforcement officers.Blaze Media reporter Julio Rosas documented the protesters' ire as they marched in front of Los Angeles City Hall and the federal building downtown.One protester holds up a sign reading, 'ICE of out LA!' and another sign reads, 'Fascism must go!'In one video, protesters at the federal building chant at the officers, which Rosas says are Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as well as California National Guard troops."National Guard, out of LA!" they chant while waving flags of various countries, including that of Mexico.One protest sign reads, "F**K ICE!" while another reads, "No human is illegal!" — (@) President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard out to the riots to bring the city back to order, and on Monday, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth ordered Marines from Twentynine Palms to deploy to the scene. Democrats have already criticized the decision.The video outside of city hall shows protesters screaming at the officers as they stand guard at the gates. Many of them are chanting, "Shame! Shame! Shame!" as they march by. — (@) One protester holds up a sign reading, "ICE of out LA!" and another sign reads, "Fascism must go!"At the tail end of the video, one protester tries to get people to chant, "Join us!" to encourage the officers to join the protest, but that suggestion is very much rejected by others who curse at the officers instead.RELATED: Officer slams door in Rep. Maxine Waters' face when she tries to check in on union president arrested in ICE rioting Image Source: Julio Rosas X video screenshot "We don't need them! F**k you! F**k you!" says one man in a black Lakers T-shirt.Rosas described the situation as something akin to a Mexican standoff, as the tensions increase again.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

As Democrats continue to stand on the sidelines while one of their most beloved cities burns at the hands of anti-ICE activists, President Trump has been taking action. Instead of supporting the president's decisive actions, those same Democrats questioned his motives and even blamed him for the situation. Video evidence began to emerge showing just how violent the "protests" were becoming, but the president's critics would not budge. Their rhetoric continues to rise as fast as the on-the-ground tensions.The war of words began on Saturday as President Trump issued a memorandum permitting 2,000 National Guard troops to reinforce the ICE operations for up to 60 days. The memorandum invoked the presidential powers of 10 U.S.C. 12406 "to temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect federal property, at locations where protests against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur based on current threat assessments and planned operations."Trump repeatedly criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, both Democrats, on his Truth Social account over the weekend. “If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!” he wrote.'Gavin Newsom has shown an inability or an unwillingness to do what is necessary there, so the president stepped in. That’s real leadership, and he has the authority and the responsibility to do it.'On Sunday night, Trump issued more directives from his Truth Social account, specifically calling for the arrest of those protesters wearing face masks. “Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!” the president posted Sunday night. “ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!” he said in another.Bass has repeatedly insisted on the right to protest as long as it is peaceful. She wrote in a statement: “But the most important thing right now is that our city be peaceful, and so protests and expressing your ... fears, your beliefs, is appropriate to do, but it is just not appropriate for there to be violence. And I don’t want people to fall into the chaos that I believe is being created by the administration, completely unnecessarily.” RELATED: Anti-ICE rioters destroy fleet of autonomous cars during Los Angeles riot Bass finished her written statement with a focus on the “chaos” that the administration was allegedly fomenting: “It is clear that the Administration is pushing an agenda — there is clearly no plan other than chaos.” Bass issued another statement on Sunday calling the deployment of “federalized troops ... a chaotic escalation.”Governor Newsom announced that he would be suing the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard. In his formal statement, he called Trump's orders "a serious breach of state sovereignty that seems intentionally designed to inflame the situation." — (@) Newsom likewise called out Trump on Sunday night with a post on X. He said that Trump was "inciting and provoking violence," "creating mass chaos," "militarizing cities," and "arresting opponents." His post included a clip of Trump saying, "If officials stand in the way of law and order, yeah, they will face charges." "These are the acts of a dictator, not a President," Newsom added.Investigative journalist and Blaze News opinion contributor Steve Baker replied to Newsom's post, saying, "Oh, Gav, Gav, Gav. Shutting down entire cities and states because of a virus with a 99.75% survival rate was the act of dictators. (No, we will not forget.) Defending property from looters and vandals, keeping highways open, and protecting CITIZENS from foreign invaders is not."RELATED: Trump stops to answer question about arresting Newsom — and his answer will enrage humorless liberals: 'I would do it' In another post Sunday night, Newsom cautioned against a "trap," presumably one set by law enforcement in the engagement with the protesters: "Los Angeles: Remain peaceful. Don’t fall into the trap that extremists are hoping for."At 7:31 p.m. Eastern time Sunday night, former Vice President Kamala Harris posted her statement on X in support of the protests and the Democrat response. She criticized the Trump administration for "stoking fear." "And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city. Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. ... It is part of the Trump administration's cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division," Harris wrote.Harris' statement then reiterated the "peaceful" nature of these protests: "And as the LAPD, Mayor, and Governor have noted, demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful." — (@) At roughly the same time as these statements were being made Sunday evening, a crowd reportedly gathered around an American flag, lit it on fire, and spit on it. “This is not just a gesture, this is something we need to make real. We need to take down this empire once and for all,” one protester reportedly yelled into a bullhorn at the crowd.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), on the other hand, defended the president's decision to send in federal troops, citing the governor's "inability or unwillingness" to properly deal with the violence on the streets of Los Angeles. "I think the president did exactly what he needed to do. These are federal laws and we have to maintain the rule of law, and that is not what is happening. Gavin Newsom has shown an inability or an unwillingness to do what is necessary there, so the president stepped in. That’s real leadership, and he has the authority and the responsibility to do it," Johnson told ABC host Jonathan Karl.RELATED: LA news anchor pummeled for outlandish take on riots that may eclipse media's infamous 'mostly peaceful' spin According to a press release on Sunday, U.S. Northern Command announced that close to 2,000 California Army National Guard soldiers had been placed under federal command. Close to 300 members of the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were deployed in Los Angeles, Paramount, and Compton, California. About 500 Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, are "in a prepared to deploy status should they be necessary to augment and support the DOD’s protection of federal property and personnel efforts."On Monday morning, Trump defended his decision to send the National Guard to California and seemingly gave a suggested script for Newsom and Bass to read: We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California. If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated. The very incompetent "Governor," Gavin Newscum, and "Mayor," Karen Bass, should be saying, "THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR." Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are "peaceful protests." Just one look at the pictures and videos of the Violence and Destruction tells you all you have to know. We will always do what is needed to keep our Citizens SAFE, so we can, together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!The riots reached their peak on Sunday when the reinforcements clashed with protesters. The standoff between Trump and the California leadership continues as threats of lawfare run rampant. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Former President Joe Biden has finally addressed the autopen controversy, but it hasn’t quite set the American people at ease.“Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency,” Biden said in a statement to ABC News. “I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.”“Nothing to see here,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.” “I don’t know what medium this was given to ABC News.”“That was written by the autopen,” jokes Jaco Booyens, host of "The Bottom Line."“Hold on, guys,” Gonzales continues. “You guys were just accused of covering for the mental decline of a president and hiding him, and instead of letting him speak for himself, you’re just releasing statements to news organizations. That seems suspicious.”“If I knew there was no scandal to be had, I probably wouldn’t even address it. So, it seems weird to me that they are trying to cover, just as President Trump is issuing a memo for the DOJ to formally investigate Joe Biden’s use of autopens and who was that shadow cabal behind the autopen,” she adds.And after reviewing some video footage of President Biden’s public appearances from the last four and a half years, Gonzales and her panel don’t find his most recent statement very believable.“Sharpest, most brilliant president ever, right there,” BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden says, adding, “This is unbelievable.”“There’s no scandal here,” Gonzales laughs.Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.