Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

[. . .] On June 6th ICE raids occurred in Los Angeles targeting textile workers in DTLA and Home Depot “for hire” workers in Pomona and Westlake.

This caused civil unrest among the immigrant related population in LA which prompted the administration on June 7th to federalize and send 2000 State National Guardmen reportedly to quell any violence. On June 10th Trump has authorized the sending of 200 more National Guardsmen. These actions prompted Mayor Bass and Gavin Newsom to cite the administrations actions as escalatory and and unnecessary.

[. . .] Meanwhile, ICE is raiding small businesses like car washes across the southland, snatching up and essentially disappearing workers, shattering families and creating terror in city that was fine a week ago.

The population of Los Angeles, which numbers 12 and a half million souls, is 48 cent Hispanic and 35 percent foreign born.

All of this resulted in all hell breaking loose in DTLA on June 8th.

Five Waymo cabs were burnt to ash, the 101 freeway was shut down by protesters who were corralled and driven back by teargas and a phalanx of local police.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol arrested 42 people while 5 policeman sustained minor injuries.

The LAPD confirmed that number and said charges include failure to disperse, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, looting and arson.

Donald Trump as of June 10th has authorized the deployment of 700 US Marines to LA.

The following photo sets will further illustrate the chaos that erupted in Downtown Los Angeles on June 8th, 2025 under the second Trump administration.

Story and photos: Trump's Immigration Theatrics Triggers LA Again (photo set 1) and Photo set 2 by Robert Stuart Lowden