Posted on 06/08/2025 7:38:03 PM PDT by Morgana
Los Angeles is under siege as protesters set fire to driverless cars and authorities rain down a hail of rubber bullets on demonstrators as they march against President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal migrants.
Horrifying scenes showed Waymo cars erupting into flames and emitting toxic gases as rioters chained themselves to furniture and created blockades to grind Downtown Los Angeles to a complete halt on Sunday night as violence stretched into a third day.
Trump sent in 2,000 National Guard troops and placed 500 Marines on standby, while the LAPD has authorized the 'use of less lethal munitions' to regain control of the city.
The conflict has sparked a war of words between Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom, who accused him of intentionally inflaming tensions.
Trump hit back with a Truth Social post on Sunday demanding both Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass apologize for the LA riots, insisting those involved are not 'peaceful protesters' as the duo had claimed, but instead 'troublemakers and insurrectionists.'
Extraordinary vision captured the moment these rioters set fire to the Waymos and celebrated the carnage by dancing on the roof of cars and waving Mexican flags high above the flames.
'Burn, burn, burn,' the protesters cheered.
At least five Waymo self-driving cars were set alight and vandalized, prompting an indefinite shutdown of Los Angeles St north of Arcadia, and south of Alameda amid safety concerns about the lithium batteries.
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LAPD is useless because their loser chief and the loser mayor who appointed him are in cahoots with the illegals.
I would rather see a military government take over CA, just like in the post-Civil War days in the South. Reconstruction.
It is summer, the weather is fine and young people’s thoughts turn to rioting and looting. So far mostly rioting and destroying property. It should be an exciting “right of passage” for young people, especially those who have no real jobs.
Speaking of jobs, I wonder how many LA business owners are looking at this, looking at closed freeways and wondering if they should move their companies or just themselves away from this lawless hole called LA. I mean after the fires and looting, what is next.
I can’t imagine anyone watching this thinking about going to LA for a vacation.
I also wonder how many people on Monday will be applying to buy a firearm and find out that under California law it is difficult, expensive, and time consuming.
I think that LA is entering an economic death spiral.
I didn’t think “protestors” set fires and burned stuff. Sounds like a riot to me. /sarcasm
I can’t imagine what the J6 prisoners must be feeling watching this $hitshow going on.
These folks have just been looking for an excuse to riot. No women’s marches, no gay marches, no more pro-Hamas marches, whatya gonna do.
So they decided let’s rally all the illegals who are being rounded up, and what better place to do it than CA which is far from Washington. No different than antifa, BLM, etc.
Of course there is no pandemic now and Trump is securely in office. So these will be shut down quickly.
Roll MRAPS to both ends of the overpass and take the whole bridge into custody. If they want to get away, they can jump.
A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals. Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations — But these lawless riots only strengthen our resolve. I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, in coordination with all other relevant Departments and Agencies, to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots. Order will be restored, the Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free. Thank you for your attention to this matter! - DJT
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114649780431129598
They should gather up all those Mexican flags and burn them in a giant bonfire.
Rubber bullets still hurt...
I guess Mayor Bass is okay with her police cruisers getting broken up. Democrats are the party of lawlessness.
Rioters helped Joe Biden get elected.
Easy way to stop the rioting:
Call out the Septic Tank pump trucks and hose these rioting criminals and foreign agents down with the stinky effluent.
The protestors hanging around the burning Waymo EVs aren’t very bright. They give off very toxic chemical when the battery pack burns..
Democrat democracy in full action mode AGAIN.
flamethrowers would work.
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